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Speak Now World Tour

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This is about the tour. For the live album, see Speak Now: World Tour Live .

1 Background
2 Opening acts
3.1.1 Covers
5.1 Box office score data
6 References
7 External links

Background [ ]

"I’m so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011! 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!" [3]

While promoting her current album, Swift mentioned her excitement for her upcoming tour. She stated the tour was going to be "big" and "extensive". [4] On November 23, 2010, various media outlets—including Billboard Magazine announced the second tour by Swift. [5] It follows her successful Fearless Tour which played for over 100 dates in over five countries. The tour marked the singer's first tour to perform in stadiums. Before the tour commenced, Swift performed "The Allure of Taylor Swift" aboard the MS Allure of the Seas at the Allure of the Seas Aquatheater, as apart Royal Caribbean Cruises in January 2011. [6]

Opening acts [ ]

Setlist [ ].

" Sparks Fly "
" The Story of Us "
" Our Song "
" Back to December "
" Better Than Revenge "
" Speak Now "
" Fearless " / "I'm Yours" / "Hey, Soul Sister"
" Last Kiss "
" You Belong with Me "
" Dear John "
" Enchanted "
" Haunted "
" Long Live "
" Fifteen "
" Love Story "
During the shows in Asia leg and Europe leg, " Our Song ", " Mean ", " Last Kiss ", " Haunted " were not performed, as the result of stage reduction and lacking background dancers. In addition, " Fifteen " was moved to the place where " Last Kiss " originally should be.
" Ours " was added to the setlist after the Denver show on September 27, 2011.
" Safe & Sound " was added to the setlist since the Oceania leg, although it was replaced by " Eyes Open " during the show in Auckland.
During her concert at the Allstate Arena, Swift performed "Sugar, We're Goin Down" [12]
During her concert at the Van Andel Arena, Swift performed "Lose Yourself" and "Smile". [13]
During her concert at the Lincoln Financial Field, Swift performed "Who Knew" and "Unpretty". [12]
During her concerts at the Staples Center, Swift was joined onstage my many guest stars. For the concert on August 23, Swift was joined onstage by Justin Bieber to perform "Baby". [14] For the show on the 24th, Swift was joined by Jason Mraz to perform his hit, "I'm Yours". She also performed, "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys. [15] The following concert on the 27th saw Swift performing, "Tonight Tonight" with Hot Chelle Rae [15] and on the 28th, she performed "Super Bass" with Nicki Minaj . [16]
During her concert in at Rogers Arena, Swift performed "You Learn" and "Baby". She was later joined onstage by Tal Bachman to perform his hit, "She's So High". [17]
During her concert at the Bridgestone Arena on September 16, Swift was joined by Ronnie Dunn and the two performed "Bleed Red". She was also joined by Hayley Williams and the two performed "That's What You Get". [18]
For her concerts in Atlanta, Swift was joined onstage by Usher to perform "Yeah!" on the first and rapper T.I. performing "Live Your Life" on the second. [19]
During her concert at the Cowboys Stadium, Swift was joined onstage by B.o.B to perform " Airplanes ". [20]
For her concerts in Glendale, Swift performed "No Parade", "The Middle" and "All You Wanted". [21]
During her concert at the Valley View Casino Center, Swift performed, "Dare You to Move". [22]
During the concert at the Frank Erwin Center, Swift was joined onstage by Shawn Colvin to perform "Sunny Came Home". [23]
During her concert at Minute Maid Park, Swift was joined onstage by Nelly to perform "Just a Dream" [24]
During her concert at the American Airlines Arena, Swift was joined by Flo Rida to perform "Right Round". [25]
During her concert at the Colonial Life Arena, Swift was joined by Darius Rucker to perform "Alright". [26]
During her concert at the Madison Square Garden, Swift was joined by Selena Gomez to perform "Who Says" and James Taylor to perform "Fire and Rain". [27]

Gallery [ ]

Tour dates [ ].

^ a This concert was a part of the Speak Now, Help Now

Box office score data [ ]

References [ ].

↑ "Top 50 Worldwide Tours (01/01/2011 - 06/30/2011)" . Pollstar . Pollstar, Inc.. 8 July 2011 . http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/Charts2011/071811Top50WorldwideTours.pdf . Retrieved 15 July 2011 .
↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0Mnebw_TJc&feature=digest_fri
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↑ Vena, Jocelyn (2010-11-23). "Taylor Swift Announces Speak Now World Tour Dates" . MTV News . MTV Networks . http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1652946/20101123/swift__taylor.jhtml . Retrieved 2010-11-24 .
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↑ Kennedy, Gerrick D. (29 August 2011). "Taylor Swift's final Staples show gets boost from Nicki Minaj" . Los Angeles Times . Tribune Company . http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/08/taylor-swift-gets-a-bit-of-help-from-nicki-minaj-.html . Retrieved 8 September 2011 .
↑ Collins, Leah (18 July 2011). "Taylor Swift Covers Justin Bieber In Concert (Alanis Morissette and Tal Bachman, Too)" . Dose . Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011 . http://www.freezepage.com/1322084333DQEBCQSOLC . Retrieved 23 November 2011 .
↑ Hogan, Marc (20 September 2011). "Paramore's Hayley Williams Duets With Taylor Swift" . Spin . Archived from the original on 6 October 2011 . http://www.webcitation.org/62EDQI9b9 . Retrieved 6 October 2011 .
↑ RTT Staf Writer (3 October 2011). "Taylor Swift Performs With Usher And T.I. In Atlanta" . RTTNews. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011 . http://www.webcitation.org/62EDaa9hd . Retrieved 6 October 2011 .
↑ Partridge, Kenneth (11 October 2011). "Taylor Swift and B.o.B. Take 'Airplanes' for a Spin in Dallas" . The Boot . Aol, Inc.. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011 . http://www.freezepage.com/1319703157ATDBDBSHCF . Retrieved 27 October 2011 .
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↑ Kragen, Pam (21 October 2011). "CONCERT REVIEW: Swift wows local fans with spectacular arena show" . North County Times . Lee Enterprises. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011 . http://www.freezepage.com/1319703407NUTOPSYUQM . Retrieved 27 October 2011 .
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Taylor Swift wraps her Speak Now tour in New York City, sings with James Taylor and Selena Gomez

After 80 sold-out shows, Taylor Swift wrapped the North American leg of her Speak Now World Tour last night in front of a screaming crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York City. And what a show it was.

After a terrific set by South Carolina rockers NEEDTOBREATHE, whose strong sense of melody make it clear why Ms. “I love a good hook” Swift hand-picked them to open for her, the star of the evening emerged from the stage to lead her massive production. I’ve said it before, but allow me to reiterate: Anyone that doesn’t think Taylor Swift should’ve won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards has never seen her live. That girl is the definition of an entertainer.

