News round-up
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First of all, you can read the Tennessean Music Q&A with Taylor HERE.
Below is her comment about special guests, one of many questions asked by Tennessean.Com
Between the covers and the special guests, very few shows are alike. Is that something you do for the fans, for you to break up the monotony, or both?
“Bringing up special guests is something that I really like doing for the fans, because I want them to get so much out of deciding to spend their night at my show. I want them to leave going, ‘Wow, we really made the choice by spending our Saturday night there.’ It means a lot to me that people make plans to go and see my show. It’s such a big commitment to go and buy tickets and go through the hassle of waiting in traffic and finding parking and going into the venue and waiting in lines and waiting in more lines and buying t-shirts. That’s a big deal. That’s a big commitment, and the fact that thousands of people are willing to make that commitment, it really resonates with me. For me, I just want them to get as much out of the show as they possibly can, and so if I have artists that I’m a fan of and they happen to be friends, or even if I don’t know them, I’ll reach out to them and ask if they’re in town, and see if they want to come out and sing for my crowd and sing with me. It’s just so much fun, both for my crowd and for me, to have people come out and surprise the audience.”
On other news, Taylor has joined the Give The Gift of Music campaign run by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The press release can be found here.
Then make sure to watch these hilarious videos of Ellen DeGeneres on Taylor’s concert: Part 1 | Part 2 | The Finale.