Golden girl Taylor Swift glitters in a shimmering fringed dress and knee-high boots

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Going for gold: Taylor Swift kicked off her Speak Now world tour in Omaha, Nebraska tonight looking stunning in a gold fringed dress and knee high black boots


She is one of American music's shining lights, with her platinum-selling albums and a stash of awards to her name.

So it was perhaps fitting that 21-year-old Taylor Swift sported a striking golden fringed dress on the first date of her Speak Now world tour tonight.

The 21-year-old singer teamed her fringed mini dress with a pair of knee-high black boots as she kicked off her most elaborate tour yet in Omaha, Nebraska.

The star also returned to a past habit of writing on herself for live shows, this time seeming to scrawl a lyric along her arm in black pen.

Backed by a nine-piece band and eight dancers, the singer played for two hours, changing costume several times as she performed songs from hit albums Fearless and Speak Now.


Fun times: The 21-year-old singer looked like she was enjoying herself as she played a cherry red guitar and sung to the enthusiastic crowd


Earlier, she had told People.com how she helped plan the theatrical looking show, which includes pyrotechnics and a fake snowstorm.

'The tour is exactly how my imagination looks and I'm so excited that we get to have these entire scenes created on stage,' she said.

'I started out in theatre so you definitely see influences of that.'


Skin graffiti: Taylor wrote what looked like lyrics on her arms in black pen for the show


'We get to have such groovy, cool stuff happening,' she added to MTV about the stadium-based show. 'I've never had pyro before. I've never had aerialists before.

It's got this grand staircase. The stage in itself looks like an old-world theatre.

'I can't believe we get to play stadiums. I'm so excited about this tour. I want to live on that stage. I hope people leave the concert feeling like they know you better.'

The star also said she saw the tour as a 'thank you' to her fans, who made Speak Now one of the most successful albums of last year.


American sweetheart: Taylor revealed she has had a lot of input into the theatrical tour


'That's why I'm so blown away. That's why I can't wait to go out on tour and thank them personally,' she said.

And she certainly seemed to enjoy tonight's show, tweeting after her performance: 'Woah Omaha. That first show was SO much fun and I can't wait to see you again tomorrow!!'


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Taylor Swift Buys Parents $1.4 Million Estate

More proof their little girl is all grown up? Taylor Swift recently bought her mom and dad, Andrea and Scott Swift, a $1.4 million home in Nashville.

The three-bedroom, 5,000 square-foot estate -- built in the 1920s -- was recently renovated and boasts a blue stone terrace and a massive outdoor fireplace. "It's an incredible house," a source close to the 21-year-old Grammy winner tells the new Us Weekly.

"Taylor's been visiting her parents there and she's so excited for them."

The Swifts are not the only ones in need of a change-of-address form. Their famous daughter, who splits her time between Nashville and California, "just bought a beautiful home for herself in L.A.," adds another source.

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Taylor Swift Remains Unbeatable At Top Of Billboard Hot 200

American country singer Taylor Swift maintains her top position even this week when the sale has been at its record breaking slow rate. Her album 'Speak Now' still maintains the leading status with a sale of 52,000 copies.

There has been a huge decrease of 32pc in sales figure this week. But Taylor Swift continues to rule the top position for the sixth non-consecutive week at the Billboard Hot 200 this week. Among the 2010 U.S. highest-selling albums, the country music became third by adding 52000 copies.

In the Nielsen SoundScan history, 'Speak Now' has become the lowest selling album ever at No. 1. Earlier, this record was in the name of 'Dreamgirls' track in January, 2007. It took the top spot with a sales figure slightly more than 60,000 units.

Nicki Minaj follows the second spot rising from No. 4 position with her 'Pink Friday', which sold 39,000 copies. Bruno Mars was also benefited with this slow week and rose to No. 3 from No. 7 position by selling 38,000 copies of 'Doo- Wops and Hooligans'.

Daft Punk' soundtrack in 'Tron Legacy' has jumped to No. 4 while Eminem's 'Recovery' has slipped to No. 5 from No. 2 position by selling 33,000 copies.

The other names in the list include Rihanna's 'Loud' (33,000), Kanye West's 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' (33000), Mumford and Sons' 'Sigh No More' (31,000), Jason Aldean's 'My Kinda Party' (29,000) and 'Country Song' by various artists (28000).

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