--- description: The original date conflicted with a potential playoff game title: Taylor Swift Had to Move a Tour Date Because the Astros Are Good This Year image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8330fa34bad3eeae/69885cab524fc076c2df3c38/t-swift.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Houston Astros Bump Taylor Swift From Ballpark Concert by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2015 10:11 PM CUT  Taylor Swift performs during The 1989 Tour at Soldier Field on July 19, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Taylor Swift performs during The 1989 Tour at Soldier Field on July 19, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.Daniel Boczarski/LP5—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2015 10:11 PM CUT Taylor Swift has been forced to reschedule an upcoming Houston concert — and fans have only their local team’s success to blame. When Swift announced her tour dates for her 1989 album, including an Oct. 13 concert on the Houston Astros’ Minute Maid Park, the team said it reserved the right to [move the date](http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2015/07/27/taylor-swift-concert-at-minute-maid-park-rescheduled-wont-conflict-with-potential-playoff-game/#31931101=0 "undefined") if it needed the field for postseason games. Those familiar with the team’s struggles in recent years laughed the clause off as an unlikely scenario. But the Astros have outperformed expectations this season, and the Houston _Chronicle_ reports Swift’s tour date has been changed so the team can have the field if they need it on Oct. 13\. Instead, she will perform “Bad Blood,” “Style” and the rest of her recent hits for Houstonians on Sept. 9, when the Astros will be playing an away game in Oakland. Ticket holders will automatically get the same seats for the new dates, and if the revised schedule doesn’t work for them, they can shake it off—they’ll get a refund. \[[_Houston Chronicle_](http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2015/07/27/taylor-swift-concert-at-minute-maid-park-rescheduled-wont-conflict-with-potential-playoff-game/#31931101=0 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3974104/taylor-swift-houston-astros/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3974104/taylor-swift-houston-astros/"},"headline":"Houston Astros Bump Taylor Swift From Ballpark Concert","datePublished":"2015-07-27T22:11:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:38:08.685Z","description":"The singer was forced to reschedule a gig ahead of a potential postseason clash","url":"https://time.com/3974104/taylor-swift-houston-astros/","keywords":["Music","Taylor Swift","Houston","Tour","Concert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8330fa34bad3eeae/69885cab524fc076c2df3c38/t-swift.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8330fa34bad3eeae/69885cab524fc076c2df3c38/t-swift.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour Live In Chicago - Night 2","caption":"Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour Live In Chicago - Night 2","creditText":"Daniel Boczarski/LP5—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3974104/taylor-swift-houston-astros/","name":"Houston Astros Bump Taylor Swift From Ballpark Concert"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","description":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/I8WlXTNY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-11T16:58:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/I8WlXTNY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3974104/taylor-swift-houston-astros/","duration":"PT35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3974104/taylor-swift-houston-astros/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```