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26-06-2025
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Why Taylor Swift's surprise TEU concert was more impressive than you think
From the outside, Taylor Swift's impromptu performance of her hit "Shake It Off" on Tuesday night in Nashville at the Tight End University party looked pretty straight forward. She's a 14-time Grammy winner that just spent nearly two years on a record breaking worldwide tour. Easy stuff, right? Well, not necessarily. If you look deeper, Swift showed off her true musical prowess. First of all, Swift was using country singer Chase Rice's guitar. While guitars are guitars are guitars, artists do get comfortable with their own equipment. Secondly, she performed without any warm-up or any in-ear assistance to help with hearing their own voice and the back up band. Most impressively, however, is the quick annotation of the chords for the accompanying band to play. An Instagram story from user @bellestapp showed hand-scribbled pages that were given to the band on stage. 📷| Taylor scribbled down the chords for the band right before joining them on stage to perform Shake It Off with Chase Rice's guitar and no in-ears. What a lovely impromptu moment it was! — Taylor Swift Updates 🩶 (@swifferupdates) June 25, 2025 The formatting of the notes is also something specific as it's referred to as Nashville notation. Nashville notation essentially is a shorthand usually used in country music to easily communicate chord progressions. It's a format that is often deployed during live gigs like Tuesday night so that the band can easily and quickly make key changes without rewriting everything. Quite the impressive performance. This article originally appeared on For The Win: Taylor Swift surprise concert at TEU in Nashville had music notation
Malay Mail
26-06-2025
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- Malay Mail
‘Really, really, really special guest': Taylor Swift pops in to ‘Shake It Off' at boyfriend Kelce's Nashville charity concert (VIDEO)
NASHVILLE, June 26 — Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance at her boyfriend Travis Kelce's Tight Ends & Friends charity concert in Nashville on Tuesday, delighting the crowd with an impromptu performance. The event, held at Brooklyn Bowl as part of Tight End University, featured country artists Jordan Davis and Chase Rice, along with a special guest appearance by Kane Brown. According to American Songwriter, Brown teased the audience before introducing Swift by asking, 'Do y'all care if I bring out a really, really, really special guest?' Swift emerged on stage to screams from surprised fans, gave Brown a hug and spoke to the crowd before launching into a high-energy rendition of her hit single Shake It Off. 'See, the one thing tight ends have in common with Nashville musicians is — we're all friends, right? So you know, we're up there,' she told the crowd in a video posted by X user @JackTomo7139. 'And we're having some drinks. We were thinking like, 'How loud could this place get?' 'So, I was like 'but I don't have a guitar', and then Chase Rice was like 'you can use mine', so we would like to dedicate this to our favourite players who are going to play,' she added. She enlisted Brown to play tambourine during the performance and praised his contribution, telling the crowd, 'Honestly, have you ever seen a tambourine played like this? This is fantastic work by Mr. Kane Brown.' She also revealed the performance had been decided at the last minute. 'Will you please give it up for this amazing band who just figured out that we were going to play that three minutes ago?' Swift said. A source told People that Swift and Kelce spent time together with guests during the event and that 'Taylor was having the best time watching all the country music artists and showing her support for them.'
