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<b>Taylor Swift's</b> Worldwide Fans Fit Her to a 'Tea' - The Boot

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Taylor Swift has accumulated thousands of frequent flyer miles this year, traveling to a multitude of countries on a tour that has taken her to some incredible destinations throughout the world.

"Touring internationally is one of coolest things I've got to do this year," an excited Taylor told The Boot backstage before her CMA Music Fest performance on Sunday. "We started off the year in January going to Asia, touring in places I never thought I'd go to like the Philippines, Singapore, Korea, and then back to Japan (Taylor was there in 2010).

"Then we went straight to Europe, getting to play in places where I never thought people would know the words to all my songs, like in Germany, Italy and Spain. I looked out and they knew every word; it was an amazing experience."

Taylor has revamped her Speak Now world tour show for North America, having already made appearances in Columbus, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wis.; and Detroit, Mich.'s Ford Field, her first stadium date on the tour. The two-hour-plus show based roughly on theatrical elements includes 17 songs and nine costume changes. In addition, there are dance numbers, aerial stunts and pyrotechnics, all precisely choreographed.

"It's so cool to put on a different kind of tour in the U.S. and North America," says the young superstar. Internationally, we had to have a stage you could take everywhere. So this has been amazing ... we just played our first stadium in Detroit and I have a permanent smile because of it."

The singer admits to having a Broadway scenario to her stage setup, saying, "I have been inspired by a lot of different things, and since I was a little kid I have been fascinated by Broadway. You have all those set pieces coming from all angles, and then suddenly you're in the experience, you're in the story. I've seen that done really well on Broadway, so since I started in theater that's where that inspiration comes from."

Taylor played to 50,000 screaming fans in Detroit, and she describes it as nothing short of amazing. "There we were, surrounded by 50,000 people who are singing the same thing. You look out and it's a sea of people as far as you can see. I feel so lucky to have had that experience and that memory."

The 21-year old says she has a pretty diverse crowd who come to her shows. "I see every kind of person, every age, and that is so wonderful to see. There are a lot of girls my age who, if I lived in their town, we'd probably hang out. It feels like with my fans there is a camaraderie.

"When I walk out on stage, if they're there and singing along with my songs, they've been through the same things. When I meet a fan it's not like I'm meeting a stranger; I already know they're on same page with me. I have so much fun with them; they are incredibly cool people."

Taylor takes every opportunity to thank her fans, not only by tweeting and chatting with them on Facebook, but by hanging out with them at her stops on the tour.

"We have so much fun with the shows. There are several meet-and-greets before the show and then after the show we have this tea party meet-and-greet. During the show I have people going around through the concert and they know what I like. They look for really passionate people in the audience, maybe in the top row, maybe in the fourth row -- anyone dancing and having the best time, or dressed up like characters from a music video or maybe they're all lit up. We invite them backstage after the show and we have so much fun because we get all these people together in one room for the meet-and-greet."

The Speak Now world tour heads for St. Paul, Minn. for two shows, June 14 and 15, then it's on to Pittsburgh, Pa. on June 18. The tour continues through November, when it ends with two nights in New York City on Nov. 21 and 22.

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CMA Music Fest: <b>Taylor Swift</b>, Miranda Lambert close out LP Field <b>...</b>

Click to see a gallery of photos from Sunday night's CMA Music Festival show at LP Field (this image of Taylor Swift: Larry McCormack/The Tennessean).

Duo the JaneDear Girls opened the last of four CMA Music Festival stadium shows at LP Field with a set that included the thrusting rock of initial single “Wildflower” and the contemplative ballad “Saturdays In September.” After band member Susie Brown performed a brief and energetic fiddle showcase of “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” and “Orange Blossom Special,” Brown and Danelle Leverett closed with current single “Shotgun Girl.”

Jimmy Wayne’s powerful solo set found him playing deft guitar and performing his country hits “Stay Gone” and “Do You Believe Me Now?” along with a cover of the Hall & Oates pop staple “Sara Smile.” Wayne is a rich-voiced singer-songwriter, with a presence that proved capable of captivating a mass live audience.

