Be the first to comment When it comes to selling tickets to her Fearless tour, Taylor Swift is, well, fearless. The 19-year-old country music star announced yesterday she would be extending the 2009 tour into 2010 at venues around the world, according to an Associated Press report.
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TwistWhen Kanye West ran on stage at the VMAs, took the microphone from a stunned Taylor Swift and proceeded to declare that the teen country star should’ve lost to Beyonce, everyone was talking about it.
Everyone except Beyonce, that is.
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Now, the 28-year-old star is breaking her silence on the incident. MTV News reports that Knowles revealed that she “knew [Kanye's] intentions, and I knew he was Continue reading »
A U.S. and Canada concert tour by Kanye West and Lady GaGa has been canceled just a few weeks after West was publicly chastised for embarrassing country star Taylor Swift at an MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, according to a Reuters report.
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According to the report, concert promoter Live Nation said in a statement on Thursday that the “Fame Kills” tour, that was due to start off in Phoenix, Arizona on November 10 and run through January, had been canceled with refunds available at the point of sale.
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President Obama’s candid remarks about the Kanye West/ Taylor Swift incident are keeping the story alive, according to an Associated Press report.
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Kanye West has a knack for making a fool out of himself on television, a talent he demonstrated over the weekend at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards when he interrupted 19-year-old country star Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech to declare that Beyonce should’ve won instead.
The loudmouth was back on TV Monday night, when he appeared on Jay Leno’s new show and offered a rambling apology for his actions.
Frankly, we think his apology seemed about as sincere as Chris Brown’s apology for beating Rihanna (video above).
What do you think?
Do Kanye’s actions influence how much you like or dislike his music?
Do you think Jay Leno should have banned West from the show?
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Kanye West used the debut of Jay Leno’s new talk show to offer another apology to Taylor Swift for ruining her award-winning moment at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night, according to an Associated Press report.
West told Leno that he knew he was wrong when he gave the mic back to Swift and was met by a chorus of boos. West had interrupted Swift while she was accepting the award for her video to “You Belong With Me,” telling the crowd that Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” deserved the honor.
“It was rude, period,” said West, who also noted that he is going to take time off to step back and reflect on his actions. He also said he wanted to apologize to the country star in person.
In the meantime, Leno was having lots of fun with hubbub, telling viewers in his opening monologue that President Obama had invited West and Swift to the White House for “a root beer summit.”
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Beyonce on VMAs: “Kanye was Standing up for Art” | Music Vixen BlogKanye West has managed to make an idiot out of himself on TV once again-this time at the VMA Awards (video below).
When Taylor Swift won Best Female Video for ‘You Belong With Me,’ Kanye jumped onstage, grabbed the mike from the country singer’s hands and opened his mouth: “Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’m a let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.” Swift had beat Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies’ for the award.
A flabbergasted Swift staggered and didn’t get to finish her acceptance speech. The crowd booed West, who shortly after was asked to leave the show and left the building.
Of course, some skeptics are already starting to wonder if this whole thing is just a publicity stunt organized by MTV, Swift and West in order to boost ratings for everyone. After all, the station is no stranger to controversy (Madonna kissing Britney, Seth Rogen and James Franco “smoking pot” at the MTV Movie Awards, etc).
Swift got a chance to recapture her time in the spotlight. Near the end of the evening, when Beyonce won video of the year for “Single Ladies,” the pop star promptly invited Swift out on stage to properly “have her moment.”
But it was too little, too late. Kanye West had again succeeded in making the event all about him.
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ToniTaylor Swift is set to release an expanded version of her chart-topping album Fearless with six new songs, according to a report on Billboard.com .The Fearless Platinum Edition with the CD/DVD is due on Big Machine Records October 27.
Among the other extras will be Swift’s much-hyped rap music video with T-Pain, “Thug Story” — which aired as a piece of comic relief during the CMT Music Awards in June — and behind-the-scenes photographs from her summer tour taken by her brother.
“The two million-plus fans who bought Fearless within weeks of release last year are screaming for new Taylor music, and Taylor has delivered,” said Big Machine executive Scott Borchetta said in a statement.
Since its November 2008 release, Fearless has sold nearly 4 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It has also spent 43 weeks on the Billboard 200 — 11 of them at number. 1, the most for any album released this decade.
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It’s Official: Screaming teenage girls around the world have one less Jonas brother to chase after, because one of the boys has just become engaged. Given the boys’ very public vows to remain virgins until they’re married, this may be the first celebrity wedding that doesn’t inspire pregnancy rumors before the big day.
The oldest member of the Jonas trio, Kevin, 21, proposed to his 22-year-old girlfriend, Danielle, Wednesday morning at her New Jersey home. Jonas had just played a concert in Canada, and flew in just to pop the question.
For his part, Kevin has seemingly been the most low-key of the brothers, failing to make headlines and attain teen heartthrob status the way younger brothers/celebrity-daters Nick and Joe normally do.
The engagement was officially announced by Jonas’s parents, Kevin Sr. and Denise, via a blog post on the band’s official website. There is also a photo of the newly-engaged couple.
The Jonas Brothers’ latest album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times, was released in June.
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ABOVE: A live performance of Taylor Swift’s hit “Love Story.” See the award-winning music video here.
Taylor Swift won the video of the year for “Love Story” at last night’s Country Music Television awards, underlining her own love affair with country music fans.
“I want to thank Shania Twain for always making such theatrical videos, and Garth Brooks for always putting the fans first. I take my cues from you,” Swift said Tuesday in accepting video of the year honors at Nashville’s Sommet Center.
Swift won the fan-voted award over Brad Paisley’s “Waitin’ on a Woman,” Trace Adkins’ “You’re Gonna Miss This,” Carrie Underwood’s “Just a Dream” and Sugarland’s “All I Want to Do.” Swift’s “Love Story” video is an elaborate production with period costumes that is based on the story of Romeo and Juliet.
Other CMT winners included Rascal Flatts for group video (”Every Day”) and the Zac Brown Band for breakthrough video (”Chicken Fried”).
Viewers cast more than 2.5 million votes to decide the four finalists in most categories. Fans could vote for their favorites for video of the year throughout the show.
