The Red Tour

concert tour by Taylor Swift

The Red Tour was American singer Taylor Swift's third concert tour. It was made for her album Red from 2012. It started on March 13, 2012 in Omaha, United States. It ended on June 12, 2014 in Singapore. 1.7 million people went to the tour.

The Red Tour
Tour by Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift singing at the concert in Newark
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated albumRed
Start dateMarch 13, 2013 (2013-03-13)
End dateJune 12, 2014 (2014-06-12)
No. of shows86
Supporting acts
Attendance1.7 million
Box office$150.2 million ($171.93 million in 2021 dollars)[1]
Taylor Swift concert chronology

Set list

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This is the usual set list she performed.[2] Most of the tour was similar, but sometimes she changes the setlist. All changes are listed below, and so are the surprise songs.

  1. "State of Grace"
  2. "Holy Ground"
  3. "Red"
  4. "You Belong with Me"
  5. "The Lucky One"
  6. "Mean"
  7. "Stay Stay Stay" ("Ho Hey" version)
  8. "22"
  9. Surprise song
  10. "Everything Has Changed" (with Ed Sheeran)
  11. "Begin Again"
  12. "Sparks Fly"
  13. "I Knew You Were Trouble"
  14. "All Too Well"
  15. "Love Story"
  16. "Treacherous"
Encore
  1. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
  • On July 20, 2013, "Stay Stay Stay" was removed for the rest of the tour. She only played it one more time on August 2, 2013.
  • On November 29, 2013, "Everything Has Changed" was removed for the rest of the tour.
  • On February 1, 2014, "Begin Again" was removed for the rest of the tour.
  • During the London shows, Taylor Swift sang the 60s remix version of "You Belong With Me" instead of the usual one.
  • In Asia, Taylor Swift did not sing "Treacherous" because the new stage was too small.

Surprise songs

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At some of the concerts, Taylor Swift sang a secret surprise song that was not on the set list.

Special guests

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Sometimes, Taylor Swift invited a guest to sing with her on stage. Here is the list of people who sang with her and the name of the song they sang together.

