The 1989 World Tour was the fourth concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, in support of her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). It began in Tokyo, Japan, on May 5, 2015, and concluded in Melbourne, Australia, on December 12, 2015. Spanning 85 shows, Swift announced the tour's first dates in North America, Europe, Japan and Oceania in November and December 2014, announced additional dates for Singapore and China in June 2015, and a final announcement of the third show in Melbourne was made the following month.