Taylor Swift tickets sell out in minutes

Published: 10:42AM Saturday October 24, 2009 Source: Reuters

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Tickets to four of country singer Taylor Swift's 2010 tour dates sold out in two minutes after going on sale, her publicists say.

All tickets released on Saturday (NZT) for 15 US shows in the 19 year-old singer's 2010 Fearless tour sold "within minutes". The four shows in the New York area were the fastest to go, her representatives said.

Swift, the biggest selling US artist of 2008, will play 37 shows in the United States and Canada in 2010 and seven in Australia starting in February.

The teen star, whose hits include You Belong With Me and Love Story, has seen her popularity soar since September, when rapper Kanye West hijacked her acceptance speech for a best music video trophy at the MTV Video Music Awards show and said it should have gone to R&B singer Beyonce instead.

Swift was nominated for a leading six American Music Awards earlier this month and will perform on and host the popular US late night TV sketch show Saturday Night Live on November 7.

West, on the other hand, cancelled a planned concert tour of the United States and Canada earlier this month and was the subject of an Internet death hoax earlier this week which falsely claimed he had died in a Los Angeles car crash.

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