Taylor Swift Announces First 'Reputation' Live Shows

The pop star will return to the stage in December after ten months...

Monday, October 9, 2017 - 10:11

After taking over the charts, Taylor Swift is making her big return to the stage.

The superstar has announced her first live performances of the Reputation era will take place at two radio festivals in December, ten months after she last put on a show.

Despite 'Look What You Made Me Do' breaking records left, right and centre, we've yet to see Taylor perform the song as she let its controversial video do the talking, so this is very exciting!

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I don't like your little games
Don't like your tilted stage
The role you made me play of the fool
No, I don't like you

I don't like your perfect crime
How you laugh when you lie
You said the gun was mine
Isn't cool, no, I don't like you

But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time
I got a list of names, and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!

Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me-

Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do

I don't like your kingdom keys
They once belonged to me
You asked me for a place to sleep
Locked me out and threw a feast (what?)

The world moves on, another day another drama, drama
But not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma
And then the world moves on, but one thing's for sure
Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours

But I got smarter
I got harder in the nick of time (nick of time)
Honey, I rose up from the dead
I do it all the time (I do it all the time)
I got a list of names, and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!

Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me-

Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do

I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams

(Ooh, look what you made me do)
(Look what you made me do)
(Look what you just made me do)

I'm sorry
But the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now
Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead (oh)

Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me-

Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do

Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me-

Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do

Writer(s): Rob Manzoli, Fred Fairbrass, Jack Antonoff, Richard Fairbrass, Taylor Swift Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

She will perform at 99.7 Now's Poptopia concert in California on December 2 alongside her BFF Ed Sheeran, Niall Horan and Dua Lipa, and then join Fifth Harmony at B96 Chicago's Jingle Bash.

Her new album Reputation drops almost one month before the shows - November 10 - so we should expect to hear a lot of the new material performed, including the official second single '...Ready For It?'

The timing might not work out for us Brits but this news means that Swift might be open to performing at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball, which usually takes place at the start of December.

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It's been over two years since Taylor last performed in the UK as part of The 1989 World Tour so we know a lot of people would be ready to see her.

Last week we revealed that she is the most nominated act at the 2017 MTV EMAs with a massive six nominations, including Best Video for 'Look What You Made Me Do'.

Even if she doesn't perform in the UK until next year, we can't wait to see what she does at these two shows in December!

Words: Ross McNeilage

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WATCH TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'NEW ROMANTICS' MUSIC VIDEO

View the lyrics

We're all bored
We're all so tired of everything
We wait for trains that just aren't coming
We show off our different scarlet letters
Trust me, mine is better
We're so young
But we're on the road to ruin
We play dumb
But we know exactly what we're doin'
We cry tears of mascara in the bathroom
Honey, life is just a classroom
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

'Cause baby, I could build a castle
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
And every day is like a battle
But every night with us is like a dream
Baby, we're the new romantics
Come on, come along with me
Heartbreak is the national anthem
We sing it proudly
We are too busy dancing
To get knocked off our feet
Baby, we're the new romantics
The best people in life are free

We're all here
The lights and noise are blinding
We hang back
It's all in the timing
It's poker
You can't see it in my face
But I'm about to play my Ace (ah)
We need love
But all we want is danger
We team up
Then switch sides like a record changer
The rumors are terrible and cruel
But honey, most of them are true
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

'Cause baby, I could build a castle
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
And every day is like a battle
But every night with us is like a dream
Baby, we're the new romantics
Come on, come along with me
Heartbreak is the national anthem
We sing it proudly
We are too busy dancing
To get knocked off our feet
Baby, we're the new romantics
The best people in life are free

(Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh)
Oh-oh
(Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh)
So, come on, come along with me
(Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh)
The best people in life are free
(Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh)

Please take my hand and
Please take me dancing and
Please leave me stranded
It's so romantic (it's so romantic)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

Oh, 'cause baby, I could build a castle (castle)
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
And every day is like a battle, oh-oh
But every night with us is like a dream

'Cause baby, I could build a castle
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
And every day is like a battle
But every night with us is like a dream
Baby, we're the new romantics
Come on, come along with me
Heartbreak is the national anthem
We sing it proudly
We are too busy dancing
To get knocked off our feet
Baby, we're the new romantics
The best people in life are free

Writer(s): Max Martin, Taylor Swift, Johan Shellback Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com