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Lainey Wilson Brings Out Taylor Swift For Surprise Performance Of “Love Story” At Tight End University Concert
Last night, Lainey Wilson had a huge surprise for fans at the Tight Ends & Friends Concert, which is part of the Tight End University, which is an annual three-day event in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 2021 by NFL stars George Kittle, Travis Kelce, and Greg Olsen, and they gather over 40 current and former NFL tight ends to participate in on-field drills, film studies, and community building every year.
It’s become a pretty big event, and considering that Travis’ fiancée Taylor Swift surprised everyone with a performance last year, and this year, the show was billed as including Lainey Wilson, Kane Brown, Dan + Shay and Chase Rice… but Taylor returned for another surprise performance.
Lainey brought her out to cheering fans, where Taylor told the crowd that a “very special tight end” in George Kittle had requested for them to sing “Love Story,” so that’s what they did.
She flashed her massive engagement ring from Kelce during the bridge, and of course, Lainey is recently married as of May, so I’m sure the two of them had a lot to talk about backstage in terms of everything that goes into planning a wedding (though Swift’s is obviously on a much different scale… there’s rumors she and Kelce are getting married at Madison Square Garden, though I’m not sure if that’s true).
Fans think Swift and Kelce were both separately celebrating their Bachelor and Bachelorette parties this past weekend, as some of her friends were spotted at her home in Rhode Island, while Kelce was in and around California with friends, including attending the NASCAR race in San Diego at Naval Base Coronado.
Of course, “Love Story” was included on Taylor’s second studio album Fearless and released in 2008. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was the first country song to reach number one on Pop Songs. It went to the top of the US Hot Country Songs chart too, and has been certified eight-times platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 18 million copies worldwide.
Lainey is of course a huge star and one of the biggest country artists doing it right now, but I’m sure it had to be cool for her to get to perform with Swift, who I imagine she probably listened to a lot as a teenager just a few years younger than Swift, so it’s cool to see her on stage with the biggest pop star in the world.
Check it out:
@extra_tv Taylor Swift makes a surprise appearance at the Tight Ends & Friends concert, duetting on her hit “Love Story” with Lainey Wilson! #taylorswift #teu #laineywilson #lovestory ♬ original sound – ExtraTV
“Love Story”
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