Taylor Swift Cleared To Perform Old Songs At The AMAs

Taylor Swift

A row involving Taylor Swift, her former record label and a couple of big name US politicians looks like it's coming to an end.

The group that owns most of her music, Big Machine, says she will be allowed to play her old tracks at the American Music Awards on Sunday.   The American Music Awards plans to honor Swift as Artist of the Decade during Sunday night's broadcast on ABC.

Swift got high profile support last week, after accusing them of trying to stop her performing her back catalogue.

But the company says she didn't need their permission in the first place.

Big Machine Label Group Statement pic.twitter.com/R9Wpsfe2sU

— Big Machine Label Group (@BigMachine) November 18, 2019

Swift last week posted on Twitter accusing Big Machine of trying to stop her performing tracks from her first six albums at the AMAs.

She claimed the label thought the performance would amount to a re-recording.

"I just want to be able to perform my own music," she said.

"That's it. I've tried to work this out privately through my team but have not been able to resolve anything."

Big Machine have twice denied doing anything wrong, reports the BBC.

"At no point did we say Taylor could not perform on the AMAs or block her Netflix special," they said in a statement on their website last Friday.

"In fact, we do not have the right to keep her from performing live anywhere."