Sparks literally flew (courtesy of harnessed, floating dancers) during “Sparks Fly,” twinkling trees shone through a foggy, gazebo’d set during “Enchanted,” fearless dancers dropped out of enormous bells on “Haunted,” and, of course, Taylor donned a ball gown and soared over the audience in a Juliet balcony for her grand “Love Story” finale.

The show is a Cirque-du-Soleil level spectacle, but Taylor has a rare ability to infuse her spectacle with sincerity, and she sounds in fine voice throughout. (She’s definitely singing live, though at times I did suspect a little bit of backing-track assistance.)

Clearly, Swift wanted to make sure she ended the American section of her Speak Now Tour — there are six final dates in March in Australia and New Zealand — with a bang. And because she can’t resist a good cameo, Swift brought out her AMAs dancing partner and BFF Selena Gomez, who sang her hit “Who Says” to a sea of crying tween girls:

But, you know, one guest wasn’t enough for the final show! During her encore, Swift told a story about singing “Fire and Rain” in her fifth-grade chorus class and how she’s actually named after James Taylor, and then, whataya know? James Taylor himself walked out onstage to sing “Fire and Rain,” a song that hit a very nice place in Swift’s small but sweet voice. Listen below:

A few moments later, the Speak Now World Tour closed its curtains in America for the final time.

All in all, the pop-country sensation’s massively successful tour (which I’ve now seen on three separate occasions) is estimated to have brought in over $100 million in ticket sales — and that’s not even accounting for the extensive merchandising and Cover Girl endorsements that permeate every inch of whatever stadium she inhabits.

Whether you’re a fan or not, the reality is that Taylor Swift has entertained millions of ticket-buyers across the country, and it is truly a dazzling thing to a see a performer at the peak of her popularity put on such an elaborate, well-choreographed show. (And kudos too to her dancers, who bounced effortlessly from ballet to hip hop to aerial acrobatics).

Taylor performs with poise and graciousness, and with little more than a simple sashay in a sequined dress, she can turn an eager audience into a deafeningly loud, glowstick-waving, singing-at-the-top-of-their lungs army. In short, she makes a whole lot of people very, very happy.

Until next tour, Taylor.

Five more observations from the show:

1. To give you a sense of the the girl-to-boy ratio at a T-Swift show with 15,000 audience members, this was the men’s bathroom last night:

2. An alarming number of people showed their support for Taylor’s new kitten by either dressing as cats or holding signs that said “Speak Meow.”

3. One girl, who looked about 13 years old, had a Christmas lights-enhanced sign that read “I Still Believe In Falling In Love!” And people says kids are too cynical these days! (Also, how do fans make those crazy light-up signs?)

4. Taylor Swift’s mother took a stroll through the audience before the show started, and the girl in front of me shoved a CD (presumably a sample of her singing) into Mrs. Swift’s hands. When she accepted the album, the girl began gleefully jumping and squealing for about five straight minutes. It was sweet.

5. My coworker Leah Greenblatt, spotted Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield singing along by the side of the stage. And she suspects the incognito figure in the hoodie lurking stage left may have been Justin Bieber.

Did you catch the Speak Now World Tour? If so, share your favorite moments of the show in the comments below.

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Speak Now World Tour

The Speak Now World Tour was the second concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift , who embarked on it to support her third studio album, Speak Now (2010). It ran from February 9, 2011, to March 18, 2012, and covered 110 shows across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania.

Background and development

Acoustic cover versions, surprise covers, special guests, cancelled date, external links.

The set list consisted mostly of songs from Speak Now , with a few numbers from Swift's first two albums, Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008). Two songs were performed as medleys with music of other artists: " Hey, Soul Sister " by Train , " Apologize " by OneRepublic , and " I'm Yours " by Jason Mraz . On several US shows, Swift invited special guests to perform duets onstage with her. Multiple US shows were recorded for a concert film and live album, both titled Speak Now World Tour – Live , released on November 21, 2011.

Music critics generally praised the production and Swift's showmanship and interactions with her audience. According to Pollstar , the Speak Now World Tour was the fourth-highest-grossing tour and the highest-grossing by a female artist of 2011. Billboard ranked it fifth on their list of the top tours of 2011.

I’m so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011! 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! [2]

While promoting Speak Now , Swift mentioned her excitement for her upcoming tour. She stated that the tour was going to be "big" and "extensive". [3] On November 23, 2010, various media outlets, including Billboard magazine, announced the second tour by Swift. [4] It followed her successful Fearless Tour , which played over 100 dates in five countries. The Speak Now World Tour marked Swift's first in multiple stadiums . Before it commenced, she performed "The Allure of Taylor Swift" show aboard the MV Allure of the Seas at the Allure of the Seas Aquatheater, as a part of Royal Caribbean Cruises on January 21, 2011 in Cozumel , Mexico . [5] Swift used Tom Petty 's " American Girl " as her entrance song. [6]

It ranked tenth on Pollstar 's "Top 50 Worldwide Tour (Mid-Year)" list, earning over $40 million. [7] At the end of 2011, the tour placed fourth on the magazine's annual "Top 25 Worldwide Tours" list, earning $104.2 million from 100 shows, [8] making it the highest-grossing female and solo tour of 2011.

During the North American [9] and Australasian tour legs, Swift wrote different song lyrics, and occasionally quotes from famous speeches and movies, on her left arm for each show. She stated that the lyrics should be viewed as a nightly "mood ring", [10] and The New Yorker has cited the practice as an example of Swift's "keen understanding of what fuels fan obsession in the first place: a desire for intimacy between singer and listener". [11]

Swift performed many acoustic cover versions during the North American leg. In each city, she paid tribute to a homegrown artist. [12] She stated that the cover versions allowed her to be "spontaneous" in an otherwise well-rehearsed show: "You'll have a lot of people who will come to more than one show, and I want them to get a different experience every time." [13]

The following set list is from the May 27, 2011 show in Omaha, Nebraska. It is not intended to represent all shows throughout the tour. [14]

" Sparks Fly "
" The Story of Us "
" Our Song "
" Back to December " (contains elements of " Apologize " and " You're Not Sorry ")
" Better than Revenge "
" Speak Now "
" Fearless " / " I'm Yours " (contains elements of " Hey, Soul Sister ")
"Last Kiss"
Surprise cover
" You Belong with Me "
" Dear John "
" Enchanted "
" Long Live "
" Fifteen "
" Love Story "
During the Asian and European legs, "Mean", "Our Song", and "Haunted" were not performed due to stage reduction. Additionally, "Fifteen" was performed in place of "Last Kiss". [ citation needed ]
During the show in Kansas City, Swift performed "Superman". [15]
Starting with the show in Denver, " Ours " was added to the set-list. [16]
During the shows in Lexington, [17] Houston, [18] and Raleigh, [19] Swift performed "Never Grow Up".
During the shows in Oceania, " Safe & Sound " was performed during the encore, except the second performance in Auckland, where " Eyes Open " was performed instead. [20]

