TAYLOR PLANS NATIONAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES TO LAUNCH NEW CDSix-time GRAMMY Award winner Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated fourth studio album, Red, arrives in stores on October 22nd, and Taylor will make several national TV appearances during release week to launch the Big Machine Records album.
On release date, October 22nd, a select group of Taylor’s Twitter followers and Facebook friends will join her in New York, where they will literally “follow” her during her release week events, providing live updates to millions of fans around the world via social media postings. Taylor currently has more than 19.7 million Twitter followers and 34.9 million Facebook likes. Taylor will be live in Times Square for ABC’s “Good Morning America” on both October 22nd and 23rd (7:00 a.m. ET/PT), and on the 23rd she will be the lead guest and perform on “The Late Show with David Letterman” (11:35 ET/PT on CBS). On the 24th Taylor will be live on ABC’s “The View” for a performance and chat, and on the 25th she will make a special concert appearance on the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” On the 26th, she will guest on ABC’s “Katie” with Katie Couric, and that same evening she will be featured on ABC’s “All Access Nashville with Katie Couric – A Special Edition of 20/20” primetime special (9:00 ET/PT). Also, the week of October 22nd will be “Taylor Swift Week” on “Entertainment Tonight,” and Taylor will also be interviewed next week on “Access Hollywood,” “E! News,” and “Extra.” In addition to her TV appearances that week, Taylor will sit down for a live Q&A session with an audience at the SiriusXM studios in New York. "SiriusXM's Town Hall with Taylor Swift" will air live on The Highway on October 22nd at 2:00 pm ET. And, on the 24th, Taylor will visit Scholastic’s New York headquarters, where she will again this year take time out from her busy release week schedule for a special literacy event as part of their “Read Every Day” literacy campaign. After the New York media events, Taylor will return to Nashville, where she'll take part in the Taylor Swift Worldwide Radio Remote presented by Papa John's. With 72 stations broadcasting live from Music City on Friday, October 26th, the radio event will cover four formats--Country, CHR, Hot AC, AC--and five continents, with stations from as far away as South Africa and New Zealand. In addition, Taylor Swift fans are fully engaged in the launch of Red, with more than 300 radio contest winners receiving VIP experiences at several of Taylor’s media stops. Taylor is featured on the cover of Rolling Stone’s current Hot List issue, as well as on the November covers of Glamour and Marie Claire UK. Red is already making huge inroads at both radio and retail. Individual digital paid song download sales have already exceeded 3.8 million, and the album’s lead single, “”We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” has been officially certified Double Platinum. “Never Ever” spent 3 weeks at #1 atop Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 chart, topped the iTunes charts in 32 countries, and set a new record for the biggest digital sales week ever for a female artist. In addition, four more songs from Red, “Begin Again,” “Red,” “I Knew You Were Trouble.” and “State of Grace” have been released on iTunes, with exclusive previews on “Good Morning America,” and all topped the all-genre iTunes charts within hours of release. Red is available for special pre-sale at: store.taylorswift.com and http://smarturl.it/REDtarget. posted on October 17, 2012
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Taylor Swift Exhibit to Join MIM’s Artist Gallery on October 20On October 20, the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) will unveil the newest addition to its Artist Gallery—an exhibit honoring international multiplatinum superstar Taylor Swift. The exhibit will be welcomed with a weekend-long celebration including live music, educational workshops, exhibit talks, and more!
