Lover Fest
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Lover Fest was a planned concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who embarked on it to support her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). It was scheduled to begin in Werchter, Belgium, on June 20, 2020, and to conclude on August 1, 2020 in Foxborough, Massachusetts, with a total of 16 shows across three continents, including 12 festival stops. The tour would have marked Swift's first festival tour.
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| File:Lover Fest.jpg Promotional poster for the tour | ||||
| Tour by Taylor Swift | ||||
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| Associated album | Lover | |||
| Start date | June 20, 2020 | |||
| End date | August 1, 2020 | |||
| Legs | 3 | |||
| Shows | 16 | |||
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The specifics regarding the duration and setlist of each show were not disclosed. However, it was speculated that the setlist might have been similar to the one performed at her City of Lover concert in Paris, the only concert held for Lover prior to the planned tour.[1]
Background
changeSwift announced the tour shortly after releasing Lover (2019). She expressed in an interview that she did not want to keep releasing albums and going on tour in order to promote them.[2] Because her mother had cancer at the time, Swift did not want to be away from home for a prolonged period of time.[3]
Swift announced the US dates in September 2019, and international dates were announced shortly after.[4][5] The Lover Fest West stop was the first scheduled event at the SoFi Stadium, and would have made Swift the first woman to open an NFL stadium.[6] Unlike her previous tours, Lover Fest focused on festival performances, including a scheduled headlining performance at the 2020 Glastonbury Festival, alongside Kendrick Lamar and Paul McCartney.[7] Following the cancellation of the 2020 festival, Lamar and McCartney appeared as headliners for the 2022 festival.[8] In the time since, she released two studio albums, Folklore (2020) and Evermore (2020), Though an offer was also extended to Swift, she did not perform at the 2022 festival, citing her focus on her album re-recording project.[9] The project comprises six re-recorded albums, with Swift already releasing the first two, Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version), in 2021.
Cancellation
changeIn April 2020, some of the dates got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, Swift announced that she would do the tour in 2021 instead.[10] On February 26, 2021, she announced that the tour was cancelled completely.[11][12] In 2023, Swift embarked on the all-stadium The Eras Tour.[13][14] As the Eras Tour was designed to support all her studio albums, Lover was included as the first act of the tour.[15]
Tour dates
change| Date (2020) | City | Country | Festival / Venue | Reason for cancellation |
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| June 20 | Werchter | Belgium | Werchter Boutique | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| June 24 | Berlin | Germany | The Waldbühne | |
| June 26 | Oslo | Norway | Oslo Sommertid | |
| June 28 | Pilton | England | Glastonbury Festival | |
| July 1 | Roskilde | Denmark | Roskilde Festival | |
| July 3 | Gdynia | Poland | Open'er Festival | |
| July 5 | Nîmes | France | Festival de Nimes | |
| July 8 | Madrid | Spain | Mad Cool Festival | |
| July 9 | Lisbon | Portugal | NOS Alive | |
| July 11 | London | England | BST Hyde Park | |
| July 18 | São Paulo | Brazil | Allianz Parque | |
| July 19 | ||||
| July 25 | Los Angeles | United States | Lover Fest West (SoFi Stadium) | |
| July 26 | ||||
| July 31 | Foxborough | Lover Fest East (Gillette Stadium) | ||
| August 1 |
See Also
changeReferences
change- ↑ Mylrea, Hannah (2019-09-10). "Taylor Swift's The City of Lover concert: an intimate celebration of her fans and career". NME. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ↑ "Taylor Swift Talks Newfound 'Freedom,' 'Lover' Tour Plans and So Much More | On Air with Ryan Seacrest". Ryan Seacrest. Archived from the original on 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ "Taylor Swift hints mum's health is why she's not doing huge world tour". Capital. Archived from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ Shaffer, Claire (2019-09-17). "Taylor Swift Announces 'Lover Fest' Stadium Shows". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ "Taylor Swift announces Lover Fest in L.A. and Boston, her only two U.S. concert dates of 2020". The FADER. 2019-09-17. Archived from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ Shaffer, Claire (17 September 2019). "Taylor Swift Announces 'Lover Fest' Stadium Shows". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ↑ "Glastonbury 2020 reveals line-up amid uncertainty over coronavirus". BBC News. 2020-03-12. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ "Glastonbury 2020 reveals line-up amid uncertainty over coronavirus". BBC News. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ "Why Taylor Swift had to turn down Glastonbury 2022". Capital. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ Ginsberg, Gab (2020-04-17). "Taylor Swift Cancels All 2020 Shows". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ "Taylor Swift Officially Cancels Tour Postponed Last Year Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic - CBS Los Angeles". www.cbsnews.com. 2021-02-26. Archived from the original on 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ Atkinson, Katie (2021-02-26). "Taylor Swift Officially Cancels Lover Fest Concerts". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ Willman, Chris (2022-11-01). "Taylor Swift Announces 2023 'Eras Tour' of U.S. Stadiums". Variety. Archived from the original on 2022-12-04. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ Kreps, Daniel (2023-08-03). "Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Returning to North America for Additional Shows in 2024". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ↑ Ruggieri, Melissa. "Taylor Swift setlist: Here are all the songs on her epic Eras tour". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ Swift, Taylor. "Taylor Swift - Official Website". Taylor Swift. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020.