Tampa Superintendent uses Taylor Swift song titles in letter cautioning students not to skip school for concert

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The checkout lines for Record Store Day might move more swiftly than usual this year, due to the likely numbers of customers who will be buying one exclusive album and one exclusive alone — Taylor Swift’s “Folklore: The Long Pond Sessions,” the most massively coveted item RSD has seen or ever might see. And listen, we’ll be picking it up, too… if supplies last. (The title has been pressed in quantities of 75,000 for the U.S. and 115,000 for the world — about four times as many as any previous RSD title. Will those be enough to last on shelves for even a day? We’ll find out.) But slow down, Swifties. There are 300 other new releases where that one came from, and this is a chance to indulge some other retail-therapy whims or make some new discoveries. Yes, there are hundreds of middle-aged guys outside in line behind you who weren’t motivated to get up quite so early, and why should they be the only ones who get to enjoy newly minted LPs from the Cure, Arooj Aftab, Nas, Orville Peck, Charlie Parker or the Pixies on a Saturday night? There’s more to life than hoarding Taylor Swift, and it is hoarding absolutely everything that has a “limited edition” sticker slapped on it, with no prejudice as to the genre, level of obscurity or how long the artist has been dead.

Taylor Swift spent a night out in New York City with Blake Lively, Gigi Hadid and the Haim sisters on Thursday. The girlfriends spent time at private club Zero Bond after Swift enjoyed dinner with Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. Swift has been spotted out with friends on numerous occasions since her split from Joe Alwyn after six years of dating. On Wednesday night, Swift was photographed again getting dinner with Lively and Reynolds.«Taylor Swift and Blake Lively hung out at Zero Bond in NYC last night,» an eyewitness tells ET of Thursday's outing.

She has her back! Gigi Hadid has unfollowed Joe Alwyn on Instagram following his split from Taylor Swift, Us Weekly can confirm.

Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ rocketed to upwards of $600 before fees earlier this week, they’ve finally come back down to earth.With mere hours before Swift’s first night at Houston’s NRG Stadium ticket prices now start at $345 before fees on Vivid Seats.Days ago, those same tickets would cost you $608.That’s over $250 worth of savings just from waiting a few days.Sometimes “all of this silence and patience, pining in anticipation” as Taylor might say, pays off.Want a closer look at how much tickets cost over Swift’s three days of shows at the Texans’ home field?Keep reading.We’ve got everything you need to know and more.A complete breakdown of what ticket prices are now versus what they cost on Monday, April 17 for each of Taylor’s three Houston concerts can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand. They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event.Never been to the Texans’ home turf turned concert venue?Here’s a better look at all the seating options NRG Stadium has to offer.*The above map does not include floor seating for concerts.After this three-show weekend, T.

Swifties are looking for someone to blame.

Taylor Swift is less than a quarter of the way through her stadium ‘Eras Tour’ and, as promised, is delivering one or two acoustic covers of songs she has yet to sing.And with over 40 concerts (!) remaining on the nationwide spring and summer trek, we thought we’d weigh in with our predictions for which songs she’ll be blessing us with on a few of her major upcoming tour dates.Want to know which songs we think she’ll play where?Keep reading.We’ve got some spicy ‘Eras Tour’ predictions ready and raring to go for you below.Let’s start off where it all began for Taylor in her hometown of Nashville, TN. These shows are highly anticipated by fans since seeing the Nashville native in all her eras brings back deep nostalgia.

Taylor Swift’s songs were originally intended to be released by The National.The news was revealed by The National’s own Aaron Dessner and Matt Berninger in a new interview yesterday (April 20). According to the members, the Taylor Swift songs ‘Willow’ and ‘Cardigan’ were handed over to the pop star after they struggled to make them come together.The first track, ‘Willow’, was released on Swift’s ninth studio album, ‘Evermore’, whereas the second, ‘Cardigan’ was released on 2020 LP, ‘Folklore’.“I’d taken a swing at [‘Cardigan’] and ‘Willow’ and a couple of others, and I wasn’t having a lot of luck, so Aaron sent them to Taylor,” Berninger recalled to The Telegraph.He also explained that the opposite has happened in the past, where the band have released tracks that were initially intended for Swift.