Yahoo
25-06-2025
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Taylor Swift Performs ‘Shake It Off' at Nashville Tight Ends Charity Benefit, in First Live Appearance Since Eras Tour
Six months after she performed the last concert of the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift was finally ready to shake off her hiatus from the stage — at least for the length of one rousing song — as she picked up an acoustic guitar and sang 'Shake It Off' for a stunned audience at a club in Nashville Tuesday night. The apparently fairly impromptu performance took place at the 1,200 capacity Brooklyn Bowl, where fans had gathered to see Kane Brown, Chase Rice and other country artists perform at a Tight End University benefit concert dubbed 'Tight Ends & Friends.' Attendees had an inkling, or a hope, that Swift might be in the audience, since her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, was on board as one of the charity event's hosts. But few imagined they would be serenaded by Swift herself. More from Variety 'CoComelon' and 'Hello Kitty' Team Up in Major Collaboration as Moonbug Surpasses Taylor Swift in Streams, Kevin Mayer Reveals at APOS Justin Baldoni Can Seek Messages Between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively, Judge Rules Blake Lively Moves to Block Justin Baldoni From Obtaining Taylor Swift Communications 📽️| Better version of Taylor Shaking It the fuck Off with the Tight Ends in Nashville! — Taylor Swift Updates 🩶 (@swifferupdates) June 25, 2025 Her surprise performance happened at the end of Kane Brown's set, when he happily ceded the stage to the pop superstar. 'Do y'all care if I bring out a really, really, really, really special guest?' he asked the crowd, picking up a jingle stick that he would shake as Swift's percussionist for the number that followed. Swift strode out on stage bearing a guitar that she had just borrowed from Rice. She said, 'You know, the one thing tight ends have in common with Nashville musicians is we're all friends, right? So you know, we're up there and we're having some drinks' — indicating the balcony section where she had been holding court with Kelce, her childhood friend Abigail Anderson Berard and other guests. 'And we were thinking, like, 'How loud could this place get? Theoretically, how loud could the singing be in here?' So, I was like, I don't have a guitar, but then Chase Rice was like, 'You can use mine.' 'We would like to dedicate this to our favorite players who are going to play,' she said, riffing on the famous 'players gonna play' line from 'Shake It Off,' 'and these are the tight ends.' I just watched Taylor Swift perform 'Shake It Off' with Kane Brown at Brooklyn Bowl Nashville????????? — Lorie Liebig (@lorieliebig) June 25, 2025 Mid-song, she gave a shout out to the fellow star whose party she had crashed, asking, 'Honestly, have you ever seen a tambourine played like this? This is fantastic work over here by Mr. Kane Brown.' Brown seemed quite happy to have the show stolen from him, which he joked about in an Instagram post he put up after the show. 'When you think you're the special guest BUT you're not,' Brown wrote in a caption to a photo of himself with Swift and Kelce. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kane Brown (@kanebrown) As she wrapped up the number, Swift offered an indication of just how quickly the performance came together, saying, 'Will you please give it up for this amazing band who just figured out that we were going to play that three minutes ago?' If there was anything that was guaranteed, it was that there would be close to 1,200 fairly high-quality videos immediately posted on social media, all capturing the riotous atmosphere in close-up detail. TRAVIS WATCHING TAYLOR PERFORM 'Shake It Off' at the Tight Ends & Friends concert in Nashville 😭🤠he looked so proud… like yes king cheer for your superstar girlfriend!!#Tayvis #TaylorSwift #TravisKelce #ShakeItOff #TEU #CountryTaylor #SwiftTok #SupportiveBoyfriendEra — Swiftie's Unite (@swiftiesaunites) June 25, 2025 The benefit concert is the only public event associated with Tight End University, which as a gathering is otherwise limited to the fewer than 100 NFL tight ends who come together in Nashville for meetings, discussions and analysis each year. It was started four years ago by George Kittle, the tight end for the San Francisco 49ers, who subsequently brought in Kelce and Greg Olsen to help spearhead the event. The day before, Swift had joined Kelce at a private welcome reception held at the Nashville nightclub L.A. Jackson, followed by the pair making a visit to Jason Aldean's Kitchen and Rooftop Bar. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tight End University – TEU (@te_university) Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? 25 Hollywood Legends Who Deserve an Honorary Oscar
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25-06-2025
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Inside Taylor Swift's surprise performance for Tight End University in Nashville
