Swifties, rejoice! Seven-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift is finally bringing her RED tour in Southeast Asia this coming June.
The pop star, who have just wrapped up several dates in London, Berlin, Australia, New Zealand and North America in promotion of her latest album RED, gave the announcement via Youtube. The tour added 5 dates in Asia and will reach far-flung cities which includes Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
"I can't wait to see you and I hope you guys have a great time at the show," Taylor said. "I'll see you there."
The Taylor Swift RED tour 2014, presented by Cornetto, and promoted by AEG Live, will drop by the following venues and dates: June 4 in Jakarta, Indonesia at the MEIS (Mata Elang International Stadium); June 6 in Manila, Philippines at the Mall of Asia Arena; June 9 in Bangkok, Thailand at the Impact Arena; June 11 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the Putra Indoor Stadium, and lastly, June 12 in Singapore at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
As reported on her website, fans can expect a highly elaborate show spanning her latest album plus a new take on her past hits. It will also feature "two stages, elaborate costumes, dancers, and changing sets." The "Fifteen" singer will also showcase her talent in playing different instruments which will include the electric guitar, piano, acoustic guitar and the banjo.
Critics were raving about Taylor Swift's natural drive to entertain her audience, pogoing from dancing to singing to plainly teasing the crowd.
Rolling Stone called the show "a massively excellent show. Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur can touch her right now for emotional excess or musical reach. Red [is] the slickest, smartest and just plain best mega-pop statement of our time."
Ney York Times praised how she delivered the flow of the tour, saying: "Taylor Swift off-script is very much like Taylor Swift on-script: not just the brains of the operation, but the brawn, too, the unflappable force that ensures stuck landings."
In a recent review of her latest show in London's O2 Arena, The Guardian thought the 2-hour set list was "lean" but "what's clear, too, is that she knows how to put on a show. There was little of the country ingenue left in this slick spectacular, other than the banjo inflections of Mean, but Swift appears to have found her feet as a pop star."
June will be like Christmas for Swifites in Southeast Asia, that's for sure.