Swift is well-known for paying homage to other artists that have inspired her; after "Last Kiss" was performed, she went on to perform the following surprise tribute covers:

July 15, 2011 – Toronto: " You Learn " by Alanis Morissette , " Baby " by Justin Bieber and " She's So High " by Tal Bachman [21]
July 16, 2011 – Toronto: " Complicated " by Avril Lavigne , "Baby" by Justin Bieber, and " I'm Like a Bird " by Nelly Furtado [22]
July 19–20 and 24, 2011 – Newark: " Livin' on a Prayer " by Bon Jovi [23]
July 20 and 24, 2011 – Newark: " Dancing in the Dark " by Bruce Springsteen [24]
July 23, 2011 – Newark: " Cowboy Take Me Away " by Dixie Chicks [25]
July 28, 2011 – Grand Rapids: " Lose Yourself " by Eminem and " Smile " by Uncle Kracker [26]
July 29, 2011 – Indianapolis: " Jack & Diane " by John Cougar Mellencamp and " I Want You Back " by Jackson 5 [12]
July 30, 2011 – Cleveland: " I Try " by Macy Gray and " My Wish " by Rascal Flatts [27]
August 2, 2011 – Washington: " I Heard It Through The Grapevine " by Marvin Gaye and " Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) " by Mya [28]
August 3, 2011 – Washington: " Stay (I Missed You) " by Lisa Loeb and " A Sorta Fairytale " by Tori Amos [29]
August 6, 2011 – Philadelphia: " Who Knew " by Pink and " Unpretty " by TLC [30]
August 9, 2011 – Rosemont: " Sugar, We're Goin Down " by Fall Out Boy [31]
August 10, 2011 – Rosemont: " I Want You to Want Me " by Cheap Trick [12]
August 13–14, 2011 – St. Louis: " Just a Dream " by Nelly [32]
August 18–19, 2011 – Edmonton: " Complicated " by Carolyn Dawn Johnson [33]
August 23–24, 2011 – Los Angeles: " God Only Knows " by the Beach Boys [34]
August 23–24 and 28, 2011 – Los Angeles: " The Sweet Escape " by Gwen Stefani [35]
August 27, 2011 – Los Angeles: " Bette Davis Eyes " by Kim Carnes and " This Love " by Maroon 5 [36]
August 28, 2011 – Los Angeles: " Realize " by Colbie Caillat [37]
September 1, 2011 – San Jose: " Drops of Jupiter " by Train [38]
September 2, 2011 – San Jose: " Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) " by Green Day [12]
September 3, 2011 – Sacramento: "Untouchable" by Luna Halo [39]
September 6, 2011 – Portland: " Closer to Love " by Mat Kearney [40]
September 7, 2011 – Tacoma: " You and Me " by Dave Matthews Band [41]
September 10, 2011 – Vancouver: " Summer of '69 " by Bryan Adams [42]
September 11, 2011 – Vancouver: " Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) " by Alan Jackson [43]
September 16–17, 2011 – Nashville: "Nashville" by David Mead [44]
September 20, 2011 – Bossier City: " Lucky " by Britney Spears [45]
September 21, 2011 – Tulsa: " Swing, Swing " by the All-American Rejects [46]
September 27, 2011 – Denver: " How to Save a Life " by the Fray [47]
September 28, 2011 – Salt Lake City: " Animal " by Neon Trees [12]
October 1–2, 2011 – Atlanta: " Baby Girl " by Sugarland [48]
October 4, 2011 – North Little Rock: " Ain't Nothing 'Bout You " by Brooks & Dunn [49]
October 5, 2011 – New Orleans: "Breathless" by Better Than Ezra [50]
October 8, 2011 – Arlington: " The Boys of Summer " by Don Henley [51]
October 11, 2011 – Louisville: "The Back of Your Hand" by Dwight Yoakam [52]
October 14, 2011 – Lubbock: " Wide Open Spaces " by Dixie Chicks [53]
October 15, 2011 – Oklahoma City: " What Hurts the Most " by Rascal Flatts [54]
October 20, 2011 – San Diego: " Dare You to Move " by Switchfoot [55]
October 21, 2011 – Glendale: "No Parade" by Jordin Sparks [56]
October 22, 2011 – Glendale: " All You Wanted " by Michelle Branch [12]
October 25, 2011 – San Antonio: " Run " by George Strait [12]
October 26, 2011 – Austin: "Hold On" by Jack Ingram [57]
October 30, 2011 – Memphis: " Cry Me a River " by Justin Timberlake [58]

While touring, Swift is well-known to surprise her audiences with specially-invited musical guests, who join her onstage in singing a duet.

August 23, 2011 – Los Angeles, California: "Baby" with Justin Bieber
August 24, 2011 – Los Angeles, California: "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz
August 27, 2011 – Los Angeles, California: " Tonight Tonight " with Hot Chelle Rae
August 28, 2011 – Los Angeles, California: " Super Bass " with Nicki Minaj
September 10, 2011 – Vancouver, British Columbia: "She's So High" with Tal Bachman
September 16, 2011 – Nashville, Tennessee: " Bleed Red " with Ronnie Dunn and " That's What You Get " with Hayley Williams of Paramore
September 17, 2011 – Nashville, Tennessee: " Keep Your Head Up " with Andy Grammer , " Big Star " with Kenny Chesney , and " Just to See You Smile " with Tim McGraw
October 1, 2011 – Atlanta, Georgia: " Yeah! " with Usher
October 2, 2011 – Atlanta, Georgia: " Live Your Life " with T.I.
October 8, 2011 – Arlington, Texas: " Airplanes " with B.o.B
October 21, 2011 – Glendale, Arizona: " Meant to Live " with Jon Foreman of Switchfoot
October 22, 2011 – Glendale, Arizona: " The Middle " with Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World
October 26, 2011 – Austin, Texas: " Sunny Came Home " with Shawn Colvin
November 5, 2011 – Houston, Texas: "Just a Dream" with Nelly
November 13, 2011 – Miami, Florida: " Right Round " with Flo Rida
November 18, 2011 – Columbia, South Carolina: " Alright " with Darius Rucker
November 21, 2011 – New York City: " Iris " with John Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls
November 22, 2011 – New York City: " Who Says " with Selena Gomez and " Fire and Rain " with James Taylor
1 2 The shows on October 1 and 2, 2011, in Atlanta at the Philips Arena were originally scheduled for July 9 and 10, 2011; however, due to illness, the shows were postponed.
↑ The show on October 11, 2011, in Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center was originally scheduled for July 2, 2011; however, due to illness, the show was postponed.
↑ The show on November 16, 2011, in Charlotte at the Time Warner Cable Arena was originally scheduled for July 8, 2011; however, due to illness, the show was postponed.

