Wednesday 24 June 2015

Where Do The New Tour Dates Leave NZ?

The first thing that came to my mind when I saw that Taylor has announced new 1989 tour dates for China and Singapore is What about New Zealand?

Many people have given up hope a long time ago that Taylor was ever going to come back to New Zealand for her 1989 World Tour but not me, and the latest development just leaves the question begging in my opinion.

What about New Zealand you ask and why are you bringing this up now? I know she is not coming you say, it's been confirmed by the touring company and everything. Just hear me out ok?

Taylor performs in Shanghai, China on November 11th, and then is next scheduled to perform in Sydney Australia on November 28th and continues through Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne until December 12th.
So what do you think Taylor is going to get up to between Nov 12th and 27th? Return to the US for two weeks only to cover the same distance on the plane to return to Australia? Or would she add in more tour dates in other places around Asia and New Zealand before arriving in Sydney?

For the RED Tour, Taylor also visited Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia. Adding in travel time within Asia, and a single show at the above listed places, Taylor would have enough time to tour those places and still do three New Zealand shows before heading over to Sydney. Remember there was only 3 days between RED Tour Auckland and Sydney shows, so it is able to be done. In 2011 Taylor toured in South Korea and Hong Kong so maybe she also might return to those places?

Any further dates released for Asia I would expect to be announced after the general sale for the current dates on June 30th.

I know if you have got this far you think I'm rambling on about nothing and am just dreaming that Taylor is going to bring the 1989 World Tour to New Zealand, but whatever you may think, I firmly still believe that Taylor will come, Patience is a Virtue my dears.

Others have suggested that Taylor will come to New Zealand after the Australian dates ie within the 10 days leading up to Christmas and then head home in time for the holidays. So far this is still an option with no currently scheduled/known concerts to be performed in both New Zealand's main arena or the stadium which might possibly be used. Having said that, the weekend before the 1989 Sydney concert, the potential concert stadium is hosting another concert. Should Taylor chose to perform just before Christmas, she won't be the first one to do so after another artist did so in 2014.

I've taken way longer to write this than I should have of and stopped for dinner in between so I did slightly lose my place as to what I was initially thinking of when I started writing this. Having said that, I feel you get my drift and where I'm trying to go with it. Provoking that thought that 1989 Tour to New Zealand is still possible until the 1989 tour is over. Taylor will already be on this side of the world so why wouldn't she come here and she promised us so.

Just wait it out and good things will happen,
Patience is a Virtue
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The 1989 World Tour Is Coming To Singapore And China

On June 24th 2015 at 10am CST (China Standard Time), Taylor made the official announcement that she is returning to China and Singapore in November 2015.

The tour dates are as follows:
November 7th/8th in Singapore
November 10th/11th in Shanghai

Taylor returns to South East Asia a mere 17 months after she was in the area for the final leg of her critically acclaimed RED Tour which ended on June 12th 2014. Taylor has chosen to set the 1989 Tour dates for China and Singapore just a week after her 1989 Tour wraps up in Florida on October 31st. Clearly there is no rest this year for our superstar. 

Taylor returns to the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, which is the same place where she performed her very first concert in China on the RED Tour in 2014. While in Singapore, Taylor also returns to the Singapore Indoor Stadium where she held her RED Tour concert. 

Below is the official announcement tweet from Taylor Nation, be sure to be ready to snap up those tickets cause they will sell like hot cakes and I highly doubt there will be any more dates in either city, but dates in other places in South East Asia could have dates announced in the future.


The final question the new tour dates beg to be answered is:
What is Taylor going to get up to between November 12th and 28th when she is due in Sydney Australia for 6 concerts through to December 12th?
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