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.

Taylor Swift has a secret talent!

Taylor Swift has a secret talent!

If this country music thing doesn’t work out for Taylor Swift, she can always fall back on being a hair stylist! Personally, I think that would be a better profession for her, but that’s just my opinion. (We’re not fans of country music here, in case you didn’t know.)
During her appearance on The Tonight Show, she talked to Jay Leno about experimenting with cutting hair, while on the road.
She said that her backup singer wanted something done with her hair, so Taylor suggested that she get a hair cut. Then, she asked Taylor to cut her hair for her. She said, “I get scissors, I’m like…I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m the last person you should suggest to cut your hair. But I cut her hair.”
She added, “She looked awesome. So I started cutting all the people on the road’s hair!”

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Taylor Swift bought her parents a new house!

Taylor Swift bought her parents a new house!

Country singer Taylor Swift believes in sharing the wealth!
According to reports, she has just used her gazillions of dollars to by a new house for her parents. How nice!
She purchased a nice three bedroom home in Nashville, Tennessee, and paid a whopping $1.4 million for it. What a nice gift. A source said, “It’s an incredible house. Taylor’s been visiting her parents there and she’s so excited for them.”
We’ve also heard rumblings that Taylor Swift is doing a drug and alcohol free tour for Speak Now. Reportedly, she’ll be drug and alcohol testing all of her tour mates. Obviously something is working out for her, she can afford to pay a million bucks for her parents a new house….
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Taylor Swift won’t shed the clothes to sell records

Taylor Swift won’t shed the clothes to sell records

Country singer Taylor Swift has no intention of shedding any clothes in order to sell records.
She said, “I like wearing pretty dresses and I like trying out new styles, but I don’t feel comfortable taking my clothes off. I wouldn’t wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life, so I don’t think it’s necessary to wear that stuff in photo shoots.”
Taylor swift says she wants to remain in control, thus the reason for not drinking. She added, “I worry I might come off in a way that I can’t control [and] of you’re yelling, you’re the one who’s lost control of the conversation.”
And there you have it!

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Caught in the Act!

• Maybe the meal was good luck? Just a day before winning entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Taylor Swift dined at the Bellagio's Yellowtail restaurant. Joined by her mother and a few of her band members, the singer sat at an outdoor table – overlooking the casino's famed fountain show – and dined on sushi.

• Country stars Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan joined Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott for her birthday bash at GOLD Boutique Nightclub and Lounge in Sin City on Friday. Scott's bandmates Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood stopped by to celebrate, too, and helped the birthday girl blow out the candles on her cake. She must've made a big wish: Sunday night, the trio nabbed album of the year and top vocal group honors at the ACM Awards.