Taylor Swift Announces ‘Speak Now’ World Tour

Taylor Swift will take her record-breaking album "Speak Now" on the road next year, starting in February and continuing through October 2011.

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T aylor Swift will take her record-breaking album “Speak Now” on the road next year, starting in February and continuing through October 2011.

The “Speak Now” World Tour will take Swift to 19 countries, beginning Feb. 9 in Singapore and running through Asia and Europe before hitting the U.S. on May 27 in Omaha, Neb. These dates include six stadium shows in the U.S.

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“I’m so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011!” Swift said in a statement. “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!”

Taylor Swift’s 2009-2010 “Fearless” World Tour, which spanned 15 months, grossed $63,705,590, with 1,138,977 in attendance, according to Billboard Boxscore statistics. For her efforts, Swift received the Top Package Award at Billboard’s 2010 Touring Awards.

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Here are Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now” World Tour dates:

Feb. 9: Singapore (Singapore Indoor Stadium) Feb. 11: Seoul, South Korea (Gymnastic Gymnasium) Feb. 13: Osaka, Japan (Osaka-Jo Hall) Feb. 16 & 17: Tokyo, Japan (Budokan Hall) Feb. 19: Manila, Philippines (Araneta Coliseum) Feb. 21: Hong Kong (Asia World Arena) March 6: Brussels, Belgium (Forest National) March 7: Rotterdam, Holland (Ahoy) March 9: Oslo, Norway (Oslo Spektrum) March 12: Oberhausen, Germany (Oberhausen Arena) March 15: Milan, Italy March 17: Paris, France (Zenith) March 19: Madrid, Spain (Palacio De Deportes) March 22: Birmingham, UK (LG Arena) March 25: Belfast, Northern Ireland (Odyssey Arena) March 27: Dublin, Ireland (O2 Dublin) March 29: Manchester, UK (Manchester Evening News Arena) March 30: London, UK (O2 Arena) May 27 & 28: Omaha, Neb. May 29: Des Moines, Iowa June 2 & 3: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. June 4: Orlando, Fla. June 7: Columbus, Ohio June 8: Milwaukee, Wis. June 11: Detroit, Mich. (Ford Field) June 14 & 15: St. Paul, Minn. June 18: Pittsburgh, Penn. ( Heinz Field ) June 21: Buffalo, N.Y. June 22: Hartford, Conn. June 25: Foxborough, Mass. (Gillette Stadium) June 30: Greensboro, N.C. July 1: Knoxville, Tenn. July 2: Louisville, Ky July 8: Charlotte, N.C. July 9 & 10: Atlanta, Ga. July 14: Montreal, Quebec July 15 & 16: Toronto, Ontario July 19 & 20: New York, N.Y. July 28: Grand Rapids, Mich. July 29: Indianapolis, Ind. July 30: Cleveland, Ohio Aug. 2 & 3: Washington, D.C. Aug. 6: Philadelphia, Penn. (Lincoln Financial Field) Aug. 9 & 10: Chicago, Ill. Aug. 13: Lexington, Ky Aug. 14: St. Louis, Mo. Aug. 18 & 19: Edmonton, Alberta Aug. 23 & 24: Los Angeles, Calif. Sept. 1 & 2: San Jose, Calif. Sept. 3: Sacramento, Calif. Sept. 6: Portland, Ore. Sept. 7: Seattle, Wash. Sept. 10 & 11: Vancouver, British Columbia Sept. 16 & 17: Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 21: Tulsa, Okla. Sept. 24: Kansas City, Mo. (Arrowhead Stadium) Sept. 27: Denver, Colo. Sept 28: Salt Lake City, Utah Oct. 4: Little Rock, Ark. Oct. 5: New Orleans, La. Oct. 8: Dallas, Texas (Cowboys Stadium)

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Taylor Swift Announces 'Speak Now' World Tour Dates

[artist id="2389485"]Taylor Swift[/artist] is ready to take Speak Now on the road. The singer will kick off her world tour February 19 in Singapore. She'll bring the show Stateside on May 27 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Before the tour wraps October 8 in Dallas, Swift will have played 87 shows in 19 countries. Swift also has plans to add additional dates in Australia and New Zealand. Ticket prices will start at $25.

The tour will include multiple costume changes and will show off Swift's musicianship, as she plans to play several instruments during the show.

"I'm so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011!" Swift said in a statement. "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!"

[article id="1650280"]Swift told MTV News before Speak Now dropped[/article] that she was especially excited to take the new album out on the road. "Lots, lots of touring, very extensive tour planned," Swift revealed. "That's also gonna be a worldwide thing, so I'm just completely stoked out of my mind to play the new songs live."

» 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

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Taylor Swift Reveals Release Date for ‘Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' at The Eras Tour

Taylor swift announced that 2010's speak now will be the next of her albums to receive the swift's version re-recording treatment. find out when it'll be released., by gabrielle chung • published may 6, 2023 • updated on may 6, 2023 at 1:41 am.

Taylor Swift has spoken.

On May 5, the pop star announced at the Nashville stop of her The Eras Tour that she'll be releasing a re-recorded version of her 2010 album Speak Now. The enchanting revelation came just as she played "Sparks Fly," the fifth single from the record, as one of her two surprise songs of the night.

"I think rather than me speaking about it," she told the crowd, as the cover art for the upcoming Speak Now (Swift's Version) flashed across screens at the Nissan Stadium, "I thought I would show you." ( Click here to see the cover .)

The new album will be released on July 7. It will contain 22 tracks, including six previously unreleased songs from the vault.

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"I first made Speak Now, completely self-written, between the ages of 18 and 20," a message shared to Swift's Instagram announcing the re-recording read. "The songs that came from this time in my life were marked by their brutal honesty, unfiltered diaristic confessions and wild wistfulness. I love this album because it tells a tale of growing up, flailing, flying and crashing … and living to speak about it."

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The post was accompanied by a note signed by the 33-year-old, reading: "I always looked at this album as my album, and the lump in my throat expands to a quivering voice as I say this. Thanks to you, dear reader, it finally will be."

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Swift added, referencing lyrics from the record, "I consider this music to be, along with your faith with in me, the best thing that's ever been mine."

Speak Now is the third album from Swift's discography to be re-recorded. A re-recording of 2008's Fearless was released in April 2021, followed by an updated version of her 2012's Red seven months later.

The singer is in the process of re-recording her six earliest albums after a dispute with her previous record label Big Machine Label Group. As Swifties know all too well, Swift started the venture after Scott Borchetta, who ran the label, sold her masters to Justin Bieber 's manager Scooter Braun .

"Thankfully, there's power in writing your music," Swift said of her decision in a 2019 interview with Billboard. "And the reason I'm rerecording my music next year is because I do want my music to live on. I do want it to be in movies, I do want it to be in commercials. But I only want that if I own it."