The Band Perry followed Wayne with a set that traded on accessibility and harmony. Single “If I Die Young” was the group’s best-received song, with a stadium full of fans singing along.

Darius Rucker, who still leads guitar-pop group Hootie & The Blowfish on occasion, opened his country set with “Alright,” and included “Come Back Song” and “I Got Nothin’.” Rucker upped the applause ante with his version of the Hootie single “Only Wanna Be With You,” and his up-tempo song, “This.” Rucker concluded with a medley of past country hits, cementing his appeal with contemporary country fans.

Tracy Lawrence played a set prior to Blake Shelton’s stage turn, singing “Find Out Who Your Friends Are” and other hits. And then Shelton took the stage with “It’s All About Tonight” and delivered a set that included runs through J. Geils Band “Centerfield” and Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative.”

Shelton offered up “Kiss My Country (expletive),” a song that disparages anyone who doesn’t embrace a Confederate ideal, but his warm baritone is more inclusively appealing than that tune’s lyrics. He ended with summertime hit “Honey Bee” and duet “Hillbilly Bone,” with Trace Adkins.

“This next artist I’m going to bring out is a country music innovator, and she is going to melt your faces off,” Shelton said, introducing wife Miranda Lambert. Shelton isn’t impassive, but neither is he incorrect. Lambert began her set with the propulsive “Kerosene,” then delivered the humorous and poignant “Only Prettier.”

“I want to say thank you for the most amazing country fans in world,” Lambert said, before singing ballad “The House That Built Me,” the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music song of the year award winner.

Lambert then introduced her trio partners in The Pistol Annies, Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe, and sang “Hell On Wheels,” before closing her set with “White Liar” and “”Gunpowder and Lead.”

Cross-genre superstar Taylor Swift concluded the night with a hit-filled coda. Swift opened her set at 11:35 p.m., with much of LP Field still filled with fans, preceded by a volume-up recording of Tom Petty’s “American Girl.”

“She’s sold more albums this year than any other human being on the planet,” said GAC’s Storme Warren, introducing Swift, whose CMA-ending set reached its climax with “Our Song,” a composition about shared melody, rhyme and memory. Swift’s set was a fitting end to a festival that put music at the forefront, and that spotlighted the interaction between fans and recording artists.

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<b>Taylor Swift</b> News - <b>Taylor Swift</b> Is a Golden Girl at CMA Music <b>...</b>

Wearing a gold dress and lyrics scribbled on her arm, Taylor Swift was ready to close out the CMA Music Festival Nightly Concerts for good.

Swift performed during the finale of the Nashville concert series, taking the stage in her usual “uniform.” As she’s been doing of late, Taylor’s left arm bore a bunch of words — this time around, they turned out to be some abridged Sugarland lyrics: “Remember me in ribbons and curls … Love, your baby girl.” Taylor’s arm reads.

The writing on the arm/hand bit has been going on with Swift for years. Before each big show, performance or interview, she scribbles “13? on her hand, as it’s her lucky number. It’s even a part of her Twitter handle, @taylorswift13.

Swift even spoke about the big show on Twitter, saying: “Just played the last night of CMA Music Fest (um,you guys were amazing!!). Then I went home and baked until 2:41 AM.”

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<b>Taylor Swift</b> To Raise Money For Tornado Victims With Public <b>...</b>

Taylor Swift is turning her last tour rehearsal into a benefit to raise funds for tornado victims in the U.S. before she heads out on a new trek around the globe.

Nearly 300 lives were lost when severe storms swept across America last week and the Love Story hit-maker has vowed to help by inviting more than 12,000 fans to join her for a show in Tennessee on May 21st.
The event, called Speak Now... Help Now, will give fans a glimpse of the superstar's new world tour before it officially kicks off in Nebraska on May 27th.
Swift tells the Associated Press, "I was watching the coverage of the tornadoes backstage at rehearsals, and I wanted to do something for the families affected by the damage. 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."

