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Taylor Swift ‘1989 World Tour Live’ Concert Film Coming to Apple Music: Watch Trailer

Apple Music announced Sunday (Dec. 13) that a concert film of Taylor Swift's mega-successful 1989 world tour will be available exclusively on the company's music streaming service beginning Dec. 20.

By Mitchell Peters

Mitchell Peters

Christmas is coming early for Taylor Swift fans.

Apple Music announced Sunday (Dec. 13) that a concert film of Swift’s mega-successful 1989 world tour will be available exclusively on the company’s music streaming service beginning Dec. 20.

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Directed by Jonas Akerlund, The 1989 World Tour LIVE Concert Film will feature Swift’s entire concert at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 28. The film will also include never-before-seen footage from backstage and tour rehearsals, and the special guests who appeared on stage with Swift during the tour.

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“Getting ready for this I wondered about a lot of things,” Swift says in a trailer for the film. “I wondered what it would be like to perform for 70,000 people. I wondered what would happen if I invited the most amazing artists in the world to come out with me and perform on my stage — would they do it? This is the 1989 world tour.”

The concert film will be available Dec. 20 to Apple Music members at applemusic.com/taylorswift. Those who don’t have an account can sign up for a free three-month trial at apple.com/music.

On Monday, Dec. 14, Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio station host Zane Lowe will sit down with Swift from Sydney.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ Tour Doc Drops on Apple Music (Video)

The film shows Swift performing with members of her celebrity squad including Mary J. Blige and Justin Timberlake

Taylor Swift just unwrapped a holiday gift for her fans — “The 1989 World Tour LIVE” concert special.

The film documenting Swift’s world tour dropped this weekend on Apple Music. The two hour documentary is directed by Jonas Akerlund , and follows Swift during her globe-trotting performances.

The footage takes fans backstage, then shows Swift belting out some of her hits for 70,000 screaming fans at ANZ Stadium on Nov. 28, in Sydney, Australia.

Apple Music tweeted news of the release along with a film clip, writing: “#1989WorldTourLIVE is HERE. TY @taylorswift13! ✨ Watch now on #AppleMusic.”

The movie also includes  interview segments and shots of Swift bringing members of her celebrity squad on stage including Mick Jagger , Selena Gomez , Fetty Wap, Mary J. Blige and Justin Timberlake

If you’re not a subscriber to Apple Music, you can check out the trailer for “The 1989 World Tour LIVE” movie below.

Check out this great Video mashup of Taylor Swift ‘s Los Angeles show from her 1989 World Tour via TheWrap’s Twitter .

In honor of @taylorswift13 's #1989WorldTourLIVE on @AppleMusic , here's a mashup of her LA show by @andrewcurryla . ?? https://t.co/3ldIFd63EA — TheWrap (@TheWrap) December 21, 2015

Taylor Swift's '1989 World Tour Live' will be streamed exclusively on Apple Music

Taylor Swift has announced that a film based on her world tour of 2014 album 1989 will be streamed exclusively on Apple Music . The concert film documents Swift's tour of the ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia, and is filmed in front of 76,000 fans. You'll be able to see the singer's "entire performance from Sydney with never seen footage filmed backstage and during rehearsals with surprise musical and special guests."

Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes. I have a little surprise for you. #1989WorldTourLIVE @applemusic https://t.co/actZbWBt4R Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes. I have a little surprise for you. #1989WorldTourLIVE @applemusic https://t.co/actZbWBt4R — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 13, 2015

The film will be available starting December 20:

Beginning Sunday, December 20, The 1989 World Tour LIVE will be available in its entirety exclusively to Apple Music members around the world at applemusic.com/Taylorswift and can be enjoyed across devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC and Apple TV.Fans who don't already have an active Apple Music account can visit apple.com/music to sign up for a three month free trial today. Plus, Apple Music is the only place where fans can stream Taylor Swift's full catalog of albums and songs including the Grammy nominated Album of the Year, 1989.

If you're interested in knowing more, Swift's interview with Zane Lowe — where she discusses the creation of the film — airs on Beats 1 at 9AM PST on December 14.