Taylor Swift performed live for the first time in six months — on a stage few would have expected at a Nashville venue that holds up to 1,200 people. Kane Brown was announced as the final act during a showcase of country singers (and a rap artist) for the Tight Ends and Friends benefit concert on June 24. Tickets sold out to the concert immediately after Swift appeared at a welcome reception at L.A. Jackson on June 23. Brown performed his hits "Miles on It" and "Like I Love Country Music," before turning to the audience and saying, "I've got something cool I want to do for you guys." As the crowd cheered, Brown asked the drummer, "Can you play a beat for me?" He picked up a jingle stick to shake, shake, shake it. "Do y'all care if I bring out a really really really really special guest?" Brown said, lifting his hands into the air. As Swift emerged from the shadows of the stage wing, the audience let loose a roar of excitement heavier than the house band's tempo. The Eras Tour singer slung a guitar she borrowed from singer Chase Rice over her shoulder, the strings still hot from Rice's performance 20 minutes earlier. Before walking up to the microphone Swift hugged Brown. "See the one thing tight ends have in common with Nashville musicians is we're all friends, right? So you know, we're up there," Swift told fans, gesturing to the second floor VIP section where she, her boyfriend Travis Kelce, her best friend from childhood Abigail Anderson Berard and Abigail's husband Charles Berard rocked out to musical acts along with 80 NFL tight ends in town for a three-day training event. "And we're having some drinks," Swift said. "We were thinking like, 'How loud could this place get?'" The audience unleashed an ear-shattering form of approval and Swift dedicated her smash hit "Shake It Off" to "our favorite players who are going to play, the tight ends." Immediately a sea of arms holding camera phones shot into the air as the singer in an EB Denim black dress and Versace leather boots jumped into her "1989" chart topper. "Honestly have you ever seen a tambourine played like this?" Swift asked after the first chorus, gesturing to Brown. "This is fantastic work by Mr. Kane Brown." Swift — who has been on a musical break for six months following her successful Eras Tour — shared Brown's mic as they belted the final chorus. The high energy performance was her first live show since buying back her masters in May. She slung the guitar off her shoulder and said, "Will you please give it up for this amazing band who just figured out that we were going to play that three minutes ago." Then she turned to hug Brown, the backup singers and the instrumentalists before disappearing off stage. Long live the Eras Tour with our enchanting book Tight End University was started by San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle in 2021. More than 80 to 90 NFL tight ends descend on Music City from all professional football teams to study film, perform on-field drills and discuss recovery and rehabilitation. "George has always represented camaraderie over competition," Leigh Taylor Richardson, a spokesperson for the event, told The Tennessean on June 18. "He wants everyone involved and everyone included. A lot of people may be super secretive about what makes them the best, but he wanted to start Tight End University to share his secrets, uplift the tight end position, raise money for charity and put a spotlight on what George says really keeps all tight ends at the top of their game — their wives and girlfriends!" Kittle enlisted the help of his friends Travis Kelce and Greg Olsen, who have helped him run the event for five years. The only event open to the public is the benefit concert at Brooklyn Bowl, which sold out immediately after social media was flooded with photos and videos of Swift spending time with Kelce. Fans bought general admission, standing room only tickets for about $35 plus tax not knowing Swift would be in attendance, let alone perform. Only Jordan Davis, Chase Rice, Sophia Scott and Graham Barham had been announced on social media. Nico Moon and Ernest also performed. All the proceeds from the event go toward three organizations: Kelce's nonprofit 87 and Running, which helps disadvantaged youths; The Heartest Yard, which helps kids with congenital heart disease; and a charity of Kittle's choosing. Two years ago, attendees raised $800,000. Last year, they raised $900,000. The hope this year is to pass $1 million. Don't miss any Taylor Swift news; sign up for the free, weekly newsletter This Swift Beat. Follow Bryan West, the USA TODAY Network's Taylor Swift reporter, on Instagram, TikTok and X as @BryanWestTV. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Inside Taylor Swift's surprise performance for Tight End University
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27-05-2025
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Sioux City welcomes country star Chase Rice at the Hard Rock
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Sioux City will be welcoming a country star to Anthem this fall. Country singer Chase Rice is set to perform inside Anthem on Friday, November 14. One of Rice's albums includes the three-time Platinum and two-week chart topper 'Eyes On You.' Story continues below Top Story: 2025 graduation ceremonies for Sioux City Community School District Lights & Sirens: 'The First Musketeer': Sioux City Musketeers founder Gary Lipshutz passes away Sports: SportsZone Top 5 Plays of the Week (5-26-25) Weather: Get the latest weather forecast here Rice's trip to Sioux City follows guesting on sold-out stadium shows with Kenny Chesney and Garth Brooks. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, May 30, at 10 a.m. and can be purchased online or in person at the Rock Shop. All guests must be 21 and up to participate in any event in Anthem. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
