"This is the part that I've really been looking forward to for a very long time, because this is the part where I sing to you," Taylor Swift told the sold-out Omaha, Neb., crowd during the first stop of her Red tour last night (March 13). (See pictures from the tour opener and watch highlights of the performance below.)

"The visuals portrayed on this tour will be more grown-up and a little more mature than things we've done in the past," says the 23-year-old superstar. "On my previous albums and my previous tours, I've really liked to operate in the element of fantasy, and this tour will incorporate a little more reality into the visuals, which is nice."

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