"We will probably still be doing some fine-tuning to the show that night, since this will be a true rehearsal, but I feel like it is so important for me and my fans to help if we can."

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<b>Taylor Swift</b> Turns Concert Rehearsal Into Tornado Fundraiser <b>...</b>

For the first time ever, Taylor Swift is letting fans watch her rehearse for her upcoming Speak Now World Tour -- and it's all for a good cause.

To benefit victims of the recent tornadoes in the Southeast, the 21-year-old singer is letting 13,000 fans get a sneak peek of her upcoming tour during Speak Now...Help Now! on May 21 at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.

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"I was watching the coverage of the tornadoes backstage at rehearsals, and I wanted to do something for the families affected by the damage," the country superstar tells Us Weekly in a statement.

One hundred percent of ticket sales from the dress rehearsal will go directly to help tornado victims. This isn't the first time Swift has lent her star power to a worthy cause; earlier this year, the "Better Than Revenge" singer supported relief efforts in Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

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"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," Swift says. "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."

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More details regarding the fundraiser will be available beginning May 9 on the singer's official website. In 2010, DoSomething.org ranked Swift the world's 3rd most philanthropic celebrity on their annual Celebs Gone Good list.

The North American leg of Swift's Speak Now World Tour kicks off May 27 in Omaha, Nebraska.

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<b>Taylor Swift</b> Launches 'Speak Now....Help Now!' - Entertainment <b>...</b>

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In an effort to help tornado victims in the southeast, Taylor Swift is doing something she's never done before. The country superstar is letting 13,000 fans into the final dress rehearsal for her upcoming "Speak Now" tour. Swift is calling the fundraiser "Speak Now....Help Now!" ?I was watching the coverage of the tornadoes backstage at rehearsals, and I wanted to do something for the families affected by the damage,? Swift said. The final tour rehearsal will be held May 21 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The North American portion of the tour kicks off May 27 in Omaha, Neb. Ticketing information for the "Speak Now....Help Now!" fundraiser will be available May 9 at http://www.taylorswift.com/ . One hundred percent of ticket sales will go to tornado victims. Copyright 2011 by WSMV.com. All rights reserved.
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<b>Taylor Swift</b> Selling Tickets to Rehearsal, Donating Money to <b>...</b>

Taylor Swift is opening the doors for her dress rehearsal to help those devastated by the tornadoes that touched down in the South. The 21-year-old country singer is selling 13,000 tickets for fans to come see her last dress rehearsal for her ‘Speak Now’ tour. All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards those that lost homes, family, and friends in the recent disaster that killed 329 people and leveled entire communities.

Taylor says:

“I was watching the coverage of the tornadoes backstage at rehearsals, and I wanted to do something for the families affected by the damage. 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.”

“We will probably still be doing some fine-tuning to the show that night, since this will be a true rehearsal, but I feel like it is so important for me and my fans to help if we can.”

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<b>Taylor Swift</b> Invites Fans to Tour Rehearsal to Aid Tornado Relief <b>...</b>

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Taylor Swift has announced she will give her fans a chance to see her Speak Now tour before it officially kicks off later this month. The singer will open the last dress rehearsal on May 21 as a fundraiser with all proceeds going to the victims of last week's devastating tornadoes in the Southeast.

For the special event, titled Speak Now ... Help Now!, approximately 13,000 people will get the chance to see Taylor's full show at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, one week before the North American leg of the superstar's Speak Now world trek kicks off May 27 in Omaha, Neb.

"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."

Numerous tornadoes raged through seven states in the south, including the hardest hit, Alabama, killing 329 people and literally destroying numerous businesses, schools and homes.

