Taylor Swift drops by Auburn for a surprise concert
Still searching for Taylor Swift tickets to the country crossover songstress’s Fearless tour or were you one of the lucky Auburn students to catch her surprise concert this week?
After Taylor got wind of this website, started by two Auburn students and featuring videos detailing their mission to get a hug from her, she decided to join in on the fun. She issued the group two challenges and then rewarded them with a surprise mini-concert!
auburnecl0404 — who has the world’s shakiest camera technique was able to capture the whole thing and posted it on YouTube — “Taylor Swift at Auburn University for “A Hug from Taylor Swift.” She enters at 3:30 in the video. War eagle! …”
If you missed out on the Auburn Taylor Swift concert, have no fear. There are still 18 stops left on her tour where you can catch her live. Find Taylor Swift tickets with FanSnap.
April 29 – Lexington, KY- Rupp Arena
April 30 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
May 1 – Raleigh, NC – RBC Center
May 6 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
May 7 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
May 8 – Moline, IL – i wireless Center
May 12 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
May 13 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
May 14 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Coliseum
May 15 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Coliseum
May 20 – Ottawa, ON – Scotiabank Place
May 21 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
May 22 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
May 25 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
May 26 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
May 29 – Baton Rouge, LA – Tiger Stadium
June 2 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center DC
That’s right. “Taylor Swift tickets,” one of the top 5 most searched concert tickets of 2010 and the single most searched concert ticket in 2009 is currently the second most popular concert ticket searched with FanSnap. “Rush tickets” has claimed the top spot as the most searched concert ticket.
Rush’s Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart kick off the Time Machine tour in June. Rush concerts will feature tune from the the band’s soon-to-be-released 20th album in addition to Rush classics. The Time Machine tour will be all over the U.S. Look for stops in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York. Rush will make 40 stops throughout North America beginning June 29th in Albuquerque and concluding on October 2nd in West Palm Beach.
Rush’s Time Machine concert tour schedule
June 29 – Albuquerque, NM – Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque
July 1 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
July 2 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
July 5 – Chicago, IL – Charter One Pavilion
July 9 – Sarnia, Ontario – Bayfest
July 13 – Toronto, Ontario – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 15 – Quebec City, Quebec – Festival d’ete de Quebec
July 17 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
July 19 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun
July 21 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
July 23 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 24 – Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach
Aug. 5 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
Aug. 7 – Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheatre
Aug. 9 – San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
Aug. 11 – Inglewood, CA – The Forum
Aug. 13 – Irvine, CA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Aug. 14 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
Aug. 16 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Aug. 20 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena
Aug. 22 – St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Aug. 25 – Omaha, NE – Qwest Center
Aug. 27 – St. Paul, MN – Minnesota State Fair
Aug. 29 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
Aug. 31 – Allentown, PA – Allentown Fair
Sept. 2 – Syracuse, NY – New York State Fair
Sept. 3 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Sept. 14 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Sept. 16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Consol Energy Center
Sept. 18 – Washington, DC – Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheater
Sept. 21 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
Sept. 23 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
Sept. 25 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sept. 26 – Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center
Sept. 29 – Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park
Oct. 1 – Tampa, FL – Ford Amphitheatre
Oct. 2 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre
From Rush.com: Rush has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and garnered untold legions of devoted and admiring fans. According to the RIAA, Rush’s sales statistics place RUSH third after The Beatles and The Rolling Stones for the most consecutive gold or platinum studio albums by a rock band.
Released in 1981, Moving Pictures was their most successful album, certified 4x Platinum and features some of Rush’s most well known songs and perennial radio favorites Tom Sawyer, Limelight and the Grammy-nominated instrumental YYZ.
Perhaps a someone will do a mashup of “Tom Sawyer” and “Tim McGraw”? We can always dream. In the mean time, find Rush tickets with FanSnap.
Nineteen year old Taylor Swift is having a year. In addition to Taylor Swift tickets being the hottest concert of 2009-10, the teen singer, song-writer, producer who just hosted Saturday Night Live four days ago while on a break from the 2009 leg of her white hot, Fearless tour tonight took home the top prize at the CMAs. Yes, that sounds busy to us too.
Taylor Swift beat out country legends, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, George Strait and Keith Urban to win Entertainer of the Year. According to CMT.com, “At age 19, Swift is the youngest person ever named the CMA’s Entertainer of the Year.” More from CMT here.
In addition to Entertainer of the Year, Taylor Swift also walked away with Album of the Year, Music Video of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year,
As we’ve noted before, we are huge Taylor Swift fans here at FanSnap. You’ve got one more chance this year to catch Taylor Swift in concert (Dec. 11 Madison Square Garden in New York).
Taylor Swift’s Fearless tour kicks into gear for 2010 on March 4 in Tampa, FL.
We’ve quickly become Taylor Swift fans here at FanSnap. Sure, in part it’s because Taylor Swift Tickets top FanSnap’s Most Popular Artists for October, and was near the top of our hot artist lists all summer. We occasionally break into song at the office — singing about exes who dumped us, just like Taylor. Mostly we just love the way she’s handled and then risen above the Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Kanye VMA debacle and how successful her tour has been (Taylor Swift Announces New Fearless Tour Dates in 2010) in spite of others who attempted to grab her limelight.
On Saturday, Taylor Swift host SNL and was very funny.
When Taylor Swift announced new dates for the continuation of the Fearless tour in 2010 with Kellie Pickler, tour dates sold out within minutes at box offices across the U.S. and Canada, but fans can still find thousands of tickets — using FanSnap ticket search — for most tour stops. We will be keeping a close eye on this rising star. We expect to see her win entertainer of the year in Nashville in a few weeks. If you want to catch a glimpse of Taylor Swift, here is a list of upcoming dates:
Mostly we just love the way she’s handled and then risen above the Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Kanye VMA