Taylor Swift announces global tour By Dan Hyman

As a recording artist, when you single-handedly break album sales records, chances are you’re going to want to hit the road to please your legions of fans. So it’s no surprise that platinum-selling artist Taylor Swift will be jetting around the globe with a 61-stop tour in support of her chart-topping album Speak Now.
In a statement today, Swift said she’s psyched to hit the stage. “I’m so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011!” Swift said. “The Fearless Tour was so much fun and even more unforgettable than I ever imagined, and I can’t wait to get back out and play my new music from Speak Now! The fans have been so amazing, and I’m thrilled to play in new cities around the world and meet even more of my fans in 2011!”

Swift’s third LP, Speak Now, was released just shy of one month ago, and has already sold over one million copies. The album sold a whopping 1,047,000 copies in its first week which makes it the largest sales week for an album since March of 2005 when 50 Cent’s The Massacre went to Number One with 1,141,000 copies sold.
Check out the full list of tour dates below.
» 2/9 – Singapore
» 2/11 – Seoul, South Korea
» 2/13 – Osaka, Japan
» 2/16-17 – Tokyo, Japan
» 2/19 – Manila, Philippines
» 2/21 – Hong Kong
» 3/6 – Brussels, Belgium
» 3/7 – Rotterdam, Holland
» 3/9 – Oslo, Norway
» 3/12 – Oberhausen, Germany
» 3/15 – Milan, Italy
» 3/17 – Paris, France
» 3/19 – Madrid, Spain
» 3/22 – Birmingham, U.K.
» 3/25 – Belfast, Northern Ireland
» 3/27 – Dublin, Ireland
» 3/29 – Manchester, U.K.
» 3/30 – London, U.K.
» 5/27-28 – Omaha, Nebraska
» 5/29 – Des Moines, Iowa
» 6/2-3 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
» 6/4 – Orlando, Florida
» 6/7 – Columbus, Ohio
» 6/8 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
» 6/11 – Detroit, Michigan
» 6/14 & 15 – St. Paul, Minnesota
» 6/18 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
» 6/21 – Buffalo, New York
» 6/22 – Hartford, Connecticut
» 6/25 – Foxborough, Massachusetts
» 6/30 – Greensboro, North Carolina
» 7/1 – Knoxville, Tennessee
» 7/2 – Louisville, Kentucky
» 7/8 – Charlotte, North Carolina
» 7/9-10 – Atlanta, Georgia
» 7/14 – Montreal, Quebec
» 7/15-16 – Toronto, Ontario
» 7/19-20 – New York, New York
» 7/28 – Grand Rapids, Michigan
» 7/29 – Indianapolis, Indiana
» 7/30 – Cleveland, Ohio
» 8/2-3 – Washington, D.C.
» 8/6 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
» 8/9-10 – Chicago, Illinois
» 8/13 – Lexington, Kentucky
» 8/14 – St. Louis, Missouri
» 8/18-19 – Edmonton, Alberta
» 8/23-24 – Los Angeles, California
» 9/1-2 – San Jose, California
» 9/3 – Sacramento, California
» 9/6 – Portland, Oregon
» 9/7 – Seattle, Washington
» 9/10-11 – Vancouver, British Columbia
» 9/16-17 – Nashville, Tennessee
» 9/21 – Tulsa, Oklahoma
» 9/24 – Kansas City, Missouri
» 9/27 – Denver, Colorado
» 9/28 – Salt Lake City, Utah
» 10/4 – Little Rock, Arkansas
» 10/5 – New Orleans, Louisiana
» 10/8 – Dallas, Texas