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New/Old Interviews: Lollapalooza 2011 and Soundwave 2012!

Allison Hagendorf meets with The Pretty Reckless at Lollapalooza to discuss their American tour with Evanescence, musical inspirations, and recording new music.

aylor Momsen of Pretty Reckless chats to Christina from Soundwave TV about music, new videos with Jenna Haze & the Soundwave Festival tour 2012.

The Pretty Reckless Performing at Perth for Soundwave Festival (March 5, 2012)

Make Me Wanna Die

Goin' Down

Just Tonight

New Interview with Nova FM at Soundwave Backstage!

Taylor wore Harvey Nichols' Cartoon Girl and Syringe T-shirt!

source: harveynichols.com
please give credit to http://taylormomsenblog.blogspot.com/ if copy somewhere, thanks.

The Pretty Reckless Performing at Bonython Park in Adelaide, Australia (March 3, 2012)

Photos by Sammy Roenfeldt Photography
Make Me Wanna Die

Just Tonight

Gorgeous MQ Photos from The Wall/Bald Faced Stag in Sydney (Feb 27, 2012)

Photos by PoisonPhotography Photography of Kierra Thorn

Taylor with Fans @ at Perth Airport!

sources: acommonreaction.tumblr and instagram

The Pretty Reckless Performing in Melbourne, Australia for Soundwave Festival (March 2, 2012)

Miss Nothing

Make Me Wanna Die

Zombie

Since You're Gone

Goin Down

Review: Taylor Momsen live in Melbourne!

The Pretty Reckless @ Thornbury Theatre, 29/02/12
Review: Jordana Borensztajn
Photo: Talitha Conway

Taylor Momsen is worth all the hype.

TV star turned grunge goddess Taylor Momsen lived up to all expectations during her sold-out Melbourne Sidewave gig.

In front of an intimate but very vocal crowd at the Thornbury Theatre, Momsen proved she isn’t just another run-of-the mill actress who traded screen time for stage time just for the hell of it.
The celebrity proved that she's worth all the fuss the media makes over her; she’s fierce, mysterious, passionate, bold and unafraid.

Momsen, who played the bratty Brooklyn-based character Little J in the hit American television show Gossip Girl, boasts music talent that is raw, unprocessed and all too rare in today's industry.

Her gravely vocals – reminiscent of one of the world’s most treasured gutter-mouths, Courtney Love, with a sprinkle of Blondie’s Debbie Harry – puts a whole legion of lip-syncing pop stars to shame.

As much as Momsen tries to detach herself from acting and escape the world of TV, after seeing her perform on stage last night, it’s clear she simply cannot let go of the actress within. And she shouldn’t try.

Being a great musician today isn’t just about having a great voice or an aptitude for songwriting. It’s about the whole package; what you offer on stage, what you offer off stage, your charisma, your controversy and of course, your level of intrigue. And Momsen is the real deal.

She’s splashed all over magazine covers, continuously serves up edgy and shocking behavior for eager journalists to stick their teeth into and has the ability to penetrate you so deeply with her vocals that if you’re not careful, she just might take your breath away.

To top it all off, she’s only 18. When Momsen started penning tunes, most kids her age were playing with Barbie Dolls and eating fairy floss.

Growing up as a child star, racking up years of screen time under her garters, has equipped Momsen with a set of stage skills that ensured she kept her Melbourne fans captivated and engaged from the opening track right through to encore.

Her intense facial expressions, her carefully coordinated movements that coincided with guitar strums and even her questionable rubbing, gliding and sliding up and down her band mates’ backs made for stage viewing that hooked everyone in, from start to finish.

The passionate Melbourne crowd showed Momsen that even without any Aussie visits, her following Down Under is dedicated and loyal.

On at least eight occasions through the show, Momsen pointed the microphone toward the crowd, and they chanted back every single lyric she was pining to hear.

Highlight tracks included “My Medicine”, “Going Down,” “Just Tonight” and of course, the band’s breakthrough single “Make Me Wanna Die”.

Despite the success The Pretty Reckless has achieved in the States and across the UK – touring with Evanescence and Marilyn Manson are pretty good indications of the direction they’re headed overseas – Momsen seemed genuinely grateful to be playing for a room full of Melburnians.

Whether Momsen’s offstage behavior is good or bad, reckless or conservative, or damn right messy and out of control, when a young artist has as much raw talent as she does, they should be able to behave in any damn way they want. All gossip, hearsay, headlines and rumours become irrelevant when this girl grabs the microphone.

Thanks to Jordana @ Nova FM.com.au!

REVIEW+ PHOTOS of The Pretty Reckless In Melbourne!