MIM’s Artist Gallery features musical instruments linked to world-renowned musicians and music innovators as well as photographs, wardrobe pieces, personal items, and video footage from various performances. The instruments and artifacts on display in this gallery each have meaningful and unique connections to the artists. Swift’s objects will be on display along with iconic instruments from artists worldwide, such as the piano used by John Lennon when he composed “Imagine.” Furthermore, the space dedicated to the Taylor Swift exhibit will be one of the largest for a single artist, matched only by the Elvis Presley display. The first section of the exhibit details the beginning of Swift’s career, from learning to play guitar and writing songs to the release of her first single, “Tim McGraw,” in June 2006. Swift writes or cowrites every song on all of her albums, including her self-titled debut, “Taylor Swift" (released in October 2006). Objects in this part of the exhibit include Swift’s handwritten lyrics for the song “Tim McGraw,” along with her signature Taylor koa, six-string acoustic guitar and cowboy boots featured in the “Tim McGraw” music video. The second section features Swift’s meteoric rise to superstardom, shown through instruments, stage wear, and set pieces from the Speak Now World Tour. Items on exhibit from this tour include her sparkly red Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, which she played while outfitted in her gold Roberto Cavalli dress for tour performances of “Mine.” Also on display will be a Deering banjo and a Leilani ukulele used on the tour, which demonstrate Swift’s talents as a multi-instrumentalist. The centerpiece of the exhibit is a large prop bell that was a featured and interactive set piece used during performances of the song “Haunted” on the Speak Now World Tour. “Not only is Taylor Swift one of the most successful musical artists in the world, she is also a multi-instrumentalist and an extraordinarily talented songwriter,” said Dr. Bill DeWalt, MIM’s president and director. “We are honored to showcase some of the important artifacts from Swift’s career, and we hope this exhibit inspires our guests of all ages to play an instrument and make their own music.” MIM will celebrate the exhibit’s opening with a variety of activities for the entire family on October 20 and 21. Museum guests will have the opportunity to listen to an exhibit talk by MIM curatorial assistant David Wegehaupt, attend a songwriting workshop with the Arizona Songwriters Association, watch Taylor Swift music videos in the MIM Music Theater, and listen to students from Rock ’n’ Roll High School singing Taylor Swift songs. All activities are free with museum admission. For more information and the complete schedule of activities, visit MIM.org. posted on October 14, 2012
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TAYLOR COVERS ROLLING STONE MAGAZINETaylor covers the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine on newsstands now! Go behind the scenes from the shoot: http://rol.st/RjMqV0
posted on October 12, 2012
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PAPA JOHN’S TEAMS WITH TAYLOR FOR RED RELEASEPapa John’s announced today that they are getting together with Taylor Swift for the highly anticipated release of the six-time Grammy-winning superstar’s latest CD, Red. Papa John’s is offering customers the opportunity to engage with the brand and Taylor’s new CD through a variety of channels, including the ability to purchase Red and a large one-topping pizza for $22 in-store or at www.papajohns.com beginning Oct. 22.
Available now at www.papajohns.com/taylorswift, customers can sample Taylor’s latest video on “Papa’s Pizza Party Playlist,” shop for Taylor merchandise packages, and enjoy a 25 percent savings on regular menu priced orders through the limited-time “Taylor Swift Pizza Party” offer, using the promo code 25RED for online orders. The offer is good through Oct. 21. Promotional components of the partnership between the mega-star and the world’s third largest pizza company include a customized four-color large pizza box, in-store point-of-purchase elements and a Web page – all featuring Taylor’s image from the Red CD cover. “We’re thrilled to partner with Taylor Swift on the launch of her highly anticipated CD, Red,” said Papa John’s Founder and CEO John Schnatter, about the brand’s foray into the music world. “It’s a successful combination of No. 1’s. Papa John’s is No. 1 in the American Customer Satisfaction Index and the Harris Poll Equitrend® Study, and Taylor has spent weeks at No. 1 atop Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 chart and topped the iTunes charts in 32 countries.” Papa John’s is also sponsoring the “Taylor Swift Worldwide Radio Remote,” bringing Taylor to fans across the country live from Nashville on Oct. 26. More than 70 radio stations will participate and provide fans with the opportunity to win “Taylor Swift Pizza Parties” from Papa John’s. Taylor said, “I’m excited to be partnering with Papa John’s for the launch of my album, Red. I love the idea that fans can order my CD with their pizzas.” Red contains 16 tracks, all written or co-written by Taylor – 10 penned solo and six with co-writers. The album’s lead single, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” set the record for the biggest digital sales week ever for a female recording artist. And since that record, the three additional tracks that have been made available for download exclusively at iTunes leading up to the CD’s Oct. 22 launch have all reached No. 1 (all genres) within hours. posted on October 12, 2012
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AMA NOMINATION FOR BEST FEMALE COUNTRY ARTISTTaylor has been nominated for "Favorite Female Artist - Country" at the 2012 American Music Awards! The AMAs will broadcast live on Sunday, November 18 (8-11pm ET/PT) on ABC. Vote for Taylor now and everyday HERE.
posted on October 9, 2012
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"I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE" AVAILABLE ON ITUNES"I Knew You Were Trouble" from the forthcoming album RED is available now for download on iTunes! Download it now HERE.
RED hits stores October 22. posted on October 9, 2012
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OFFICIAL RED TRACK LISTING!1. State Of Grace
2. Red [download] 3. Treacherous 4. I Knew You Were Trouble. [download] 5. All Too Well 6. 22 7. I Almost Do 8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together [download] 9. Stay Stay Stay 10. The Last Time 11. Holy Ground 12. Sad Beautiful Tragic 13. The Lucky One 14. Everything Has Changed 15. Starlight 16. Begin Again [download] RED hits stores on Monday, October 22! Reserve your copy of RED now with select, limited edition merchandise in the official online store: store.taylorswift.com posted on October 6, 2012
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"RED" (song) NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES"Red," the title track from the forthcoming album RED is now available for download on iTunes! Download now here: smarturl.it/TSRedSiT
posted on October 2, 2012
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