Calling all Swifties!
On Tuesday, Nov. 1 Taylor Swift announced her next tour "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour," which will take fans on a journey through the musical eras of her career past and present. The 2023 tour, which includes a stop in Cincinnati, complements “Midnights,” her record-setting 10th release that has commandeered radio and record charts worldwide.
The first leg of the tour will be in stadiums across the US, with international dates to be announced soon. The Cincinnati concert is currently scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 1 at Paycor Stadium.
Swift will kick off The Eras Tour on March 18 in Glendale, Arizona, at State Farm Stadium. The 27-date run includes other stadium stops in Las Vegas, Arlington, Texas, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles, where the U.S. leg wraps Aug. 5.
Opening acts for the Cincinnati show include MUNA and Gracie Abrams. Other opening acts for The Eras Tour include Paramore, beabadoobee, Phoebe Bridgers and Haim.
Taylor Swift concert in Cincinnati: Here's how to get tickets
Tickets for all dates will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18.
Swift is participating in Ticketmaster's Verified Fan program, which allows fans to register for a presale until 11:59 p.m. Nov. 9. Tickets will be priced from $49-$449, with VIP packages ranging from $199 to $899.
USA TODAY reports that this will mark Swift’s first live outing since 2018’s “Reputation” stadium tour that included dates in the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia and Japan.
Since that 53-date run, Swift has released three albums in addition to “Midnights”: the synth-pop heavy “Lover” as well as her duo of folk-centric releases heavy on storytelling, “Folklore” and “Evermore.”
Any tour plans Swift might have pondered to support “Lover,” which bowed in August 2019, were scuttled by the pandemic, which means she has four albums that she’s never performed live.
More about 'Midnights'
The 13-track “Midnights” (plus seven additional songs on the “3 a.m. Edition” of the album) set numerous records for Swift during its first week of release.
The album rose to No. 1 on Billboard’s 200 album chart. The album also garnered the biggest sales week for any album in nearly seven years with 1.57 million equivalent album units earned in the U.S. according to Luminate, the data company that services Billboard.
Along with earning the distinction of top-selling album of the year, “Midnights” landed the largest sales week for an album since, Swift's "Reputation" in 2017.
On Monday, Oct. 31 Swift scaled more chart history as she became the first artist in history to claim the top 10 slots on the Billboard Hot 100.
The singer was gobsmacked by the accomplishment, she said on social media.
“Anti-Hero,” her pop swirl of internal scrutiny, claims the No. 1 spot, with “Lavender Haze,” “Snow on the Beach” (with Lana Del Rey), “Question…?” and “Bejeweled” among the others lining the Top 10.