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Taylor Swift's '1989 World Tour LIVE' Film Announced as Apple Music Exclusive

As her world tour promoting the 2014 album "1989" came to an end this month, singer Taylor Swift took to twitter to announce an upcoming collaboration between herself and Apple Music in the form of a new concert film called " The 1989 World Tour LIVE ." The backstage film will be published exclusively on Apple Music on December 20.

Swift and Apple Music had an initially rocky relationship, beginning with the announcement of Apple Music's three-month free trial, which would have seen artists go unpaid for the trial period while users streamed their songs an unlimited amount of times without paying them anything. Swift wrote down her opinion on the matter in an open letter to Apple, subsequently inspiring the Cupertino company to reverse course on the decision and ultimately bringing 1989 to the streaming service over the summer.

With today's announcement of a full feature behind-the-scenes documentary appearing exclusively on Apple Music, and the release of 1989 on the service in June, it seems the previous drama between the singer and Apple is water under the bridge. Fans will be able to watch the film beginning next Sunday on Apple Music, using an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or Apple TV. Those who want to get a sneak peek can tune into Beats 1 at 9 AM PST tomorrow morning for a discussion between Swift and Zane Lowe regarding the creation of the new movie.

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Christmas is coming early for  Taylor Swift  fans.

Apple Music announced Sunday that a concert film of Swift’s mega-successful 1989 world tour will be available exclusively on the company’s music streaming service beginning Dec. 20.

Directed by Jonas Akerlund , 1989 World Tour LIVE Concert Film  will feature Swift’s entire Nov. 28 concert at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia. The pic will also feature never-before-seen footage from backstage and tour rehearsals and special guests who appeared on stage with the artist during the tour.

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“Getting ready for this, I wondered about a lot of things,” Swift says in a trailer for the film. “I wondered what it would be like to perform for 70,000 people. I wondered what would happen if I invited the most amazing artists in the world to come out with me and perform on my stage — would they do it? This is the 1989 world tour.”

The concert film will be available Dec. 20 to Apple Music members at applemusic.com/ taylorswift . Those who don’t have an account can sign up for a free three-month trial at apple.com/music.

On Monday, Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio station host Zane Lowe will sit down with Swift from Sydney.

This story first appeared on Billboard.com .

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Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour documentary is now streaming on Apple Music

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Taylor Swift's Christmas gift for you is here. Well, if you're an Apple Music subscriber, at least. The pop star's world tour documentary for her massive hit album 1989 is now available to stream .

As Swift herself announced earlier this week , the special is exclusively available on Apple's streaming music service. The documentary is directed by Jonas Akerlund, who also helmed On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay Z . If you're looking for some diversity, it's not just two hours of Taylor Swift — it features performances from Selena Gomez, John Legend, Fetty Wap, and others. The 1989 World Tour has been running since this May, and it came to a close just a week ago.

It's here! #1989WorldTourLive is now on @AppleMusic ! https://t.co/ujxT7ggxbS pic.twitter.com/1Y3nv4FVIl — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 20, 2015

The partnership between Apple and Swift shows just how far the two have come since the mega-star published an open letter criticizing the company's royalty policies during its three-month trial period. Both sides quickly made up , and now they're all making lots of money together. 1989 itself has been streaming on Apple music since June.

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Taylor Swift doesn’t hold grudges — except against the individuals immortalized in her kiss-off songs. After a brief snafu  with Apple Music earlier this year  after which she decided to let the platform host  1989 , the singer seems to have doubled down on her commitment to Apple’s streaming venture. In a video released today, Taylor announced that her concert film off her latest album, 1989 World Tour Live , will appear exclusively on Apple Music on December 20. It will feature footage from Swift’s concert in Sydney as well as a few appearances from some of her  many special guests .

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The 1989 World Tour (Live) is no longer available. Anyone getting this too?

Today the 1989 World Tour (Live) will be available for all Apple Music members. But when i clicked play, it just said "Looks like The 1989 World Tour (live) is no longer available". This is in my macbook pro. I tried watching it on my iPhone too with no success.

Anyone experiencing the same issue or knows why?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.3

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Posted on Dec 20, 2015 7:43 PM

Worked fine for me last night and is still streaming here in Canada. Probably a glitch.