Adam Moskowitz — the attorney in charge of a class action lawsuit brought against FTX promoters including Shaquille O’Neal, Tom Brady, and Larry David — says Taylor Swift was one of only several celebrities who did their due diligence before agreeing to promote the disgraced cryptocurrency exchange. On a new episode of The Scoop, a podcast from the crypto-focused online publication The Block, Moskowitz recalls his surprise at how many hugely popular figures hadn’t checked in with their own lawyers before signing massive contracts with the shady firm.

Taylor Swift is spending time with friends following her breakup from actor Joe Alwyn. Swift was spotted out to dinner with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds in New York City this week. Swift was photographed getting into a car with Reynolds and Lively the same evening she dined with the couple at Casa Cipriani in downtown Manhattan. ET exclusively revealed Swift's breakup from Alwyn on April 8.

No rest for a broken heart! Joe Alwyn jumped back into work — filming The Brutalist — in the wake of his split from Taylor Swift.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk’s purge of blue check-marks from Twitter accounts verified under the company’s previous regime has begun. Now a blue check-mark badge on Twitter primarily signifies that it’s an account belonging to someone who’s paying Musk, one of the world’s wealthiest individuals, for the perk. On April 20, as Musk had announced, Twitter started un-checking thousands of “legacy” verified accounts — those which the company had previously deemed to be “active, notable and authentic” — unless those users were subscribers to Twitter Blue, which starts at $8 per month.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.Swift, 33, performed at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa for three nights over the weekend — and those at home got a surprise show as well.During her “Reputation”-era set of tour, Swift sings her song “Don’t Blame Me,” and huge beams shoot up into the air and brighten up the sky with a spectacular light show.From inside the stadium, the lights look like large beams surrounding Swift — but from the outside, it looks like a mysterious moving rectangle in the middle of the sky.Spooked spectators at home documented what they were sure was a UFO, posting videos of the “aliens” on — where else? — TikTok.One Tampa resident posted a video of the illuminated sky, screaming and cursing as she and her family watch what they think is UFO moving in the sky.When one reasonable person in the background suggests that it might just be lights from Swift’s Eras Tour, the woman filming yells, “That is NOT Taylor Swift.”She even quipped that “they’re coming for you.”Swifties in the comments found the now-viral video quite hilarious, with one joking, “Taylor opening the gates of heaven when she was performing Don’t Blame Me.”“it’s literally lights from the stadium i’m so concerned for peoples critical thinking skills,” another commented.“As a Taylor swift fan, this is extremely funny,” someone laughed.sorry girl, its not a UFO the swifties were just at church

Joe Alwyn was pictured smiling solo following his high-profile split from Taylor Swift. The snap was shared by Alwyn's co-star, Emma Laird, inan Instagram carousel titled «Moments in March.» The image appears to have been taken late in the evening on a city street with Alwyn on a green scooter and was likely captured while the actors are on location filming in Hungary. Laird turned off the comments on her post. Alwyn, 32, recently journeyed to Hungary to begin principal photography on the film, appearing opposite Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. Brady Corbet is directing the project, which he co-wrote alongside partner Mona Fastvold.  is said to follow architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife, Erzsébet (Jones), as they flee post-war Europe to build a new life in America, where they cross paths with a wealthy client (Pearce) who changes their lives forever. While details about Alwyn's part have not yet been revealed, this marks his first role since starring in Lena Dunham's  on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu's .A post shared by Emma Laird (@emmalaird)Meanwhile, Swift's  is in full swing amid the split news. «Taylor and Joe are in totally different places in their lives right now,» a source recently told ET.

Joe Alwyn was pictured smiling solo following his high-profile split from Taylor Swift. The snap was shared by Alwyn's co-star, Emma Laird, inan Instagram carousel titled «Moments in March.» The image appears to have been taken late in the evening on a city street with Alwyn on a green scooter and was likely captured while the actors are on location filming in Hungary. Laird turned off the comments on her post. Alwyn, 32, recently journeyed to Hungary to begin principal photography on the film, appearing opposite Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. Brady Corbet is directing the project, which he co-wrote alongside partner Mona Fastvold.  is said to follow architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife, Erzsébet (Jones), as they flee post-war Europe to build a new life in America, where they cross paths with a wealthy client (Pearce) who changes their lives forever. While details about Alwyn's part have not yet been revealed, this marks his first role since starring in Lena Dunham's  on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu's .A post shared by Emma Laird (@emmalaird)Meanwhile, Swift's  is in full swing amid the split news. «Taylor and Joe are in totally different places in their lives right now,» a source recently told ET.