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Taylor Swift: Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) review – re-recording project starting to feel wearying and pointless

(Republic) The latest of Swift’s re-recorded albums suffers from the loss of her youthful voice – as well as her decision to alter lyrics out of step with today’s sensibilities

O riginally released in 2010, Speak Now was the first Taylor Swift album to go studs up, foregrounding the combative spirit that would come to define her. It is to date her only entirely self-written record, her attempt to vanquish critics who had credited her co-writers with the success of her first two albums. (The sing-songily vindictive Mean called out one directly.) The fairytale romances of her first two records turned bitter as Swift turned 20 and experienced real heartache. In the bruised epic Dear John, one of her greatest songs, she rebuked musician John Mayer, 12 years her senior, for treating her poorly when they dated. Her country sound hardened accordingly, skewing towards pop-punk and gothic rock. Even the ballads expanded to an indomitable scale, primed to fill the vast rooms she was now selling out. Eleven of the original 14 tracks are classics, and Speak Now (the 2010 version) remains a five-star smash.

The artwork for Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).

The album is premised on Swift saying the things she wished she had said: an extended fantasy about having the last word in heartbreak – but also, for the first time, her own narrative. (Innocent consoles Kanye West, who in 2009 invaded Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music awards, instigating a pop-cultural paradigm shift that we’re still living through.)

Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is a continuation of that spirit. It’s the third album in Swift’s project to re-record her first six records, made for the label Big Machine, after the masters were sold to an old foe, Scooter Braun. Swift claimed she wasn’t offered the chance to buy them back herself; re-recording them gives her ownership of the new master recordings and forces any directors wishing to sync her music to use her versions. The saga educated a generation of young fans about music rights and made supporting this extremely lucrative re-recording campaign an ethical issue.

Your mileage may vary. Still only halfway through, the project is starting to feel a little wearying and pointless, other than in the business sense. There is limited value in playing spot-the-difference between the recordings, and only a few of the bonus From the Vault tracks – recorded at the time but not released – have been keepers.

I hope the three albums still to come – her self-titled debut, 1989 and Reputation – arrive as some sort of box set: the first is just endearing juvenilia; the other two, along with their attendant, gruelling press cycles, live far too fresh in the memory to revisit.

And Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) dilutes some of the original’s acid. One issue with Swift revisiting her older work is that her voice has changed with age. Now 33, she’s a much richer and more skilled singer than she was then, but their piercing, youthful twang was what made these songs kick harder in all their dressing-downs and rabid desires, emphasising the sense of a girl wading into adult waters. “You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter,” from opener Mine, is one of her best lyrics, but here its reckless glee is a touch muted. Mean also sounds more conciliatory in its new softness. Otherwise, the musical consistency is as impressive as ever.

More than the re-recordings of Fearless or Red, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is a project of revisionist history. As well as these re-recordings, Swift is currently engaged in a huge retrospective project, the world-conquering Eras tour, in which she plays songs from each of her albums (bar the debut). (Canny branding again: most tours have a wide-ranging setlist.) On one recent date in Minneapolis, she instructed fans not to go after Mayer when she released the updated Dear John, telling them: “I don’t care about anything that happened to me when I was 19 except the songs I wrote and the memories we made together … I’m not putting this album out so that you can go and feel the need to defend me on the internet against someone you think I might have written a song about.”

While that song preserves her youthful sense of being hurt, another has received an edit. Pre-release, there was speculation about whether Swift would change the lyrics to the raging Better Than Revenge, in which she sang of a romantic rival: “She’s better known for the things that she does on the mattress.” Swift hasn’t performed it since the original Speak Now tour, and in 2014 told the Guardian : “I was 18 when I wrote that. That’s the age you are when you think someone can actually take your boyfriend. Then you grow up and realise no one can take someone from you if they don’t want to leave.” Sure enough, the new version has different lyrics: “He was a moth to the flame / She was holding the matches.” The song remains a banger, with a massive firework of a “whoa-oh!” in the chorus, but the lyric change feels feeble, as well as inconsistent with the rest of the project. It’s the point where re-recording becomes relitigation.

It feels bad faith to her fans, too: no one listens to the original and thinks, “Yes, slut-shaming is good!” Hayley Williams of Paramore appears on one From the Vault track – an artist who has reckoned very publicly with the same issue. For years, the pop-punk band stopped playing their 2007 song Misery Business due to the line “once a whore, you’re nothing more”. Then, in 2022, Billie Eilish asked Williams to perform it with her at Coachella, and this year the band restored it to their setlists in response to fan demand. Both lyrics are valuable artefacts of how girlhood felt in the late 2000s, when women were still routinely pitted against each other culturally and “not like the other girls” culture thrived.

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The song with Williams, Castles Crumbling, is the best bonus track from a slightly bland selection. As with Nothing New, a From the Vault collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers from Red (Taylor’s Version), the crestfallen, delicate song finds Swift and Williams reckoning with fame and falling from grace – a prescient song for Swift to have written at the outset of her imperial phase. Although Castles Crumbling is nowhere near pop-punk, Williams’ presence, along with that of Fall Out Boy on the rueful stadium chugger Electric Touch, is a good bit of revisionist history, rightly honouring Speak Now as emo canon.

I Can See You is actively bad Maroon 5-core, though the lyrics are intriguingly sexual for an artist who kept things pretty chaste lyrically well into early adulthood: “I could see you up against the wall with me,” she sings.

These bonus tracks are mostly notable for this streak of raging fantasy, from the carnal to, in Timeless, Swift finding old photos of couples in an antique shop and imagining herself yearning for a lover who’s gone off to war. It’s endearingly unhinged, and she knows it. On the limpid, puttering Foolish One, she sweetly chides herself for her naivety: “Stop checkin’ your mailbox for confessions of love / That ain’t never gonna come” – Swift the realist v Swift the hopeless romantic. Some of her best songwriting puts her in conversation with herself like this. Parts of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) feel more like she’s silencing herself.

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When it was released in 2010, Speak Now represented a milestone in Taylor Swift’s career. Penned during her first headlining tour, it was the first time the 20-year-old hitmaker had written all the songs on one of her albums. Thirteen years later, Swift’s third album is also her third re-recorded album, part of her project to reclaim her work from the entities that now hold the masters of her first six full-lengths.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Speak Now’ Era Style: Sparkly Dresses, Sky-High Heels and More

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Taylor Swift is looking back on all of her eras — and so are we.

During the now-viral Nashville leg of her current Eras world tour — featuring a set divided into 10 sections for each of her albums so far — Swift revealed she’d re-release her 2010 country album “Speak Now” as “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” on July 7. The news is coincidentally timely — and not just as the 2010s are returning to fashion, but also as a shift for Swift.

“Speak Now” marked the singer’s upward trajectory while solidifying her popularity in pop culture and pop music — and, style-wise, hinged on the new decade’s embrace of enchanting glamour.

