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Maren Morris Joins Taylor Swift On Stage In Chicago

Taylor Swift played three stadium shows over the weekend in Chicago, and one of country music’s most popular female singers joined her on stage for a performance. Maren Morris joined…

Maren Morris Joins Taylor Swift On Stage In Chicago
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Taylor Swift played three stadium shows over the weekend in Chicago, and one of country music's most popular female singers joined her on stage for a performance.

Maren Morris joined Taylor on Saturday night (6/3) in performing "You All Over Me," a song Maren recorded with Taylor on her Fearless re-recording in 2021. Swift said, "Tonight, I'm gonna play a song I've never played live before. When I was re-recording Fearless, I thought it would be really cool to have one of my favorite artists sing one of the songs, 'From the Vault.' We are so lucky, Chicago because not only did that artist say 'yes,' but Maren Morris is actually here tonight."

Morris posted a photo of herself on stage with Taylor on Instagram. She wrote, "We finally got to play 'You All Over Me,' and I won't ever be shutting up about it. Love you, @taylorswift, and love you always, Chicago."

Fans were thrilled with Maren's post, with one responding, "TWO DYNAMOS!!" Another fan wrote, "Trying to keep calm." One more fan gushed, 'Will never actually recover."

See that post here.

Reese Witherspoon was one of the thousands of fans (70,000 per night) that saw Taylor Swift when she performed three sold-out Nissan Stadium concerts in May in Nashville.

Reese, a Nashville native and lover of country music, posted a short video clip of one of Swift's performances from May 6, on Instagram. She captioned the video, "What a night to remember! @taylorswift in front of 70,000 incredible fans The stellar song choices, inspired choreography, other-worldly art design ... an incredible night to dance, sing and feel so much JOY .. thank you, @taylorswift and the whole ERAS tour team for shining so bright tonight."

Many fans agreed with the praise and commented on the post, with one fan writing, "I can't believe I was in the same place as Taylor Swift & Reese Witherspoon at the same time!" Another fan commented, "Adore her (heart emoji)."

See Reese's post here.

Before Taylor Swift was an international superstar whose 2023 "Eras Tour" caused Ticket Master's website to shut down with high ticket demand selling out multiple nights at stadiums all over the country, she was a country star. She came to Nashville as a teenager and attended Hendersonville High School North of Nashville, writing songs about young love and loss. She won the CMA's Top honor of Entertainer of the Year in 2009 and again in 2011, the same year she won the ACM's Entertainer of the Year. Plainly put, she was country before she was a pop star.

Her early country songs started her road to history-making fame and fortune, and as she celebrates her 33rd birthday today (12/13), we celebrate the country songs that put her on the map in music.

13. "Fearless" (2010)

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12. "Picture to Burn" (2008)

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11. "Back to December" (2011)

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10. "Love Story" (2008)

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9. "Mean" (2011)

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8. "Highway Don't Care" (with Tim McGraw featuring Keith Urban) (2013)

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7. "That's When" (with Keith Urban) (2021)

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6. "You Belong with Me" (2009)

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5. "I Bet You Think About Me" (featuring Chris Stapleton) (2021)

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4. "Tim McGraw" (2006)

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3. "Our Song" (2007)

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2. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (2012)

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1. "Better Man" (2021)

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.