"I've kept pretty tight-lipped," says the Australian singer-songwriter, known for his crossover smash Riptide, saying he shared the news with his parents yesterday. "It's one of those things you want to tell people immediately."
The 26-year-old native of Melbourne, Australia, whose birth name is James Keogh, I was pretty sure I had landed the gig when Swift covered Riptide for BBC Radio 1 in England. "I was confirmed that he loved the song and knew me and was in the things he was doing," he says.
The two met for the first time last week before the appearance of Swift on The Late Show with David Letterman. "I came backstage while she was doing the soundcheck and I met her and her team and her band," he says. "She was warm and friendly and obviously excited about the tour. It's great to meet someone with such a strong vision and it's all over all parts of the agreement."
Joy released their debut album, Dream Your Life Away, September 9 in the US and is currently leading a club tour. He played for 15,000 or more people at Lollapalooza in August, but, otherwise, he says, "the greatest show I've played is like 2,000 people, so playing stadiums will be an incredible challenge, but also exciting. Acting front so many people I will do a better performer.
"It's definitely the biggest thing we've been part scale."
"Stoked that @taylorswift13 invited the band and I on her North American tour next year. Going to play some big venues"
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