Swift’s array of beaded, embellished and princess-worthy tulle dresses are the leading hallmarks from this period — particularly the sweeping purple spring 2007 Reem Acra gown seen on her “Speak Now” album cover. Coinciding with the regally outfits, however, are an array of playful and feminine going-out looks instantly reminiscent of the early 2010s.

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The singer was regularly spotted throughout the period in a wide array of jewel-toned and vintage-inspired strapless and 3/4-sleeve minidresses at events ranging from the “Easy A” premiere to Swift’s launch of her popular debut fragrance, Wonderstruck. All were frequently worn with peep-toe heels ranging from tonal nudes to shimmering metallics — but always boasting a soaring stiletto.

Below, relive the top looks from Swift’s “Speak Now” era ahead of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).”

In Sept. 2010, Swift attended Roberto Cavalli ‘s spring 2011 fashion show during Milan Fashion Week. For the occasion, the singer wore a romantically bohemian Cavalli satin skirt and lace-trimmed white blouse, paired with taupe tights and silver-buckled suede boots.

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November 2010 found Swift with a sleek makeover at the 2010 American Music Awards, where she sparkled in a sleeveless Collette Dinnigan minidress embellished with linear gunmetal and silver crystals.

A pair of black Jimmy Choo sandals completed her outfit with a glitzy finish.

In 2011, Swift arrived to the 46th annual Academy Of Country Music Awards RAM in a sweeping light yellow Elie Saab couture gown embellished with allover lace, 3D silk and beaded flowers.

The sleeveless piece was paired with sparkling diamond and platinum chandelier earrings and a cocktail ring by Neil Lane, as well as a set of light gold Ralph Lauren heels.

For the 2011 “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”-themed Met Gala, held in honor of the late Alexander McQueen, Swift attended as the date of designer Gilles Mendel in a J.Mendel dress. Her sweeping deep nude silk gown featured a one-shouldered illusion from delicate black lace paneling, which flowed into a faintly layered matte and sheer train.

The intricate design was accented with a pale brown, tan and purple stone bracelet and diamond stud earrings from Lorraine Schwartz, as well as a pair of hidden Christian Louboutin heels.

For close friend Emma Stone’s leading breakthrough in comedy “Easy A,” Swift made an appearance to support the actress at the film’s Sept. 2011 premiere. Her outfit for the occasion featured an emerald silk Miu Miu minidress with a bustier-structured bodice.

The strapless piece was boldly paired with a gold Rene Caovilla clutch and round Neil Lane pendant necklace, as well as shimmering gold Christian Louboutin peep-toe pumps with knotted front straps.

In Oct. 2011, Swift released her hit debut perfume, Wonderstruck, named from “Speak Now” track “Enchanted.” For the occasion, the musician attended the fragrance’s launch event at Macy’s Herald Square in New York City, wearing a 3/4-sleeved Tracy Reese minidress with an ivory base and sheer layer trimmed in shimmering black stripes.

The piece was accented with black floral House of Lavande earrings, as well as a set of black suede peep-toe pumps from Miu Miu.

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For the 2011 American Music Awards in November, Swift hit the red carpet at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles in a sparkly gold Reem Acra gown. The piece, hailing from Acra’s spring 2012 collection, featured a strapless silhouette covered in delicate metallic sequins.

Shiny silver Jimmy Choo platform-soled sandals finished her outfit, as well as a gold chain bracelet and gleaming green stone drop earrings.

During the final North American shows of her “Speak Now World Tour” in New York City later that month, Swift performed in a wide array of outfits — ranging from shimmering fringed dresses with leather Everybody boots to floating princess gowns.

As seen before her surprise performance with close friend Selena Gomez, Swift also wore a purple halter-style minidress — referencing the album’s signature color — with brown and gold leather low-heeled sandals.

While wrapping the “Speak Now” era shortly before the launch of her last country album “Red,” Swift virally performed her hit song “Mean” at the 2012 Grammy Awards.

The occasion found the singer onstage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in a vintage floral-printed knee-length dress with a silk slip base, comfortably paired with two-toned suede Oxford shoes.

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A fan thought she had ordered a new vinyl pressing of the pop star’s album. But what came out of the speakers was entirely different.

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Rachel Hunter could not wait to play her new vinyl recording of Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now.”

After waiting weeks for its arrival, Ms. Hunter placed the orchid-colored vinyl with Ms. Swift’s face on its center on her record player, lifted the needle and let it play. But instead of Ms. Swift’s catchy choruses, acoustic guitar and banjo strums, another woman’s voice came out.

“I quit seeing people, quit looking at the flakes of flesh and dancing organisms,” an echoing voice said, without music in the background.

Maybe there was something wrong with the speed, Ms. Hunter thought, or maybe it was one of Ms. Swift’s notorious Easter eggs . She flipped the record to the other side, but it only got weirder.

“The 70 billion people of Earth, where are they hiding?” a man’s eerie voice said repeatedly.

“It was a little scary. I was by myself,” Ms. Hunter recalled. “I thought, Is this a horror film? Because it didn’t feel like real life, especially when you’re expecting Taylor Swift.”

The record wasn’t haunted. It was just British electronica music.

Universal Music Group, which represents Taylor Swift, and Above Board Distribution, a small British label, use the same printing plant in France. But instead of pressing Ms. Swift’s “Speak Now” album, the plant accidentally pressed “Happy Land,” a compilation of British electronica from the 1990s, onto the purple vinyl and put it into the “Speak Now” jacket.

The first song Ms. Hunter heard was “ True Romance ,” which features more than 11 minutes of electronica by Thunderhead, and the second was “ Soul Vine ,” a deep-house track by Cabaret Voltaire, one of the most influential groups of the genre.

That revelation materialized only after Ms. Hunter posted about her experience on TikTok : “Does anyone else’s ‘Speak Now’ vinyl not have Taylor Swift on it?” she asked. The video has been viewed over four million times.

Now she’s fending off offers of $250 for the record. Her video set off a lengthy discussion on Discogs , an online music database, among collectors who are hoping to find another copy. Fans of Cabaret Voltaire have reimagined the band’s vinyl sleeves with the names of Ms. Swift’s albums; one even mixed Ms. Swift’s song “All Too Well” with Cabaret Voltaire’s “Nag Nag Nag.”

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In a statement, Universal said it was “aware that there are an extremely limited number of incorrectly pressed vinyl copies in circulation and have addressed the issue,” adding that if customers receive a misprinted vinyl, they should contact their retailer.

Ms. Hunter, who purchased the album through Ms. Swift’s official store in Britain, requested a new copy but had not received it as of Friday.

Dan Hill, the managing director of Above Board, said the label had printed a couple hundred records of “Happy Land,” and he assumed that the stamper had been accidentally left on the machine and used for the “Speak Now” discs.