Taylor generously donated to relief efforts in Japan, New Zealand and Australia earlier this year, while she donated to various Nashville flood relief efforts last year. She also performed during 2010's Nashville Rising benefit concert, organized by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

The reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year, who has been in rehearsals with her band for the last few weeks, forewarns the fans that there might be some changes during the show, as it is still a rehearsal. "We'll probably still be doing some fine-tuning to the show that night, since this will be a true rehearsal," she notes, "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! details will be available and updated beginning Monday (May 9) at Taylor's official website. One-hundred percent of all ticket sales will go directly to help tornado victims.

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Taylor Swift opens tour rehearsal to aid tornado victimsComments (0) May 6, 2011 |  2:08pm

Taylor Swift is offering a sneak peek of her upcoming tour, for charity.

The country-pop star announced Friday she is opening the final dress rehearsal of her Speak Now World Tour to fans as a benefit for victims devastated by last month's string of deadly tornadoes that hit several Southern states and caused hundreds of deaths.

Dubbed “Speak Now … Help Now!,” the May 21 benefit show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena will offer 13,000 fans a glimpse of Swift’s tour nearly a week early.

“I was watching the coverage of the tornadoes backstage at rehearsals, and I wanted to do something for the families affected by the damage,” Swift said in a statement. “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."

Swift and her crew have been working songs out in the arena for the last five weeks, she said. More details are expected to be announced on her official site Monday, but 100% of ticket sales for the show will go directly to aid victims.

The North American leg of her Speak Now World Tour 2011 kicks off May 27 in Omaha, Neb., and she is scheduled to play four dates at the Staples Center in August.
 
“We’ll probably still be doing some fine-tuning to the show that night, since this will be a true rehearsal,” she said, “but I feel like it is so important for me and my fans to help if we can.”

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In 2008, Taylor Swift's then-just-released album, 'Fearless,' became a monster hit and garnered lots of attention not only for the singer but for the subjects of her deeply personal songs.

One such tune was 'Hey Stephen,' which included dreamy, romantic lines such as, "I can't help it if you look like an angel / Can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain" and "come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you."

Taylor revealed later that the song's inspiration was Stephen Barker Liles of the group Love and Theft, whom the then-teenaged superstar cited as one of her favorite bands.

After the endless scrutinizing of Taylor's body of work became a favorite national pastime, the then-trio released their debut album, and naturally, the song came up in conversation with them often.

What many fans may not realize is that Stephen had also been writing a song about Taylor at the time.

"It was a weird moment," Stephen tells Planet Verge. "Because I wasn't expecting her to say she wrote a song for me and I think it was a mutual thing on her end, too. She asked me what the words were so I only told her a little bit. I was like, 'This world is goin' crazy, but baby what do you say we try to make it anyway?' And that was that."

Well, not exactly. Stephen made a recording of the song and filmed a homemade video to go with it.

"I did the recording in the studio I have in my house and filmed the video in my backyard, in my barn actually," he says. "My buddy Aaron Thomas helped me out with all of that. I really just love songwriting and this song has become one of my favorite songs I've ever written."

Although Brian Bandas left the group at the end of 2010, Stephen says he and now-duo partner Eric Gunderson have been in the studio, recording material with producer Josh Leo for a new label.

"Lord willing, we'll be putting out a new song real soon," he notes. "We'll be making those announcements here in the next few weeks, so everything is moving forward and we're really stoked about the new direction we're going."

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<b>Taylor Swift</b> – If This Was a Movie [Full Song+ Lyrics] | NYCPPL.COM

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<b>Taylor Swift</b> Remembers Her First Time - The Boot

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Taylor Swift has taken the world by storm since she landed her record deal with Big Machine Records and released her self-titled debut album back in 2006. The album was eventually certified five-times platinum. Its followup, 2008's 'Fearless,' has now sold nearly 10 million copies and earned the country darling four Grammy awards, including the all-genre Album of the Year honors. 'Speak Now,' Taylor's third studio album released in October 2010, sold more than one million units in its first week and is soon to be certified four-times platinum. In short, Taylor has become music's biggest superstar in a matter of less than five years.

