Taylor Swift’s "Mean" About A Real-Life Experience

Taylor Swift’s "Mean" About A Real-Life Experience

Taylor Swift’s latest hit, “Mean”, all began when the 21-year-old superstar wrote down her thoughts and feelings about a certain person who had written very “mean” things about her, and put it to music. So, to see it physically and emotionally connect with fans on tour is especially gratifying to Taylor. “It‟s just really fun to see Mean do well…especially based on what I wrote that song about and based on the fact that it came from me going through a really tough time in writing that song, because I felt so powerless I just didn’t know what else to say or what else to do,"she says". 

Hot Tours:Taylor Swift, Rod Stewart, Bon Jovi

Taylor Swift

Hot Tours:Taylor Swift, Rod Stewart, Bon Jovi

Taylor Swift ranks second on the Hot Tours tally with the first totals reported from the North American leg of her Speak Now World Tour.  With grosses totaling $10.2 million from nine performances, the total number of tickets purchased from these sold out concerts was 152,537.  Swift played two consecutive nights in two of the markets, Omaha (May 27-28) and Ft. Lauderdale (June 2-3), and performed at the first North American stadium on her 2011 schedule, Ford Field in Detroit.  The sold out concert on June 11 grossed $3.4 million with 47,992 fans in attendance at the home stadium of the NFL's Detroit Lions.  The country artist performed at her first NFL venue, Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., last year during the Fearless Tour.  The June 5, 2010 concert drew 56,868 fans to the home stadium of the New England Patriots.  This year she returns to the home of the New England Patriots for two nights, June 25th and 26th.

Country singer Taylor Swift buys herself a Beverly Hills estate

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has bought herself a Beverly Hills estate - just three months after buying her parents a home in Nashville.

The young star splashed out $1.4 million for the luxury home for her parents Andrea and Scott Swift back in April.

Now she has bought her own compound for more than $3.5 million that's, fittingly, a little bit country.

Taylor Swift Gets "Weird"

Taylor Swift Gets “Weird”

In yet another right of passage as a mega-star, Taylor Swift’s “You Belong to Me” has been parodied by the master of the parody, “Weird Al” Yankovic. His song “TMZ” transforms “You Belong to Me” into the world of the paparazzi on his forthcoming album. “If they ever catch you picking your nose / or stumbling down the street on a drunken spree / you’re on TMZ,” Yankovic sings.

“As a pseudo-celebrity in Los Angeles, I have been on TMZ,” Yankovic said. “But I don’t have a bone to pick. It’s my job to poke fun.”

Almost 30 years ago “Weird” Al released his first parody with songs like The Knack’s “My Sharona,” called “My Bologna. “It’s the great irony of my life,” Yankovic said recently. “Nobody thought I’d have a lasting career.”

Yankovic also features Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” in his the new CD, “Alpocalypse” due in stores June 21.