“What’s happened in the making of this record is kind of like making a cake — they mixed up the ingredients,” he said, adding that misprints had happened from time to time, including with albums by Beyoncé and the Beatles, “but maybe not with this profile.”

Mr. Hill believes there might be at least one more pressing out in the world like Ms. Hunter’s. He is looking as hard as the next record collector.

“This is a total Willy-Wonka-style golden ticket. If someone has one, these could be worth thousands,” he said. “But no one knows how far they are.”

Joe Muggs, a British music writer who reviewed the reissue of “Happy Land” for the online magazine The Quietus earlier this spring, said the tracks came from a variety of genres, including heavy dub reggae, industrial and electronica, that come together to make a “very narcotic kind of sound” that was emblematic of the 1990s.

“That’s what makes the music on this album really exciting,” he said, “its ability to startle even now when someone hears it out of the blue.”

The Cabaret Voltaire song is one of the darker tracks, he said, but many of the songs had a “pop compatibility” and were “very funky; there’s a lot of melody in there.”

“The fact that TikTok will fling up these random things does leave the window open to magic in terms of changing people’s tastes or sparking little fires,” Mr. Muggs said.

That’s exactly what Stephen Mallinder, a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire, is hoping for. Cabaret Voltaire has always appealed to new audiences, he said, but being jump-started by Ms. Swift’s audience “is a different kind of magnitude.”

“It has captured everyone’s imagination because it’s a cultural clash of big proportions,” Mr. Mallinder said, adding, “If we can convert a few and get them into electronica stuff, clubby stuff, that’s all right by me.”

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Democracy Now! speaks with two former Israeli soldiers who are members of Breaking the Silence, an anti-occupation group of Israeli army veterans. The group’s education director, Tal Sagi, describes growing up in a settlement and joining the military without understanding what occupation was. “We’ve been told that this is security and we have to control millions of lives and we don’t have other options,” says Sagi, who says Israeli society is not open to ending the occupation. “We’re trying to say that there are other options.” We also speak with Breaking the Silence deputy director Nadav Weiman about why the group is touring U.S. colleges and calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. “We stood in checkpoints. We raided homes. We attacked Gaza from the air. We fought from the ground,” says Weiman. “So, when you bring reality, you bring real conversation about the occupation, and you bring real conversation about Gaza.”

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Part 1: Breaking the Silence: Israeli Army Veterans Tour U.S. & Canada to Speak Out Against Occupation
Part 2: Breaking the Silence: Former Israeli Soldiers Nadav Weiman and Tal Sagi Condemn Israeli Occupation

AMY GOODMAN : This is Democracy Now! , democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report . I’m Amy Goodman in New York, with Juan González in Chicago.

The official death toll in Gaza has topped 33,400, including over 14,000 children, with over 76,000 people wounded. Over 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced, around 70% of Gaza’s population, while famine is setting in. The International Court of Justice has ruled there’s plausible case Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Meanwhile, violence by Israeli soldiers and settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has also exploded, with over 450 Palestinians killed in the last six months and at least 14 villages and towns forcibly depopulated.

Among those speaking out against the violence are Israeli soldiers themselves. Breaking the Silence is an anti-occupation group led by veterans of the Israeli army. The group was founded in 2004, 20 years ago, in the aftermath of the Second Intifada.

We’re joined right now by two members of Breaking the Silence. Nadav Weiman is the group’s deputy director. He served in the West Bank and Gaza from 2005 to 2008. And Tal Sagi is the group’s education director. She served as a soldier in Hebron, one of the largest cities in the West Bank.

We welcome you both to Democracy Now! Nadav, let’s begin with you. Why are you in the United States and then headed to Canada? And your reaction as you listen to these numbers mounting in Gaza, where you were an Israeli soldier, though albeit many years ago, over 33,000 Palestinians dead?

NADAV WEIMAN : Yeah. So, we are over here to speak about what is happening in Gaza and in the West Bank, because we believe that what is happening in the West Bank, it’s not a secret that belongs to us as soldiers. It’s something that the international community should know, because the international community is a part of it. And we saw the discourse happening over here in the States about what is happening in Israel and Palestine, and that’s why we did a campus tour the last two weeks — Tal was here with me — spoke in a lot of campuses all around, met a lot of students, because the conversation about the occupation happens everywhere, right? And we, as former soldiers, we want to be a part of it and saying supporting Israel, it’s not supporting the occupation. Supporting Israel is supporting peace for Israelis and Palestinians.

AMY GOODMAN : And, Tal, talk about your experience in the military and why you chose to be a part of Breaking the Silence. And how many former Israeli soldiers, or even current ones, do you feel, share your point of view? Occupation, I have to say, in the U.S. media, is actually rarely talked about right now.

TAL SAGI : So, it’s not only here. We are not talking about it, either. And, actually, I grew up in a settlement in the West Bank, and I served in Hebron in the West Bank. And while serving, I was a tour guide. I used to take groups of soldiers for tours in the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. And I didn’t know what occupation is, while taking these tours in this huge Palestinian city, surrounded by soldiers, and there are settlements in the middle of the city. And I didn’t know that the city is under military control, while I’m taking part of this military control, while I’m a settler myself. I didn’t know where is the Green Line or what is the Green Line or anything about these things. So, it took me a lot of time to realize that.

But the fact that I didn’t know that is not a mistake. We don’t know these things. As Israelis, we are not — we’re never taught these things, because, you know, it’s something that for years we’re taking part of and we’re doing, and we don’t want to stop controlling millions of lives of Palestinians for so many — we’re doing it for so many years, and we don’t want to stop, because we want to make sure that we have the control over the land. And we see now also how we don’t have any other future. That’s all we get. We have been told that this is security and we have to control millions of lives and we don’t have other options. And we’re trying to say that there are other options. But it’s really hard to say to the Israeli society, because we don’t know that there are other options.

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And, Tal, you said that you didn’t know that you were participating in the occupation. What were you taught in school in Israel about the Arabs and the Palestinians around you?

TAL SAGI : So, I knew Palestinians from the other side of the fence. The settlement that I grew up in was surrounded by fences separating the settlement from the Palestinian villages around us. And I know — I knew that they’re not allowed to go into the settlement. I knew that I can go into the Palestinian village. And we never had any interaction, even though we lived so close to one another, and I could see everything that is happening in the other side of the fence and hear everything that is happening there. And I knew that they are my enemies. I knew that they all want to kill us. That was the only thing I knew about Palestinians. And also we called them Arabs, like they’re all one big Arabs and like one big enemy. So that was the only thing I knew about them.

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And, Nadav Weiman, I wanted to ask you: What’s been a reception that you’ve received on the — especially on the college campuses, given the fact that any discussions about Israel and Palestine have been so charged in recent months, not only the reception from the students, but from the administrations at these various colleges?

AMY GOODMAN : You know, Nadav couldn’t hear you, Juan, but Juan’s question to you was: What is the reception of the students and the administrators in all the college campuses? You’ve organized this with J Street. Talk about what kind of reception you’ve gotten.