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Dec 20, 2015 7:43 PM in response to Chris51333

Dec 20, 2015 6:42 PM in response to morrispe

AAre you able to watch it on Apple TV? Mine won't work

Dec 20, 2015 7:00 PM in response to ashleyc13

I am having issues as well. On my iphone, I couldn't even load the 1989 Taylor Swift Tour video to even just read about it. On my MacBook Pro, I could load and view BOTH the interview and the movie. BUT when I mirror to AppleTV, the interview video would mirror fine, but the movie video WOULD NOT... it would only show a grey screen... Now, why would it work for one clip but not the other? Apple Music, I'm not impressed. It would have been nice to have been able to view this from just my AppleTV, so needing to mirror is poor design... and then while mirroring, to have it be flakey based on what clip?

Please give me a fix or I might just back out of Apple Music entirely.

Anyone else able to help me fix this? I am grumpy because I have two tween girls staring me down...

works fine now! On both iPhone and Macbook

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Taylor Swift to release 1989 World Tour concert video exclusively on Apple Music on Dec 20

NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Pop star Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour-Live concert video will be available exclusively on Apple Inc's music streaming service, Apple Music, starting on Dec 20, Apple said in a tweet from Apple Music's Twitter account on Sunday (Dec 13).

Swift made the announcement as she celebrated her 26th birthday on Sunday. She also tweeted a trailer for the concert video and said: "Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes. I have a little surprise for you." The trailer's description listed Jonas Akerlund as the video's director.

The singer added that an interview discussing the video would be broadcast at 9am PST (7pm Singapore time) on Monday on Beats 1, Apple's radio station. Apple officials were not immediately available for comment.

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Apple introduced Apple Music in June. Apple chief executive Tim Cook said in October the music streaming service had netted more than 6.5 million paid users, and that an additional 8.5 million people were participating in a free trial.

Swift said in June she would put her hit album 1989 on Apple Music, days after the tech giant bowed to pressure from Swift and some independent music groups and labels and agreed to pay artists during a free trial of its music service.

Swift's decision came after she pulled her entire catalogue of music from online streaming platform Spotify in November 2014 and refused to offer 1989 on streaming services, saying the business had shrunk the numbers of paid album sales drastically.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. But Bloomberg noted that it follows other arrangements that Apple has struck with star musicians to publicise Apple Music and produce programming for its service.

Rapper Drake and producer Pharrell Williams have been involved with Apple Music since its introduction in June, and in November, Apple introduced a television commercial featuring country singer Kenny Chesney, Bloomberg said.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘The 1989 World Tour Live’ Released Exclusively On Apple Music

Taylor Swift, apart from sharing a name with Apple’s new programming language, is becoming one of the firm’s biggest partners in the music world after initially getting off to a rocky start when the artist penned an open letter to Apple asking it to pay musicians for their work during Apple Music’s 90-day free trial. Ever since Apple reversed its stance and did exactly that, the pair have been best buds.

That has now culminated in the arrival, as promised, of Swift’s 1989 World Tour film on Apple Music . The documentary, primarily filmed at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney on Nov. 28, follows Swift and her team throughout rehearsals as well as other backstage moments as well as including the entire performance of November 28th. The 1989 World Tour Live film is exclusive to Apple Music, and boy is Apple making a fuss.

Opening the Music app or iTunes and hitting the New tab will immediately present you with Taylor Swift, and nothing else. Quite for how long this will be the case, nobody knows, but for now the New tab is entirely dedicated to Taylor Swift and her content. If there was money that changed hands for that alone, we’d love to know how much was involved. Apple has done similar things in the past, recently with Coldplay, but never quite to this extent.

All Apple Music subscribers have access to the 1989 World Tour video, and if you’re a fan of hers and have some time to sit and experience it, we’re sure that this film will be worth the price of a month’s Apple Music subscription alone, even before you throw in all the other music and video that you’ll be able to listen to or watch.

That’s right. There’s a lot more content on it than Taylor Swift. We know that may be hard to believe.

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Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes. I have a little surprise for you.#1989WorldTourLIVE Apple Musichttp://smarturl.it/1989TourLIVE Posted by Taylor Swift on  Sunday, December 13, 2015

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