She shocked her fans by posing almost full frontal nude in strategically placed black tape for her bands Pretty Reckless album shot. But the 20-year-old singer decided to go for a more covered up outfit for her London performance,  ensuring it was a sensual one nonetheless. Running her fingers through her ice blonde mane and grabbing her sequined crotch, Taylor made sure the one off gig at London's Electric Ballrooms on Monday was going to be one to remember. Blonde ambition: Taylor looked like the ultimate rock chick as she performed at Electric Ballroom in London Taylor dressed in a comparatively conservative outfit to her album photo shoot, in a black leggings with a black sequined tunic emblazoned with a gold cross, of which the bottom shaped as an arrow pointing down at the young singers crotch. The former actress and her band were playing a one off gig in London following supporting fellow US band Fall Out Boy on their UK tour. And going by the looks of her new album cover, it may be well on its way to competing with the success of the bands first album, Light Me Up, which sold over one million units in combined singles and albums sales since its release in 2010.

Risque: Taylor still gave fans a raunchy performance by grabbing her crotch and running her hands through her hair Sensual: Despite being more covered up than her album cover, Taylor was still sure to give a sultry performancehoodie framework tutorial Just Tonight: Taylor gave an animated performance for the one off gig in Londongoatskin hoodie When the latest album for her band The Pretty Reckless was released last week - Going To Hell - Taylor Momsen revealed all to fans going almost full-frontal nude for the cover with terrifying blacked out eyes.surfwear sale nzIn the jaw-dropping image, a censored version of which is seen below, the former Gossip Girl actress is nude with black body paint covering her chest, shaped into an arrow which points down at her crotch. sql hoodie

Her blonde locks are sprawled out around her head, which becomes frightening with the horror movie-esque eye make-up. signature arrow and cross combination that has been used to promote the album is painted in thick black lines across the star's entirely naked And there she is: Taylor Momsen left little to the imagination with this naked photo from her Going To Hell album with band The Pretty Reckless Victory: Taylor looked like she was thoroughly enjoying the one off London performance, possibly because Pretty Reckless have just finished supporting Fall Out Boy on their UK tour The music video for the album's debut track Heaven Knows was released last month, which was essentially an intensified and moving version of the graphic album art.'#HeavenKnowsVideo NOW on @vevo check it out...time to tour the world,' Taylor tweeted last month following the music video's release.The video stays true to the band's heavy metal-hard rock persona.It open opens with students looking bored in a classroom as a teacher points at a blackboard.

Taylor is seen sitting at the back of the room, her boot-clad feet defiantly on the desk. Getting into the groove: Taylor looked like she was immersing herself in her music as she performed to her London fans Usual antics: Taylor Momsen strips naked in her band Pretty Reckless' new music video for song Heaven Knows from their latest album Going To Hell Grunge girl: The 20-year-old is seen walking down a corridor looking angry in the edgy video Spooky: The blonde stands in a long black cloak in a smoke-filled room The camera then cuts to her walking down a corridor wearing black leather boots and a loose top with a silver cross on the front.Her blonde hair hangs in waves over her shoulders and her eyes are lined in black.'Oh Lord, Heaven knows, we belong... down below,' she croons. Young children are then heard in the chorus as they sit in a smoke-filled room while watching eerie scenes on multiple TV screens. Bedhead: Taylor wore her blonde hair loose and wavy and sported smokey eyeshadow

Moment before the big reveal: Taylor held her hands in prayer, her head thrown back Taylor stands in a black cloak in front of the children as she sings.'1, 2, 3, 4, the devil's knocking at your door,' she says. As the song reaches a climax, Taylor triumphantly pulls open her coat to reveal her naked body with black tape in the shape of a cross on her front. She ends the video with her arms in the air, surrounded by the young children doing the same.Taylor strips down on her Going To Hell album coverThe singer began her career at age five with a rendition of Christmas, Why Can't I Find You? soundtrack to How the Grinch Stole Christmas. At eight, she wrote a song called Blackout, which The Hills star Heidi Montag recorded for her debut album, Superficial.While she first rocketed to fame as teenage socialite Jenny Humphrey in the CW show, Gossip Girl, Taylor says her heart is in music. Get ready: The album will be released on March 18, Taylor pictured in LA in September

