Taylor Swift Announces ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ Is Coming in July During Concert in Nashville

variety.com:

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift let fans in her hometown of Nashville to be the first to get the official news: “Speak Now” will be the next album in her “Taylor’s Version” series of re-recorded albums.

Swift is giving fans plenty of time to pre-order the album: She revealed that it’s coming out July 9. “I think rather than me speaking about it,” she said, to screams, as fans realized from the language that the long-awaited announcement was at hand, “I thought I would show you, so if you would direct your attention” to the big screens…” There, the album cover and release date were shown on the big screen.

Upon the announcement at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, the city turned on purple lights on the nearby bridge over the Cumberland River.

Fans had a pretty strong indication of what was coming. Purple lights flashed at the end of her previous concert this past Sunday, and electronic banners coming into Nissan Stadium were purple-hued.