List of shows[95]
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
March 13, 2013 Omaha   United States CenturyLink Center Omaha Ed Sheeran
Brett Eldredge
27,877 / 27,877 $2,243,164
March 14, 2013
March 18, 2013 St. Louis Scottrade Center 28,582 / 28,582 $2,346,203
March 19, 2013
March 22, 2013 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 14,686 / 14,686 $1,162,733
March 23, 2013 Columbia Colonial Life Arena 12,490 / 12,490 $996,114
March 27, 2013 Newark Prudential Center Ed Sheeran
Florida Georgia Line
38,065 / 38,065 $3,565,317
March 28, 2013
March 29, 2013
April 10, 2013 Miami American Airlines Arena Ed Sheeran
Brett Eldredge
12,808 / 12,808 $1,010,175
April 11, 2013 Orlando Amway Center 25,617 / 25,617 $2,054,128
April 12, 2013
April 18, 2013 Atlanta Philips Arena 25,471 / 25,471 $2,048,023
April 19, 2013
April 20, 2013 Tampa Tampa Bay Times Forum 14,080 / 14,080 $1,132,095
April 25, 2013 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 15,336 / 15,336 $1,247,605
April 26, 2013 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse 13,573 / 13,573 $1,082,042
April 27, 2013 Lexington Rupp Arena 17,003 / 17,003 $1,342,699
May 4, 2013 Detroit Ford Field Ed Sheeran
Austin Mahone
Brett Eldredge
48,265 / 48,265 $3,969,059
May 7, 2013 Louisville KFC Yum! Center Ed Sheeran
Florida Georgia Line
15,135 / 15,135 $1,246,491
May 8, 2013 Columbus Nationwide Arena 14,267 / 14,267 $1,155,170
May 11, 2013 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center Ed Sheeran
Brett Eldredge
27,619 / 27,619 $2,489,205
May 12, 2013
May 16, 2013 Houston Toyota Center 12,467 / 12,467 $961,422
May 21, 2013 Austin Frank Erwin Center Ed Sheeran
Florida Georgia Line
11,916 / 11,916 $935,631
May 22, 2013 San Antonio AT&T Center 13,974 / 13,974 $1,105,253
May 25, 2013 Arlington Cowboys Stadium Ed Sheeran
Austin Mahone
Florida Georgia Line
53,020 / 53,020 $4,589,266
May 28, 2013 Glendale Jobing.com Arena Ed Sheeran
Joel Crouse
26,705 / 26,705 $2,239,370
May 29, 2013
June 1, 2013 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena 14,007 / 14,007 $1,139,360
June 2, 2013 Denver Pepsi Center 13,489 / 13,489 $1,076,069
June 14, 2013 Toronto   Canada Rogers Centre Ed Sheeran
Austin Mahone
Joel Crouse
87,627 / 87,627 $7,863,310
June 15, 2013
June 22, 2013 Winnipeg Investors Group Field 33,061 / 33,061 $3,175,430
June 25, 2013 Edmonton Rexall Place Ed Sheeran
Joel Crouse
25,663 / 25,663 $2,379,870
June 26, 2013
June 29, 2013 Vancouver BC Place Stadium Ed Sheeran
Austin Mahone
Joel Crouse
41,142 / 41,142 $3,974,410
July 6, 2013 Pittsburgh   United States Heinz Field 56,047 / 56,047 $4,718,518
July 13, 2013 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium 52,399 / 52,399 $4,670,011
July 19, 2013 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field 101,277 / 101,277 $8,822,335
July 20, 2013
July 26, 2013 Foxborough Gillette Stadium 110,712 / 110,712 $9,464,063
July 27, 2013
August 1, 2013 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena Ed Sheeran
Florida Georgia Line
13,368 / 13,368 $1,075,576
August 2, 2013 Kansas City Sprint Center 26,412 / 26,412 $2,093,172
August 3, 2013
August 6, 2013 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena Ed Sheeran
Casey James
12,231 / 12,231 $983,882
August 7, 2013 Tulsa BOK Center 10,949 / 10,949 $868,955
August 10, 2013 Chicago Soldier Field Ed Sheeran
Austin Mahone
Casey James
50,809 / 50,809 $4,149,148
August 15, 2013 San Diego Valley View Casino Center Ed Sheeran
Casey James
10,872 / 10,872 $948,541
August 19, 2013 Los Angeles Staples Center 55,829 / 55,829 $4,734,463
August 20, 2013
August 23, 2013
August 24, 2013
August 27, 2013 Sacramento Sleep Train Arena 12,795 / 12,795 $1,138,103
August 30, 2013 Portland Moda Center 13,952 / 13,952 $1,084,760
August 31, 2013 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 20,348 / 20,348 $1,584,049
September 6, 2013 Fargo Fargodome 21,073 / 21,073 $1,661,578
September 7, 2013 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 28,920 / 28,920 $2,320,937
September 8, 2013
September 12, 2013 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 13,650 / 13,650 $1,109,253
September 13, 2013 Raleigh PNC Arena 13,941 / 13,941 $1,088,612
September 14, 2013 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena 12,689 / 12,689 $997,216
September 19, 2013 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 41,292 / 41,292 $3,336,545
September 20, 2013
September 21, 2013
November 29, 2013 Auckland   New Zealand Vector Arena Neon Trees 30,799 / 30,799 $3,100,290
November 30, 2013
December 1, 2013
December 4, 2013 Sydney   Australia Allianz Stadium Guy Sebastian
Neon Trees
40,930 / 40,930 $4,096,060
December 7, 2013 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 38,907 / 38,907 $3,895,810
December 11, 2013 Perth nib Stadium 21,827 / 21,827 $2,364,080
December 14, 2013 Melbourne Etihad Stadium 47,257 / 47,257 $4,547,250
February 1, 2014 London   England The O2 Arena The Vamps 74,740 / 74,740[a] $5,829,240[a]
February 2, 2014
February 4, 2014
February 7, 2014 Berlin   Germany O2 World Andreas Bourani 10,350 / 10,350 $755,006
February 10, 2014 London   England The O2 Arena The Vamps [a] [a]
February 11, 2014
May 30, 2014 Shanghai   China Mercedes-Benz Arena 12,793 / 12,793 $1,864,934
June 1, 2014 Saitama[b]   Japan Saitama Super Arena CTS 20,046 / 20,046 $1,837,147
June 4, 2014 Jakarta   Indonesia MEIS Ancol Nicole Zefanya 8,130 / 8,130 $1,481,473
June 6, 2014 Pasay[c]   Philippines Mall of Asia Arena Meg Bucsit 9,775 / 9,775 $1,511,662
June 9, 2014   Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium Imprompt-3 16,344 / 16,344[d] $2,524,080[d]
June 11, 2014 Kuala Lumpur   Malaysia Putra Indoor Stadium IamNeeta 7,525 / 7,525 $998,608
June 12, 2014   Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium Imprompt-3 [d] [d]
Total 1,702,933 / 1,702,933 (100%) $150,184,971

Cancelled show

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Taylor Swift was also supposed to do a Red Tour concert in Thailand. Because of a coup d'état that happened to the government a few weeks before, the concert did not happen.[96] She did a concert in Singapore on the same day instead.

Date City Country Venue
June 9, 2014 Pak Kret[e]   Thailand Impact Arena
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The attendance and revenue for all the London shows were combined.
  2. This is called the Tokyo show because it is nearby, even though the arena isn't actually in Tokyo.
  3. This is called the Manila show because it is nearby, even though the arena isn't actually in Manila.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The attendance and revenue for all the Singapore shows were combined.
  5. This is called the Bangkok show because it is nearby, even though the arena isn't actually in Bangkok.

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