Review by Julia Foskey

It was a warm but rainy evening in Melbourne when I headed to the Thornbury Theatre to check out my most highly anticipated concert of 2012 -- The Pretty Reckless, aka Taylor Momsen from Gossip Girl's band.

If you only know Taylor as Jenny from Gossip Girl, well you might actually have a bit of an idea of what she's like because as the seasons progressed her on screen persona changed to match what was going on in her life. So while she was a fresh faced, innocent girl who just wanted to be friends with Blair in Season One, by Season Three she was a wild child and queen of the Upper East Side with black eyeliner to match. And then she decided she was done with GG, and left to focus on her music.

I have been praying for a Pretty Reckless tour for the past year. Every time I write a story about Taylor's latest wild antics, I hope that she will announce a trip down under. I thought my dreams were coming true last year when The Pretty Reckless were meant to come for Soundwave Revolution, but my life fell apart when they pulled out. I never truly believed they would make it down under, but then they showed up on the Soundwave line up, and even better they announced a sideshow. And what a sideshow it was.

You could tell something exciting was happening on High St, because there were plenty of half naked teenage girls hanging around out the front and creepy old guys staring at them as they walked past. And there was a lot of black eyeliner, of which Taylor would have been proud.

The Thornbury Theatre is a great looking venue, but they must have very low capacity restrictions because the room only looked half full for the entire night, despite the show being sold out. After a great set from Heroes For Hire, we were ready for the main act. Taylor. And the three guys that make up her band. But mainly Taylor.

There were screams from the crowd when Taylor appeared, rocking a long white tshirt and a black leather jacket. Was she wearing pants? I don't know. My view was blocked. I don't think she was. Taylor doesn't do pants.

Taylor rocked her way through tracks from their album 'Light Me Up', including 'Factory Girl', 'Miss Nothing' and 'Nothing Left To Lose' which contains the lyric "I was only 19 you were 21", despite Taylor only being 18. Of course the single 'Make Me Wanna Die' attracted the biggest response from the crowd, but there was plenty of singing along to all the songs.

Taylor is known for flashing crowds, and the audience were definitely hoping to see a bit of skin. When a fan yelled out "Show us your tits" she quickly replied "Show me YOUR tits". While she talked to the audience a lot, she didn't flash us.

A highlight was probably the crowd getting in trouble for being too close to the stage, and constantly being asked to take two steps back. They never did. In fact they just pushed closer together in a desperate attempt to be near Taylor. Sadly no one managed to get close to her, and when a group of fans jumped on stage at the end of the show they were blocked by the band and security.

All jokes aside, Taylor is actually a legitimate rock talent. She has a great voice, interacts with the crowd, moves around on stage and really does perform well. I enjoyed every minute of the Pretty Reckless' concert, and just wish it could have gone a bit longer.

Next time they come down under I expect The Pretty Reckless will be performing at bigger venues, to massive sold out crowds. I can't wait. I will be there.

source: thehothits.com and The Pretty Reckless (Greece)

The Pretty Reckless Performing @ the Thornbury Theatre in Melbourne, Australia (Feb 29, 2012)

The Pretty Reckless Performed yesterday in Melbourne for their second Sideshow of the Soundwave Festival! Taylor looked gorgeous with an extra white long t-shirt!

Enjoy below the amazing performances of songs like Nothing Left to Lose and Seven Nation Army (White Stripes Cover)!

Since You're Gone

Nothing Left To Lose

Same song, with close-up on Taylor:

Goin' Down

Zombie

Seven Nation Army

The Pretty Reckless add Soundwave Sideshows!

The Pretty Reckless added two Soundwave Sideshows with Heroes For Hire. The two bands performed yesterday at The Wall (Bald Face Stag) in Sydney. They have also another date together in Melbourne!
Wednesday 29 February
Melbourne
Thornbury Theatre
859 High St Thornbury VIC 3071
All Ages (http://www.oztix.com.au/)
Enjoy below some pictures and videos from the performance at The Wall!

Photos by Alise Ruthless © All rights reserved

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Photos by Leah Dee © All rights reserved

Video by jayrard.tumblr.com

Zombie

Nothing Left to Lose

Make Me Wanna Die

Factory Girl

The Pretty Reckless Performing in Sydney! (Feb 26, 2012)

Make Me Wanna Die

Just Tonight

Since You're Gone

Goin' Down

Miss Nothing

Taylor Momsen is seen at Sydney Airport having a Cigarette (Feb 26, 2012)

Taylor with Fans:

source: facingpagetopleft.tumblr.com and heartspokenn.tumblr.com

The Pretty Reckless Performing at RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane, Australia (Feb 25, 2012)

Thanks for the Pictures to The Pretty Reckless (Greece)

VIDEOS AFTER THE JUMP!