Still, it's hard to remember when the multi-talented, singer-songwriter wasn't a household name. Taylor remembers very well being a brand-new artist waiting to hear herself on the radio. The country songbird tells The Boot exactly where she was when she heard herself on the airwaves for the very first time.

"I was 16, and the Big 98 [WSIX] in Nashville played 'Tim McGraw' in a song challenge one evening," explains Taylor. "My high school friends and I all sat in my convertible with the top down in my driveway and blasted it. Then, listeners called in and said whether they liked it or not, and I remember being more nervous than I'd ever been. Thankfully they said nice things. I'll never forget that feeling!"

The Pennsylvania native wasn't comfortable sharing her singing ambitions with her friends until her parents moved her to Hendersonville, Tenn. " I moved there when I was in the end of my eighth grade year," recalls Taylor. " I remember back in Pennsylvania, it was kind of an oddity that I loved music and I was really trying to pursue it ... almost to the point where it set me apart from other kids and I spent a lot of time alone. But when I moved to Hendersonville, they didn't think it was a weird thing at all that I loved music that much. Their neighbors were producers and their dad was a songwriter, so it wasn't such a big deal to them that I was so immersed in music. I loved that."

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In the wake of the devastating tornadoes that swept through the southeast United States and killed at least 180 people, stars like Khloe Kardashian, Taylor Swift and Glee's Kristin Chenoweth are showing their support on Twitter.

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Swift, 21, wrote on Thursday: "We're at rehearsals watching videos of the tornados in Tuscaloosa. Our love and hopes and thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected."

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Kardashian, 26, added: "My prayers are with the tornado victims in Alabama."

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"Tornado victims, my love [and prayers go] out to you," Chenoweth, a 42-year-old Oklahoma native, wrote.

Ex-Bachelorette star Trista Sutter said she was "praying for the victims" and hoped "they be shown grace and given hope."

Perhaps most proactively, country star Reba McEntire planned an Oklahoma Tornado Relief concert for May 26 to benefit those affected. She wrote on her blog: "I've always said the country music fans are the most loyal and biggest hearted people in the world."

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<b>Taylor Swift</b> isnt great live? (No crazy taylor fans)? | NFL Online <b>...</b>

Taylor Swift isnt great live? (No crazy taylor fans)?
Taylor Swift isnt great live? (No crazy taylor fans)?
Don’t reply if your some crazy taylor fan who loves everything she does.

I bought her second album and her voice sounded pretty. She doesn’t have a strong voice like Carrie Underwood…but it was very pretty and easy to listen to.

But recently I have been watching videos of her singing live at concerts, radio stations, etc and she sounds worse then she does on her album? Its kind of hard to listen to and you get tired of her voice after a while? Does anyone else feel this way?

**Im not a hater…i am a fan which is why I bought her second album…but im just telling the truth….

And there are many artist who sound better then their CD…dont answer with:everyone sounds worse, cuz lots of artist dont.
Im starting to get turned off by her. First for her freak out over one of the jonas sisters. Now this.

Why should she be any more special then all the other song writers out there? Thats all she is a songwriter.
shes better then most people…? what do you mean? There are many artist who sing better. Beyonce, shakira, jesse mccartey, carrie underwood, demi lovato, etc.
No I couldnt sing better…thats why im NOT a singer. Just because I can’t sing doesnt mean I can’t think she sings bad and I cant ask about your opinions. And sorry to break your 12 year old heart but I wouldnt wast brain cells thinking of a name for the jonas sisters
And its not a “little” flaw. Shes a singer…if her flaw is singing then its far from small.

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Answer by Alex H
ya your wright she cant sing live at all

Answer by ?el?ever? never d?e
The average singer sounds worse live than on their CD. It’s very rare when you find someone that sounds the same, or even better.

Sure, Taylor Swift isn’t great live, but she’s not as bad as most people say she is. She’s much better than most people.

edit: By “most people” I mean average, everyday people. And even some famous singers, such as Katy Perry.

Answer by Elizabeth
yup just like selena gomez

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