Hailey Bieber is keeping it real on the difficult year 2023 has proven to be for her. The 26-year-old model and wife of Justin Bieber took to her Instagram Stories early Thursday morning to share a candid message about her mental state.«I like to make jokes about how I feel because sometimes it's easier than admitting I'm having a hard time,» Hailey wrote. «But truthfully since 2023 started I have had some of the saddest, hardest moments I've ever had in my adult life and my mind and emotions have been fragile to say the least.»Hailey shared the message to let others struggling with the same feelings know «you're not alone.»«That being said, let's keep being there for one another.

Emma Laird is sharing a glimpse of her life, including working with co-star Joe Alwyn, who’s been in the headlines recently for his recent split from Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift has amended her rule about never repeating the ‘surprise songs’ she decides to play while on her Eras tour.At her recent show in Tampa, Florida, the singer shared that she had decided she would play two surprise songs per concert. Her tour has become known for its ever-changing setlist, but now she has revealed that she changed her own ‘rules’ about never repeating tracks – giving herself permission to repeat surprise songs from her 2022 album ‘Midnights‘.“When I started the tour, I said, ‘In the acoustic section, I am never repeating a song.

On his own, kid? Joe Alwyn’s Brutalist costar Emma Laird shared a photo of him after his split from Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift was spotted on Monday out and about in New York City.The newly single «Anti-Hero» songstress was all smiles as she was spotted stepping out of an SUV in New York and heading out for a low-key night on the town.The outing — which took place during a few days off from her ongoing The Eras Tour — Swift wore a brown short-sleeve top, jeans, and black boots from The Row.Swift beamed as she walked through the city, reportedly on her way to grab dinner at a restaurant in SoHo, according to .The fun night out comes one week after Swift was spotted grabbing dinner in NYC with her friend and longtime collaborator, Jack Antonoff, and his fiancée, Margaret Qualley, just days after ET broke the news of Swift's split from boyfriend Joe Alwyn.For that outing, the 33-year-old singer rocked a black, off-the-shoulder top with a pair of embroidered high-waisted jeans and black heels for the occasion. She accessorized the look with a glittering handbag and her signature red lipstick.ET learned last week that Swift and Alwyn's split earlier this month was amicable and «it was not dramatic.» ET was told that «the relationship had just run its course. It's why [Alwyn] hasn't been spotted at any shows.»The next stop on Swift's tour is the NRG Stadium, in Houston, Texas, for three consecutive shows, kicking off April 21.For more on Swift and Alwyn's high-profile split, check out the video below.

a Taylor Swift concert in a three-minute ceremony. Rene Maria Avalos, 30, who goes by René Hurtado, and Maxwell P. Bochman, 32, tied the knot at the State Farm Stadium in Phoenix on the March 18 stop of Swift’s Eras Tour.It was the perfect interlude between the pop star’s costume change following her performance of “All Too Well.”“We knew that was the best moment,” Hurtado told the New York Times.The couple purchased four front-row seats for around $1,000 each in Glendale, Arizona.

Taylor Swift is coming to NRG Stadium on April 21-23 and only a few last-minute tickets are still available.The 12-time Grammy winner, midway through her dazzling, record-breaking, headline-making ‘Eras Tour,’ has already sold out venues in Arizona, Las Vegas, Arlington and Tampa over the first four weekends of the tour but the Houston shows may prove to be the most difficult to get into yet.At the time of publication, the cheapest last-minute tickets we could find for Swift’s three night-stint in the Bayou City was $608 before fees on Vivid Seats — and those are for upper-deck seats.Lower-level tickets start at $591 before fees; no floor seats we found were under $1000 from April 21-23.While those may be steep price tags, we expect prices to balloon even higher this week as we get closer to the high-profile gigs.Based on our records, tickets cost nearly double what they were a month ago (!) to see Swift live — simply put, there’s more demand to see Taylor live now than ever before.So, if you want to catch Swift this weekend at NRG Stadium and still need tickets, here’s everything you need to know before it’s too late.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on upper-deck, lower-level and floor seats for each of Taylor’s three Houston concerts can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.