Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Brix Smith announces UK summer headline tour with ‘The All Female Super Group’
nme.comBrix Smith has announced details of a UK summer headline tour with her new band ‘The All Female Super Group’.The post-punk icon, who was a member of The Fall and others, founded her new band last year for a debut UK tour, and will head back out on the road this summer.“I’m going on tour,” Smith said in a statement.
The All Female Super Group and I are hitting the road from May for our ‘Valley Of The Dolls’ UK tour. Can’t wait to see you out there.”‘Valley Of The Dolls’ is the name of Smith’s debut solo album, which came out this year.
Her band for the live shows comprises My Bloody Valentine duo Deb George (bass) and Jen Marco (keyboards and guitar), along with Vas Antoniadou (drums) and Ros Cairney (guitar) from rising London duo Deux Furieuses.See the tour dates below and buy tickets here.MAY 2023 23 – Bristol, Strange Brew 24 – Manchester, YES 27 – Bearded Theory Festival 28 – London, Lower ThirdJUNE 20238 – Newcastle, Cluny 19 – Glasgow, King Tuts14 – Brighton, Concorde 215 – Stroud, Subscription Rooms16 – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms“It’s the best thing I’ve done since The Fall,” Smith told NME recently of her new album. “I can die happy now”.She continued: “It’s time to fucking put my head above the parapet and stand up there and say I am Brix Smith.
I’m just speaking my truth. I finally feel that I’ve at last tapped into the truth meter without having insecurities blocking it of trying to be this artist or that artists.
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