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Swift dress rehearsal tix go on sale Thursday

Monday, May 9, 2011 – Tickets will go on sale this Thursday morning, May 12 at 10 a.m. central for "Speak Now ... Help Now", Taylor Swift's benefit for tornado victims.

"Speak Now ... Help Now", the final dress rehearsal for Swift's Speak Now Tour, will be held at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Saturday, May 21. All tickets are $50, and will be available through www.taylorswift.com, and also through Ticketmaster.

All ticket sales will go directly to help tornado victims via the Speak Now ... Help Now Fund established through the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Attendees will receive a complimentary commemorative event T-shirt.

Swift announced last week that she is opening the last dress rehearsal for her Speak Now Tour to fans as a fundraiser to benefit victims of the recent deadly tornadoes in the southeast.

The North American portion of the Taylor Swift Speak Now World Tour 2011 kicks off on May 27 in Omaha, Neb.


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