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Taylor Swift Living Childhood Fantasies with Larger-Than-Life Summer Tour

Also readying a Justin Timberlake cover for her set

Posted May 19, 2009 7:00 AM

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Taylor Swift

Openers Kellie Pickler, Gloriana

Tickets $20-$80

WHAT TO EXPECT:
"While other girls were drawing their wedding dress, I was drawing stage dimensions," says Swift, whose 55-city tour turns her junior-high fantasies into reality: "We have giant turrets that raise during 'Love Story,' and elaborate costumes," she says. Backed by a band that includes fiddle, banjo and mandolin, Swift will also cover a Justin Timberlake track — and bust out an encore with a Nickelodeon-style twist. "Let's just say I'm going to be walking offstage drenched," she says.

TAYLOR ON TAYLOR:
The World's New Pop Superstar on Boys and Breaking Into the Bigtime

HER HISTORY ON STAGE:

Taylor Swift on Stage Through the Years

PLAYLIST TO GET YOU PUMPED:

"Should've Said No"
"I'm Only Me When I'm With You"
"Love Story"
"Tim McGraw"
"Picture to Burn"
"Hey Stephen"
"You're Not Sorry"
"You Belong With Me"
"Our Song"
"Stay Beautiful"
Play All

WHERE TO CATCH IT:
5/21 – Glendale, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena
5/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
5/23 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay
5/24 – San Diego, CA @ San Diego Sports Arena
5/26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Energy Solutions Center
6/4 – Enterprise, AL @ BamaJam
6/5 – Cincinnati, OH @ US Bank Center w/ Keith Urban
6/6 – Detriot, MI @ Palace at Auburn Hills w/ Keith Urban
6/7 – Ft. Wayne, IN @ Memorial Coliseum w/ Keith Urban
6/11 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post
6/12 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum Complex
6/13 – Atlanta, GA @ Phillips Arena w/ Keith Urban
6/24 – Oshkosh, WI @ Country USA Festival
6/25 – Caddott, WI @ Chippewa Valley – Country Fest
6/27 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena w/ Keith Urban
6/28 – Moline, IL @ Mark of the Quad Cities w/ Keith Urban
7/8 – Calgary, Alberta @ Pengrowth Saddledome
7/9 – Edmonton, Alberta @ Commonwealth Stadium w/ Kenny Chesney
7/10 – Craven, Saskatchewan @ Craven Country Jamboree
7/11 – Winnipeg, Manitoba @ MTS Centre
7/16 – Twin Lakes, WI @ Country Thunder Festival
7/17 – Columbus, OH @ Value City
7/18 – Charleston, WV @ Charleston Civic Center
7/23 – Cheyenne, WY @ Cheyenne Frontier Days
7/24 – Rapid City, SD @ Rushmore Civic Center
7/25 – Minot, ND @ North Dakota State Fair
7/31 – Boston, MA @ T.D. Bank North w/ Keith Urban
8/1 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center w/ Keith Urban
8/2 – Rochester, NY @ TBA w/ Keith Urban
8/7 – Detroit Lakes, MN @ We Fest
8/8 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center w/ Keith Urban
8/9 – Omaha, NE @ TBA
8/27 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
8/28 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun
8/29 – University Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
8/30 – Louisville, KY @ Kentucky State Fair
8/4 – Greenville, SC @ TBA
8/5 – Charlotte, NC @ TWC Arena
8/9 – Lafayette, LA @ Cajun Dome
8/10 – Bossier City, LA @ Century Tel Center
8/11 – Birmingham, AL @ BJCC
8/12 – Nashville, TN @ Sommet Center
8/25 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
8/26 – Little Rock, AR @ TBA
8/27 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
10/1 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mellon
10/2 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
10/3 – Cleveland, OH @ Quickens Arena
10/8 – Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse
10/9 – Chicago, IL @ TBA
10/10 – Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN @ TBA