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Post by Kim on Apr 24, 2011 11:42:49 GMT -5
 EASY RIDER She's on a boat! Taylor Swift cruised the canals of Italy during the European leg of her Speak Now world tour, which saw her play 17 shows in 15 countries. But the 21-year-old told PEOPLE the best part of her visit actually brought out her inner power walker. "I loved walking around Venice," she said. |
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Post by Kim on Apr 24, 2011 11:43:38 GMT -5
 2 of 8 PreviousNextEASY RIDER She's on a boat! Taylor Swift cruised the canals of Italy during the European leg of her Speak Now world tour, which saw her play 17 shows in 15 countries. But the 21-year-old told PEOPLE the best part of her visit actually brought out her inner power walker. "I loved walking around Venice," she said. IN GOOD COMPANY During a trip to the BBC Radio 1 studios in London, the country crooner was left star-struck by some very famous faces. "Here I am geeking out next to a picture of the Beatles," she said. Perhaps the boy band proved a good luck charm – during Swift's return to the British capital, she surpassed 20 million albums sold. |
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Post by Kim on May 8, 2011 12:07:04 GMT -5
Taylor Swift To Close 2011 CMA Music Festival
Taylor Swift will give the closing performance at 2011 CMA Music Festival. The superstar, who has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and placed singles atop the Country and pop charts, has been added to the Nightly Concert at LP Field on Sunday, June 12.
CMA Music Festival takes place Thursday through Sunday, June 9-12, in downtown Nashville. The event, which celebrates its 40th birthday since beginning as Fan Fair® in 1972, will once again be filmed for an ABC television special to air in late summer.
“Taylor has been a strong supporter of CMA Music Festival since she burst on the national scene a few years ago, and we are thrilled to welcome her back,” said Steve Moore, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “As we celebrate 40 years of CMA Music Festival, it is exciting to see Taylor and all our performers continue the legacy of Fan Fair which spotlights the unique relationship between Country Music artists and their fans.”
Swift, who has won six CMA Awards (including Entertainer of the Year in 2009) and four Grammy Awards, has participated in CMA Music Festival every year since her event debut performance on the Daily Concerts at Riverfront Park in 2006. She performed on the Nightly Concerts at LP Field in 2007-2009, and held a massive autograph signing session for her fans at the Bridgestone Arena in 2010 that lasted more than 15 consecutive hours.
Artists currently scheduled to appear at LP Field include (in alphabetical order):
Thursday, June 9: Jason Aldean (with a special guest performance from Kelly Clarkson), Easton Corbin, Sara Evans, Brad Paisley, and Zac Brown Band (with special guest performance from Alan Jackson).
Friday, June 10: Sheryl Crow, Lady Antebellum, Reba, Ashton Shepherd, Sugarland, and Keith Urban.
Saturday, June 11: Trace Adkins, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, Josh Turner, and Chris Young.
Sunday, June 12: The Band Perry, the JaneDear girls, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, and Taylor Swift.
Contact: jerry@nashville.com
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Post by Kim on May 8, 2011 12:08:15 GMT -5
Taylor Swift Invites Fans To Rehearsal Taylor Swift announced today that she is taking the unprecedented step of opening the last dress rehearsal for her Speak Now Tour to fans as a fundraiser to benefit victims of last week’s deadly tornadoes in the Southeast. 13,000 fans will get a first look at Taylor’s new show almost a week early, as Taylor is inviting them to attend “Speak Now…..Help Now!”, her final tour rehearsal, on May 21st at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, a benefit for tornado victims. The North American portion of her Speak Now World Tour 2011 kicks off on May 27th in Omaha, Nebraska. “I was watching the coverage of the tornadoes backstage at rehearsals, and I wanted to do something for the families affected by the damage,” says Taylor. “I’ve never opened a rehearsal to the public before, but I felt that inviting my fans to the last rehearsal for the Speak Now Tour would be a great way to raise money. So, tickets will be available for people to come see us in the Bridgestone Arena, where we’ve been rehearsing for the last five weeks. “We’ll probably still be doing some fine-tuning to the show that night, since this will be a true rehearsal,” she says, “but I feel like it is so important for me and my fans to help if we can.” Ticketing information and “Speak Now….Help Now!” event details will be available and updated beginning Monday, May 9th on www.TaylorSwift.com. 100% of ticket sales will go directly to help tornado victims. Contact: jerry@nashville.com
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Post by Mallrat on May 23, 2011 16:53:24 GMT -5
Swift cleans up country honors at Billboard awards
Sunday, May 22, 2011 – Taylor Swift cleaned up the country awards at the Billboard Music Awards Sunday.