I've been doing it for so long and I totally love it. But you're playing a characterMusic is more personal because you're writing it and you're involved in every step of it,' she has told Parade magazine. The cover isn't the first time the former child star from St Louis, Missouri, has caused a controversy. the video for her track, Going To Hell, she was portrayed as Eve in the Garden of Eden holding an apple aloft while a huge python seethed from its place around her neck.But Taylor has said in the past that doesn't view herself as 'controversial.'' don't see myself as controversial,' she told The Huffington Post. other people see me like that I'd probably say they're a bit stiff. don't write about myself. Found fame: Taylor first rocketed to fame as teenage socialite Jenny Humphrey in the CW show, Gossip GirlBy Ben Johnson  |   What was it like to live in the 1920s? The 1920s, also known as the ‘Roaring Twenties’, was a decade of contrasts.

The First World War had ended in victory, peace had returned and with it, prosperity. For some the war had proved to be very profitable. Manufacturers and suppliers of goods needed for the war effort had prospered throughout the war years and become very rich.  For the ‘Bright Young Things’ from the aristocracy and wealthier classes, life had never been better. Nightclubs, jazz clubs and cocktail bars flourished in the cities.  The hedonistic lifestyle portrayed in books and films such as ‘The Great Gatsby’ was perhaps for some, an escape from reality. This generation had largely missed the war, being too young to fight, and perhaps there was a sense of guilt that they had escaped the horrors of war.  Perhpas they felt a need to enjoy life to the full, because so many other young lives had been lost on the battlefields of Flanders. P.G. Wodehouse and Nancy Mitford, herself a ‘Bright Young Thing’, portray the ‘Roaring Twenties’ in Britain in their novels. Both authors politely poke fun at the socialites and upper classes, but their novels give a good idea of the heady days of the 1920s.

The experiences during the War influenced British society, particularly women. During the war, many women had been employed in the factories, giving them a wage and therefore a certain degree of independence. Women over 30 had been given the vote in 1918, and by 1928 this had been extended to all women over the age of 21.Women felt more confident and empowered, and this new independence was reflected in the new fashions. Hair was shorter, dresses were shorter, and women started to smoke, drink and drive motorcars. The attractive, reckless, independent ‘flapper’ appeared on the scene, shocking society with her wild behaviour. Girl Power 1920s-style had arrived! For married women and their children, life was pretty much the same post-war as pre-war. For example, the middle-class stay-at-home housewife still changed into her afternoon dress after lunch to receive guests, and many such households had either a live-in maid or a ‘daily’ to help with household duties. Pregnant women normally gave birth at home and in a middle-class home, a live-in nurse was often engaged for the two weeks prior and for a month after the birth.

For working class women there was no such luxury as a home help, and there was certainly no paternity leave for the husband! Families were on average smaller in the 1920s than during the Victorian era, with families of 3 or 4 children most common. Children's toys were often homemade. Whip-and-top and skipping were popular pastimes. Carrot tops, turnip tops and wooden tops were whipped up and down the streets and pavements as there was little traffic. Comics such as “Chicks Own”, “Tiny Tots” and “School Friend” were available for children. In 1921 the Education Act raised the school leaving age to 14. State primary education was now free for all children and started at age 5; even the youngest children were expected to attend for the full day from 9am to 4.30pm. In the country, pupils at some schools were still practising writing with a tray of sand and a stick, progressing to a slate and chalk as they became more proficient. Classes were large, learning was by rote and books were shared between groups of pupils, as books and paper were expensive.

Nature study, sewing, woodwork, country dancing and traditional folk songs were also taught.By the mid 1920s the post-war period of prosperity was well and truly over. The re-introduction of the Gold Standard by Winston Churchill in 1925 kept interest rates high and meant UK exports were expensive. Coal reserves had been depleted during the War and Britain was now importing more coal than it was mining. All this and the lack of investment in the new mass-production techniques in industry led to a period of depression, deflation and decline in the UK’s economy. Poverty amongst the unemployed contrasted strikingly with the affluence of the middle and upper classes.By the mid 1920s unemployment had risen to over 2 million. Particularly affected areas were the north of England and Wales, where unemployment reached 70% in some places. This lead in turn to the Great Strike of 1926 (see picture below) and, following the US Wall Street crash of 1929, the beginning of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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