So far, Taylor Swift’s Los Angeles shows have been a star-studded spectacle, with everyone from Kobe Bryant to Mary J. Blige joining the superstar on stage.
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Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines was Swift’s first onstage guest and the singer gushed about the country group’s influence on her early music career, saying they taught her that it’s OK to be “quirky”.
The album contained three other hits, “All I Really Want”, “Hand in My Pocket” and “Ironic”. Known best for releasing angsty break up music in the mid-90’s, Alanis joined the “1989” tour to give Taylor a lesson in how to go hard when it comes to sending your ex a message.
DeGeneres wowed the crowd when she strutted the catwalk during “Style” while wearing a glittery outfit. Of Maines, Swift explained in a tweet, “I used to sing Dixie Chicks songs at every talent show”.
Swift introduced Morissette by saying: “The person I’m about to bring out defined the music of her decade”. It touched on a wide range of issues that helped redefine male-female relationships.
“It is fair to say that so numerous female singer/songwriters of my generation, including myself, would not write the way that we do without her and her music”, Taylor told her sold out audience as the fans squealed with excitement. Now, we know how much T Swift loves a good breakup song, and as she noted on stage, the Morissette track from the ’90s may just be “the greatest breakup song of all time”.
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But the party didn’t start with Morissette’s performance.