Swift took Top Country Album for "Speak Now," To Country Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist.
Lady Antebellum won the Top Country Song for Need You Now.
Eminem and Justin Bieber each took home six official awards to lead the pack.
The awards were handed out Sunday in Las Vegas.
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Post by Kim on May 28, 2011 7:27:12 GMT -5
Taylor Swift's Elaborate New TourBy Kay West May 27, 2011 people.com  Taylor Swift Christie Goodwin Sparks fly, snow swirls, dancers in black cat suits swing like clappers inside huge bronze bells, and a white grand piano rises out of the floor in the new Taylor Swift concert tour kicking off Friday night in Omaha. "The tour is exactly how my imagination looks and I'm so excited that we get to have these entire scenes created on stage," says Swift. When the huge red velvet curtain parts, the "Speak Now" tour takes off with "Sparks Fly" as fireworks shoot from mini-cannons, and ends with "Love Story," performed as Swift floats above the audience in an enclosed balcony while aerialists soar Cirque du Soleil style. In between, a snowstorm envelops Swift seated at the piano for "Back to December," an Appalachian front porch sets the scene for "Our Song," and guests fill pews before Swift interrupts the bride and groom's wedding vows to "Speak Now." "I started out in theatre so you definitely see influences of that," Swift says. Swift turned the final dress rehearsal, performed in front of a paying audience on May 21, into a fundraiser for tornado victims, raising more than than $750,000. "It was just such a magical night knowing that every single person in the room donated to people who have lost everything," Swift said.
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Post by Mallrat on Jun 8, 2011 11:23:36 GMT -5
OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift Is “Normal,” Says Emma Stone
06/6/11, 3:00 pm EDT
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
When you are really good pals with a singer, you pretty much have to like her music, right? Otherwise, "awk," as the kids say. Fortunately, one of Taylor Swift's best friends, actress Emma Stone (Easy A, House Bunny, The Help), really does like Swift's music. She told MTV News that she digs Swift's latest album, Speak Now, and even heard it before it went public. "I was lucky enough to hear it pretty early on, so it's so exciting for it to finally be out and to actually own the songs instead of just be singing them," she said. She also said that Swift is pretty normal. And if Stone does sing Swift's songs in front of her, Stone said, "She's not like, 'I am one of the world's most popular singers.'" In the past, Stone has also described her famous-but-normal buddy with words like "awesome" and "gracious" and "fine."
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Post by Mallrat on Jun 11, 2011 14:42:04 GMT -5
Taylor Swift Will Join Black Eyed Peas in New York City
06/8/11, 12:30 pm EDT
Taylor Swift will make a special appearance with the Black Eyed Peas in New York City's Central Park on Thursday (June 9). Titled "Concert 4 NYC," the event will raise money and awareness for the Robin Hood Foundation to fight poverty in New York City. Natasha Bedingfield, MC Hammer, Debbie Harry, LL Cool J and Carole King will also appear at the event. Swift and Shania Twain will be featured in a video parody of Thelma & Louise to open the 2011 CMT Music Awards show airing live Wednesday (June 8) at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CMT and CMT.com. Swift's upcoming performances include a stadium show at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday (June 11) and the CMA Music Festival on Sunday (June 12).[/b][/font][/color]
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Post by Mallrat on Jun 12, 2011 11:29:37 GMT -5
Taylor Swift Wins Video of the Year at CMT Music Awards While Justin Bieber Collects His First Country Trophy
06/9/11, 1:30 am EDT
Taylor Swift, The Band Perry and Blake Shelton were among the big winners at the 2011 CMT Music Awards. Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber won his first country music award for his project with Rascal Flatts, and other winners included Sugarland, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert and the pairing of the Zac Brown Band and Jimmy Buffett.
