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More articles from the UK Press about Taylor
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Still only 24, Swift's progress has been fast and dramatic. Where hip hop, R&B, dance and indie seemed to have taken over the charts in the Noughties, Swift proved there was an appetite for more old-fashioned sounds - never more dramatically than when she beat Beyonce at the 2009 MTV awards, much to Kanye West's chagrin.
On her latest tour and album, Red, Swift has been eager to stretch her pop wings even further, dipping her toes into U2-style anthemic rock and dubstep breakdowns in her hit I Knew You Were Trouble. The stylistic experiments have paid off - not only has she kept her still largely teenage audience, but she has built up critical praise. The tour so far has made $110 million, with rave reviews for Swift's intense showmanship.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...lle-girls.html
Some excerpts of another article from the London Evening Standard
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As of tomorrow, London becomes Taylortown for five nights when the first lady of country pop arrives at the O2. Taylor Swift might once have been of interest only to the nation’s teenage girls, but I can’t be the only cynic to be converted to her cause.
How many strings do you have on your guitar? Only six? Taylor Swift has 12 and plucks them with the expertise of someone who’s been working at being accepted as a professional musician since she was 11. Sometimes when a superstar breaks out an acoustic guitar, you wish they’d stick to the fireworks and dance routines (hi, Madonna!). She’s the other way around, giving the complex choreography a game go but really looking at home only when she’s reunited with her instrument.
Last Sunday she went home from the Grammys empty-handed, a rare occurrence given that she already has seven of them cluttering up the place. Who could fail to sympathise at the range of conflicting emotions passing across her features when the big prize, the Album of the Year award, was announced? She went from a “Gosh, li’l ol’ me?” to a “Well done Frenchies!” face in milliseconds when she heard “The winner is, R...” and it turned out not to be Red but Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. Then she carried on dancing to other people’s music and having a great time regardless.
Of course everyone loves everyone else in the fuzzy, friendly world of showbiz but Swift commands genuine respect from the previous generation. Neil Young and Kris Kristofferson are among those who’ve praised her, and she recently sang with Jon Bon Jovi at a London charity event. She duetted surprisingly shakily at the Grammys in 2010 with Stevie Nicks, who even then couldn’t speak highly enough of the nervous superstar’s abilities. “Taylor is writing for the universal woman and the man who wants to know her... And it’s women like her who are going to save the music business,” Nicks wrote in Time magazine. No pressure, T-Swizzle.
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http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/m...t-9098266.html
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Even though it's a flop she should still perform SF. The fans will still go crazy.
the "see you soon" at the end 
