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by Mike Shadle

Swift Concert Tickets Fearless Tour

And that’s not all there is to this attractive young woman! Taylor has already earned plenty of awards that comprise of three Grammys.

This Pennsylvania born singer began writing songs at the age of 10. At about the same age she also started attending and partaking in singing events including festivals, public or state fairs and karaoke shows not far from Wyomissing. She’s even said to have won a poetry skills contest when she was in fourth grade. Her entry was titled “Monster In My Closet,” that that covered three pages.

Her primary brush with song writing happened after she learned to play three chords on the guitar, taught to her by a man who repaired computers. Swift penned a song titled “Lucky You,” and followed it with others which she used as therapy to deal with her difficulty fitting in the classroom.

Inspired by country vocalists such as Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain, Patsy Cline and the Dixie Chicks, Swift, made it to Nashville when she was 11, wishing to strike a record deal based on the demo she’d taped of her performing abilities. Unfortunately, nothing came of that but an introduction to rejection.

Taylor didn’t give in. Soon after her return Swift gained media highlight for her rendition of the national anthem, performed at the US Open tournament. She began using the 12-string guitar by the age of 12 and didn’t stop driving down to Nashville, teaming up with locally known lyricists and writing songs.  By age 14 her father and mother made up their minds to relocate to a suburb in Nashville where Swift was presented a contract with RCA Record at 15, but opted against signing up with them.

Shortly afterwards, Taylor was noticed by  Scott Borchetta who’d recently started a new label – Big Machines Records. She put out her first single titled “Tim McGraw” in 2006. It reached No 6 on the Billboard Country Chart. She released her first album, titled ‘Taylor Swift,’ a couple of months later. It created a massive storm. In two years’ time that album has sold over 3 million copies and recorded downloads of 7.5 million singles.

Her ensuing album, Fearless, debuted approximately two years later in November, 2008. It climbed right to the top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart and made history on several other counts. The stupendous success instigated Taylor to organize her first tour named after Fearless. The Fearless Tour 2009 got rolling on the 23rd of April, 2009 in Evansville, Indiana. It spanned 6 months spanning 50 cities around the world with all shows achieving sold-out status rapidly, making it the most attended and talked about tours in 2009.

After seeing its success Taylor has now announced the second leg entitled the Fearless Tour 2010 which will kick off in Australia in February 2010 and draws to a close on the 2nd of June in North America. Taylor Swift tickets for the Fearless tour are now on sale for all tour dates. Obtain cheap Taylor Swift tickets for providing promo code ” Wizard5 ” at checkout on TicketsWizard.com to get 5% off your concert tickets.

Her debut single and video, from the album “Blue”.

by Mike Shadle

Tim McGraw Tickets ? McGraw, Hill Lead Force for Nashville Benefit Concert

Country music power couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have more than a few collaborative efforts in their respective musical repertoires, but the husband-and-wife duo are always looking for more. McGraw and Hill can often be found at the same social galas and events, and the two Nashville icons have recently spearheaded an evening of country music performances as a benefit concert for victims of the Nashville floods in early May.

Dubbed “Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery,” the McGraw/Hill-led June 22 benefit concert has taken shape and will feature some of today’s most popular artists as they make their way to Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville. Aside from Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, the evening’s co-hosts, the Nashville Rising event will also feature vocal heavyweights Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Amy Grant, Miley Cyrus, Martina McBride, LeAnn Rimes, Michael W. Smith, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Luke Bryan all as performers.

The Nashville Rising benefit concert in late June will donate proceeds to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and its flood relief efforts. In a joint statement to the press, McGraw and Hill said, “The damage that we’ve seen to people’s homes and the effect that the flooding has had on their lives is unimaginable. But we’ve seen the spirit of our community firsthand, as volunteers, church groups and our local business leaders rally to help.”

Promoting next month’s Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery, McGraw and Hill stated, “We all need to continue to support those in need in any way that we can, and for that reason we could not be more appreciative to all of the artists, the companies and the people behind the scenes who collectively will make June 22 a truly special night.”

Tim McGraw and wife Faith Hill quickly put a plan in place for a benefit concert in Nashville following the devastating floods that left most of the city underwater in early May, even despite McGraw’s current hectic schedule on his Southern Voice Tour. The “Still” vocalist kept all tour dates around the country during the month of May as his family and friends in Nashville dealt with losses from flooding, and he’s still selling <a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:_gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’, ‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’]);” href=”http://www.stubhub.com/tim-mcgraw-tickets/”>Tim McGraw tickets</a> to several stops along the tour for the rest of this  spring and summer.

McGraw has cleared room in his very busy touring itinerary to co-host the Nashville Rising benefit concert on June 22, and now he’ll perform in his native Nashville just two days before heading out on a music festival extravaganza, playing in Wisconsin for the Summerfest in Milwaukee (June 24) and Country Fest in Cadott (June 25) before jetting to Chicago the next night for a performance at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.

Tim McGraw’s dedication to Nashville and country music often go hand-in-hand, and it’s this formula of drive and determination that first scored him a place in the music industry in the 1990s. McGraw arrived in Nashville in the early ’90s and hit it big with the single “Indian Outlaw” in 1994, and the name Tim McGraw has been synonymous with contemporary country music success ever since.

Soul-searching songs have been Tim McGraw’s claim to fame for years, and singles such as “One of These Days,” “Please Remember Me,” “Don’t Take the Girl,” “Red Ragtop,” “Live Like You Were Dying” and “Still” have all become staples in his repertoire over the last several years. McGraw’s signature sly smile, gruff facial stubble and tight black T-shirt have made the countrified cowboy known ’round the world over the last two decades, and Tim McGraw’s recent efforts to help Nashville in a time of crisis only further exemplify the country crooner’s mainstay status in Music City.

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