Kid Rock hosted Wednesday night's (June 8) show live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Swift was onstage in Wisconsin when she learned she'd won the night's top honor -- the video of the year award -- for "Mine."
"I just want to say thank you and hi to everybody back at the CMT Music Awards," she said. "I wish I could be there, but I'm hanging out with 15,000 of my closest friends in Milwaukee. I want to thank so many people -- all the little kids who are in the video and their families for bringing them to Maine and being in the video. [/font][/color][/b]
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Post by Mallrat on Jun 19, 2011 13:21:28 GMT -5
OFFSTAGE: What Taylor Swift’s Opening Acts Think About Swift
06/15/11, 3:00 pm EDT
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
In the recent People Country Special, the eight men who are going out on tour with Taylor Swift this summer speak out about what it's like to know she chose them and what they expect to learn from her. Danny Gokey can relate to her because, he says, "I'm not the typical voice on country radio, so I identify with an artist like her." And accordion phenom and multi-instrumentalist Hunter Hayes is just glad he was invited on her tour. "I'm a Taylor fan, so the fact that she knows who I am is awesome," he said. And David Nail has high hopes for the fans who get there early. "I want them to walk out saying, 'That guy was really good,'" he said. (Swift has said Nail's "Let It Rain" is one of the songs she has on repeat.) Frankie Ballard has one of the most honest assessments of his role on the road, saying, "I want them to like my music, but you're fooling yourself if you don't realize the fans are there to see Taylor and you're just standing in the way of that," he admitted. Swift says she hit MySpace and Facebook to find these guys. And she ultimately chose them because they have songs about relationships and love that pulled her in.
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Post by Mallrat on Jul 3, 2011 13:40:35 GMT -5
Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood Named 'Queens of Pop'
Posted Jul 1st 2011 9:00AM by Cory Stromblad
Rolling Stone magazine has released its list of the Top 16 "Queens of Pop," with country royalty Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood genre-hopping for the prestigious list, landing at No. 2 and No. 11, respectively. The ladies were ranked with a point system based on digital and album downloads and sales, Hot 100 rankings, radio airplay, YouTube views, social media, concert ticket sales, industry awards and critic ratings. The list was compiled based on statistics between 2009 through mid-2011.
With almost 10 million albums sold and a staggering 42 industry awards won, Taylor beats out pop music heavyweights Rihanna, Britney Spears and Rihanna to claim the runner-up spot, trailing only Lady Gaga. The 'Mean' singer pulled in a staggering $73.9 million in touring sales, with her near sold-out Speak Now World Tour going strong throughout the rest of the year.
Carrie has a strong showing in album sales, coming in No. 3 behind Taylor and Lady Gaga with more than three million albums sold just since 2009. (Her total album sales top 13 million.) The 'Cowboy Casanova' singer placed No. 8 in the touring category, earning $37.8 million on the strength of her headlining Play On tour.
www.theboot.com/2011/07/01/taylor-swift-carrie-underwood-rolling-stone-queens-of-pop/
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Post by Mallrat on Jul 3, 2011 15:48:32 GMT -5
Teen Choice Awards Nominations Include Six for Swift!
Posted Jun 30th 2011 4:30PM by Gayle Thompson
The 2011 Teen Choice Awards nominees list has been announced, and not surprisingly, country music artists are a favorite among the younger generation.
Taylor Swift leads the pack of country superstars with six nods. The 21-year-old is vying for the trophy for Female Artist, Female Country Artist, Country Single ('Mean'), Country Love Song ('Mine'), Best Break-Up Song ('Back to December') and Red Carpet Fashion Icon: Female.
Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Jennette McCurdy join Taylor in the Female Country Artist category. In the Male Country category, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan are all nominated, with Luke and Blake also battling it out in the Country Single category, for 'Country Girl (Shake It for Me)' and 'Honey Bee,' respectively. Other tunes named in that category include the Band Perry's 'If I Die Young' and Lady Antebellum's 'Just a Kiss.'
Lady Antebellum and the Band Perry are also named in the Country Group category, which they share with Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts and Steel Magnolia.
Adele, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Katy Perry join Taylor in the Female Artist category, while Justin Bieber, Jason Derülo, Cee Lo Green, Enrique Iglesias and Bruno Mars are nominated the Male Artist category.
'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' movie leads all Teen Choice Awards nominations with 12. Taylor and her buddy Selena Gomez tie for the most individual nods. Other nominees for the Teen Choice Awards include the Black Eyed Peas, Far East Movement, the 'Glee' cast, Selena Gomez & The Scene and the Script in the Group category, and 30 Seconds to Mars, Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, OneRepublic and Paramore meet in the Rock Group category.
See a full list of nominees here. The Teen Choice Awards will air live August 7 on FOX.
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Post by Mallrat on Jul 3, 2011 16:30:18 GMT -5
Taylor Swift 'sorry' she has to postpone Louisville gig
The Associated Press
Date: Saturday Jul. 2, 2011 10:55 PM ET
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Taylor Swift is postponing a show for the first time in her career.
Swift had to postpone Saturday night's sold-out show at the Yum Center in Louisville under doctor's orders because of an illness.
She tweeted the bad news to fans: "This is my first time having to do this. I'm so, so sorry."
Within 20 minutes hundreds of followers had responded with get-well wishes, which were already among the most popular international trends on Twitter for the day.
Swift postponed the show until Oct. 11. She's due for a short break before returning to the road in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday in support of her multi-platinum "Speak Now" album.
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Post by Mallrat on Jul 6, 2011 15:00:45 GMT -5
Swift postpones tour dates, suffers from bronchitis
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 – Taylor Swift concert dates scheduled for this weekend in Charlotte and Atlanta were rescheduled due to illness. Swift has bronchitis and was advised by her doctor that she is not well enough to perform this week, according to her publicist.
Swift plans to resume the tour on July 14th in Montreal.
The new dates are as follows:
Charlotte, N.C.: July 8 rescheduled for Nov. 16
Atlanta: July 9-10 rescheduled for Oct. 1-2
"It breaks my heart to miss out on this weekend's shows with my friends in Charlotte and Atlanta," Swift said. "I would never cancel if I thought I was physically able to perform these shows. I am so sorry to the fans, but I look forward to seeing you when we come back through your towns, which we will do."
Swift is on tour in support of her "Speak Now" album and is currently slated to play 98 shows in 17 countries in 2011.
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Post by Mallrat on Aug 8, 2011 11:01:15 GMT -5
OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift on Sandwiches, Songwriting and Summer
07/6/11, 2:30 pm EDT
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
She already does it in her songs. But now Taylor Swift is showing off every nuance of her personality in a new blog. This one is about 700 words and called "A Midsummer Night's Blog," and it sums up what she's been up to -- from the very important (songwriting) to the not-so-important (eating a really awesome sandwich). But it's just so her. Like when she describes what her view of the crowd is like from the stage. "The crowds we've been playing for have been so unbelievable," she writes. "The kind of crowds that jump up and down the entire show, making our view from the stage look like a giant ocean of dancing, jumping people. These are the kinds of crowds that sing the words louder and more passionately than I ever could've imagined." Then she takes a paragraph to reveal her fear that her summer has been too good. "Sometimes I get scared that there's got to be some balance to the way things work in the universe-- like you pay for good days by then having bad days, you pay for joy with pain," she says. "Like if you have the most perfect week ever, watch out! It's about to get really awful! Some sort of minor or major tragedy is bound to strike! I hope that's not the way it all goes down. I really hope not because this has been a really beautiful summer so far." There was that one concert cancellation in Kentucky, so maybe now that was the pain she had to endure with all her joy.
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