Taylor Swift cleared to perform own songs despite ban claims

Taylor Swift has been cleared to perform many of her earlier hits at the American Music Awards this Sunday.

The 29-year-old pop megastar has been given the green light by both Big Machine and Dick Clark productions to perform Shake It Off among other signature tracks according to a statement released on Monday.

It read: 'The Big Machine Label Group and Dick Clark Productions announce that they have come to terms on a licensing agreement that approves their artists' performances to stream post show and for re-broadcast on mutually approved platforms.

'This includes the upcoming American Music Awards performances for Thomas Rhett and former Big Machine Records recording artist Taylor Swift.'

It has always been made clear that Taylor could perform the songs during a live broadcast but the real issue would come after it aired on television.

It was all cleared up in the statement as it continued: 'It should be noted that recording artists do not need label approval for live performances on television or any other live media.

'Record label approval is only needed for contracted artists' audio and visual recordings and in determining how those works are distributed.'