NADAV WEIMAN : Yeah. So, it was quite interesting, because our lecture managed to bring together Israeli students that came to study here in the U.S., Jewish American students and also Palestinian Americans. And I think that when you speak about the reality firsthand — right? We did it. We stood in checkpoints. We raided homes. We attacked Gaza from the air. We fought from the ground. So, when you bring reality, you bring real conversation about the occupation, and you bring real conversation about Gaza.

So, the responses were quite amazing. There was really in-depth question and very interesting conversation around what is happening now, but what the future holds for us, and also, very important, what the U.S. can do to stop the war at the moment and to release all hostages and to enter as much humanitarian aid as possible to stop the humanitarian crisis and the starvation in Gaza at the moment. So the responses was very, very good, I’ve got to say.

AMY GOODMAN : So, let me ask you about what has been the response since October 7th to Breaking the Silence, your group of former soldiers in Israel, speaking out on behalf of both Palestinians and those who are anti-occupation within Israel?

NADAV WEIMAN : So, from the very beginning of after October 7th — I’ve got say, October 7th, for an Israeli activist against the occupation, was very hard. You know, yes, I ran with my children and my wife to the shelter in Tel Aviv. But immediately, we started call to all of our testifiers, activists, donors in the Gaza envelope. And eventually, some of them didn’t answer. And two of them were murdered on October 7th, and one of them was a very good friend of mine. And this is how we started, right? You know, the blood was boiling. Everybody was angry.

But then, on October 8th, we became a revenge army, and we started to do — and we started the airstrikes in Gaza. And, of course, that we in Breaking the Silence, we know how it works, right? We know how airstrike looks like. We know how fighting in Gaza looks like. So, after a couple of weeks, we and other NGOs in Israel, we called for ceasefire, to release all hostages, to enter humanitarian aid into Gaza. And obviously, obviously, the right wing in Israel is against it, because the right wing in Israel believes that we need to continue fighting. And I don’t even understand the goals of the fighting now in Gaza. I think the number one goal is to release all hostages. So, yes, there was some aggression against Breaking the Silence. But in couple of months, we will publish our report with hundreds of testifiers that would come to us. Then we expect another wave of violence.

AMY GOODMAN : I wanted to go to Tal Mitnick. In January, the 18-year-old, who refused Israeli military service, was sentenced to 30 days in a military prison. Democracy Now! spoke with Tal after he was released about what he witnessed while incarcerated. He then went right back into prison.

TAL MITNICK : Actually, inside prison, the only source of news that we got was one newspaper called Israel Hayom . And every day on the newspaper, there will be pictures of the soldiers that died. And I remember feeling like — I feel sad, very sad for the soldiers and the families that have to take this great burden of losing someone close to them, but I know that while seeing soldiers dying, I know that this means that there are much more Palestinian civilians dying, which we don’t see in the newspaper.

AMY GOODMAN : Who else are you serving time with in that prison? Who else is there?

TAL MITNICK : Sadly, a lot of the other people there don’t — they are deserters, which means that they served time in the military, and then at some point, for some reason, they went back home and did not come back. Most of these people desert because of socioeconomic reasons, if it’s having to take care of their siblings or go work for their family. And when they come back and turn themselves in, we’re now seeing a very heavy sentencing of those deserters as a part of the fascist persecution and the fog of war. People that went to work for three months to feed their family are now being sentenced to half a year in military prison.

AMY GOODMAN : So, that was Tal Mitnick, 18 years old, has been sentenced and sentenced again to military prison. How common is it for a soldier to say no, a refusenik, as you call them?

NADAV WEIMAN : Not common at all. I served in the Israeli special forces. We were 12 in my team. I served in a snipers’ team. And standing in front of your friends in mid-operation or before operation and say, “Hey, no, we have to stop, because it’s against the Fourth Geneva Convention, or it’s against international human law,” it really doesn’t happen, because a unit — doesn’t matter if it’s a platoon, a company or a team — it’s a family. And standing in front of your family members, your brothers, saying “no,” it is very hard. This young man, that did it before his army service, I think it’s quite unique in the Israeli society. We have a couple of those each year, but the general soldiers and general public, they go to the army as they were requested by the state of Israel.

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And, Nadav Weiman, you served in the IDF in both Gaza and the West Bank. Could you talk about your experiences there and how that shaped your views of the occupation?

NADAV WEIMAN : Yeah. So, I served between 2005 to 2008 in a special forces unit. And me and my team served just after the Second Intifada, but when the IDF really pressured the Palestinian population like we are in the Second Intifada. So we arrested a lot of people. We searched for all kinds of things. But mainly we did sniping operations.

You know, when you want to do sniping operations inside Palestinian cities or villages, you don’t have a hill or a forest to take cover in. So, what we used to do is something that is called “straw widow.” It’s a codename in the IDF of taking a private Palestinian family’s house and turning it into a military post. You choose a house that looks best for you. Maybe it’s tall. Maybe it has big windows. Then you call the Shin Bet. You make sure that every one of the family members are innocent, are not connected to terror. And then, in the middle of the night, you come. You sneak into the neighborhood. You break the door down. You grab everybody from their beds, because then they cannot really resist you, put them in one room, and then use one of the rooms — the parents’ bedroom, for example — as our sniping post. We put our sniping rifles. And after that, if one of the family members wants to eat, they want to drink, they want to take medicine, they want to pray, they need authorization from us, because it’s our house. It’s not their house anymore. And then you shoot from their houses. The minute you do that, the armed convoy come, and you go back to the base. But that’s the West Bank.

In Gaza, when I did the same thing, “straw widows” in Gaza, in 2008, you don’t infiltrate. You don’t do it quietly in the middle of the night. When we approached the houses, the fenced-off houses of Gaza, after cutting the fence and walking over there, a tank came and rammed one of the walls of the house and knocked it down, because they told us that every house in Gaza is booby-trapped. And then, when we got inside the house, we took all of the men, from 16 years old until 80 years old, and we put them on a truck, drove them back to Israel for interrogation. And then, when we put our sniping rifles on the rooftop, we saw there was lots of new greenhouses that we didn’t see in the aerial photograph. So we called the D9 bulldozer, that smashed everything down so we will have a clean line of fire. And I think that’s the difference between the ongoing occupation with settlements and checkpoints in the West Bank and the occupation by siege that we have in Gaza since 2007 and the level of brutality or firepower that we use over there.

AMY GOODMAN : Well, there’s clearly a lot to talk about here, and we’re going to ask you to stay for a few minutes for a post-show . Nadav Weiman is deputy director of Breaking the Silence. Tal Sagi is education director. They’re on a tour on college campuses around the United States and Canada and making their way to the Canadian Parliament.

That does it for our show. I want to wish David Prude a happy birthday!

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