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Taylor Swift Books Intimate Australia Gig
While Taylor Swift’s four Australian dates for her “1989” World Tour are in venues with capacities of up to 83,000, she has slipped in an intimate show for 42 fans at Queensland’s tropical resort Hamilton Island.
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Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
It will be for radio competition winners for the Nova Entertainment’s Red Room series. Paul Jackson, group program director for Nova Entertainment, said, “This is by far the most important music driven event we’ve ever created, with the biggest artist in the world.”
Swift’s tour, through Frontier Touring, begins Nov. 28 at the 83,000-capacity ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
The trek then stages at Brisbane’s 52,000 Suncorp Stadium Dec. 5; the 12,000-capacity Adelaide Entertainment Centre Dec. 7; and Melbourne’s 30,000-capacity AAMI Park Dec. 11.
It is her third tour downunder, after the Red tour in December 2013 and the Fearless tour in 2009. The 2015 visit is a homecoming for Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy, who also opened for her on international dates.