Fresh off celebrating her 30th birthday at Jingle Ball, Taylor Swift announced Sunday that she has booked a headlining slot at the 2020 Glastonbury Festival. The Lover singer will make her Glastonbury debut by filling the prestigious Sunday night slot at the U.K. festival, which is marking its 50th anniversary …
Read More »How Ken Burns Connected Every Dot of Country Music's Rich History in New Film
Ken Burns was in Dallas some years ago visiting a good friend, philanthropist Cappy McGarr. The filmmaker was working on his 2012 Depression-era miniseries, The Dust Bowl, and as usual for a workaholic who often has six or seven films brewing, Burns was turning over ideas for his next project. …
Read More »It's a Taylor Swift World and We're All Forcibly Living in It: A Timeline
Did you know Taylor Swift released an album today? If not — how are things, living as you do under a seven-ton rock inside your mossy cave in Xilitla? Swift’s 18-track Lover dropped at midnight Thursday, yet the record has been undergoing a months-long slow release — à la the …
Read More »Taylor Swift: Scooter Braun's Acquisition of Back Catalog 'My Worst Case Scenario'
Taylor Swift turned to Tumblr Sunday to express how she felt disappointed and betrayed that her Big Machine catalog had been sold to a company owned by music manager Scooter Braun. “This is my worst case scenario,” Swift wrote. On Sunday, Big Machine Label Group, Swift’s former label and the …
Read More »Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, BTS Named to 'Time' 'Most Influential' List
Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and BTS highlight Time‘s list of 2019’s “100 Most Influential People.” The newly unveiled collection is organized into “Titans,” “Icons,” “Leaders,” “Artists” and “Pioneers,” showcasing important figures in music, entertainment, politics, sports and business, among other fields. Each selection features a blurb written by another prominent …
Read More »Taylor Swift Breaks Political Silence, Denounces 'Systemic Racism'
After staying politically silent for her entire career, Taylor Swift has endorsed a pair of Tennessee Democrats in the November midterms. The pop superstar, who is a registered voter in the state of Tennessee, made the announcement in a lengthy Instagram post on Sunday night, saying that she would vote …
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