Comcast Offers Fans Behind-The-Scenes Experience at Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour

By: Jul. 30, 2015
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Taylor Swift's The 1989 World Tour is coming to Levi's Stadium on August 14-15 and as lead sponsor, Comcast is offering local fans an unprecedented experience, from couch to concert. At the show, attendees can visit the "Xfinity Zone" and at home, fans have access to an unprecedented On Demand library of content featuring the seven-time GRAMMY winner.

"Taylor Swift is a global superstar and her fans have an unrivaled passion for everything she touches," said Todd Arata, VP, Brand Marketing, Comcast Cable. "And now, Xfinity and Taylor Swift are coming together to bring Taylor fans an experience they can't get anywhere else."

At each U.S. concert venue, Xfinity will host a backstage lounge called "Loft '89," where select Xfinity customers and concertgoers will have an opportunity to go on backstage tours and attend a meet-and-greet with Taylor. At select tour locations, the brand will also create an "Xfinity Zone," where concertgoers will have an opportunity to experience the best of Xfinity, including the X1 Entertainment Operating System and the new Voice Remote. Visitors can also have fun with a photo booth that enables fans' photos to be super-imposed onto backgrounds featuring the singer.

"Throughout the tour we'll also surprise fans with ticket giveaways, signed merchandise and more, including a lip sync competition among fans for the chance to meet Taylor herself," added Arata.

As a part of the sponsorship, Xfinity has built an Xfinity On Demand experience including videos that give viewers a behind the scenes look of The 1989 World Tour. Customers also have On-Demand access to a curated collection of movies, TV shows and talk show appearances featuring Taylor as well her music videos.

Xfinity is the lead sponsor of all U.S. tour dates on The 1989 World Tour, which began on May 20 in Bossier City, LA and ends on October 31 in Tampa, FL.

More information about the Taylor Swift sponsorship can be found at xfinity.com/1989.

About Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is the only artist in history to have three albums selling over one million copies in their first week of release (2010'sSpeak Now,2012'sREDand 2014's1989), is the all-time leader on RIAA's digital singles chart, the only artist to have two singles hit No. 1 on Billboards HOT 100 Chart in 2014 and1989 was the highest selling album of 2014, to date selling over seven million albums worldwide. Taylor, a seven-time GRAMMY winner, is a singer, songwriter and the youngest winner in history of the music industry's highest honor, the GRAMMY Award forAlbum of the Yearand theinauguralrecipientof AMA'sDick Clark Award for Excellence.

Taylor has an album on Rolling Stone's prestigiousThe 50 Greatest Albums of All Time(by women) list, she is Billboard's youngest-everWoman of the Yearand the only artist to have been awarded this honor twice, Time magazine has named her one the of the100 Most Influential Peoplein the world and one of only eight candidates for their most prestigious honor,2014 Person of the Year.Taylor has career record sales of over 40 million albums and more than 130 million song downloads worldwide, and has had singles top the pop and country radio charts around the globe.1989sold almost 1.3 million copies in the U.S. in its first week making it the highest selling album release since 2002 and the only album to go platinum in 2014, topping Billboard's Top 200 charts and iTunes' sales charts in 97 countries on its release.1989has sold seven million copies globally and continues to top Billboard Top 200.Her current No. 1 single, "Style," is the third consecutive chart-topping release from1989.

About Comcast Corporation:
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit www.comcastcorporation.comfor more information.

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