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Who are some of the most important frontmen — and women — in music history?
It’s really been 10 years since this happened
The year was 2014. Guardians of the Galaxy was dominating the box office, season three of Scandal was about to drop and Drake was pretending to be a college basketball player.
You know what I’m talking about. The rapper showed up to Kentucky’s Big Blue Madness event to kickoff the upcoming season and really tried to act like just one of the 18-22 year olds on the roster.
It was weird! He stuck out completely. Then he embarrassed himself further with an airball during warmups before the scrimmage. Well, a decade later, Drake was back in Lexington for a show at Rupp Arena on Sunday and he couldn’t help but poke a bit of fun at himself.
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It’s worth remembering how absolutely stacked that 2014-15 Kentucky team was. We joked at the time about head coach John Calipari platooning his players, but with names like Devin Booker, Tyler Ulis, Karl-Anthony Towns, Willie Cauley-Stein, Trey Lyles, Alex Poythress and the Harrison twins, Kentucky’s practices may have been more difficult than some of their opponents that year.
But the larger point here is this: the last time Drake took a photo sitting in the Wildcats’ clubhouse like that, Kentucky made a run to the Final Four where a then 38-0 team was upset by Wisconsin.
The 2023-24 Wildcats finished fourth in the SEC with a 23-8 record (13-5 SEC) and can use all the help they can get heading into the NCAA tournament.
Maybe, just this one time, the Drake Curse might actually be a good thing for Kentucky.
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Taylor Swift helped the Bears make an important announcement.
The Chicago Bears wasted no time making a splash during the 2024 NFL free agency period when they signed 2023 Pro Bowl running back D’Andre Swift. But because the new league doesn’t officially start until Wednesday afternoon, the Bears themselves cannot formally announce Swift is part of their team until then.
That led Chicago’s social media to take some creative ventures to start building hype up their fans about Swift’s addition. How, you might ask?
They took a lyric from Taylor Swift’s hit song “…Ready for it” and added a wind emoji in a clear reference to D’Andre Swift’s trademark quickness and speed.
Are you Ready For It? 💨
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) March 11, 2024
That is one fun way to play with the NFL’s rules about transactions.
See if your favorites have been played yet on the worldwide tour.
Now that the Eras Tour is back for nearly all of 2024, the surprise songs are back! For those unfamiliar, every night of the tour Taylor Swift picks two songs from her extensive catalog that aren’t part of the set list to perform acoustically. One is played on guitar, and one is performed at the piano.
Since the start of the Eras Tour in March of 2023, fans have been tracking the songs played and crossing them off of their lists.
We are going to condense things and keep a running tracker of all the surprise songs of 2024, making it easy to see if your favorites are still eligible for shows later this summer.
The Eras Tour is back underway, so it’s time for surprise songs once again.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour continued it’s international journey on Saturday night in Singapore (morning in the United States). The now 14-time Grammy winner will be touring almost non-stop for the entire year, and at each show she adds two “surprise songs” to her 44-song, three hour plus set list.
For the final night in Singapore, Swift once again went with the mashups that she’s been so fond of in 2024. On the guitar, she played a combination of “Tim McGraw” from Taylor Swift and “Cowboy Like Me” from Evermore. On piano, Swift went with a mashup of “Mirrorball” and “Epiphany” from Folklore.
‼️| Tonight's surprise songs are:
– 'Tim McGraw' and 'cowboy like me'
– 'mirrorball' and 'epiphany'#SingaporeTSTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/0AOOKv5fEl— The Swift Society (@TheSwiftSociety) March 9, 2024
“Tim McGraw” and “Mirrorball” were the songs Swift played at the very first Eras Tour show on March 17 in Glendale, Arizona. That night, she played “Mirrorball” on guitar and “Tim McGraw” on piano.
Swift will now take off from touring in April for the launch of her new album, The Tortured Poets Department. She will restart the Eras Tour in May with stops in Paris, Stockholm, Lisbon and Madrid on the schedule for the month.
The ability to share a moment in a crowded venue is truly wonderful.
NFL star Travis Kelce was in attendance for Taylor Swift’s last two Eras Tour shows in Singapore on Friday and Saturday evening local time. The Kansas City tight end and 14-time Grammy winner have been dating since summer 2023, and the former has been at several shows to support the singer after the football season ended.
At Friday night’s show, as Swift was closing out the three-plus hour concert with her hit “Karma,” the couple managed to find each other to share an adorable moment.
On stage, Swift seems to point at Kelce and give a little wave. Kelce, waiting to head backstage to meet the star of the show, claps and blows her a kiss. It’s honestly an adorable moment.
📹| Taylor & Travis finding eachother across the crowd last night 🫶
– Taylor points to him, he blows her a kiss and waves, she does a little dance 💃 pic.twitter.com/4GSk3lcrHn
— Taylor Swift Updates 🩶 (@swifferupdates) March 9, 2024
Kelce made his third Eras Tour show as Swift’s boyfriend.
Travis Kelce made the long trip to Singapore for night five of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour show, and the Kansas City tight end had the time of his life. Kelce was seen dancing with friends as his girlfriend performed, and she once again changed the lyrics to “Karma” to reference the Chief to close the three hour concert.
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The duo has been dating since last summer, and this is the third show Kelce has been able to attend (Argentina, Australia and now Singapore).
After the show ended, Kelce waited for the 14-time Grammy winner backstage, and the couple shared an adorable embrace and kiss.
🎥| Taylor and Travis after the show#SingaporeTSTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/dVxUj36qvV
— The Swift Society (@TheSwiftSociety) March 8, 2024
The Eras Tour is back underway, so it’s time for surprise songs once again.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour continued it’s international journey on Friday night in Singapore (morning in the United States). The now 14-time Grammy winner will be touring almost non-stop for the entire year, and at each show she adds two “surprise songs” to her 44-song, three hour plus set list.
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For the fifth of six nights in Singapore, Swift once again went with the mashups that she’s been so fond of in 2024. On the guitar, she played a combination of “Sparks Fly” from Speak Now and “Gold Rush” from Evermore. On piano, Swift went with a mashup of “False God” from Lover mixed with “Slut!” from 1989 (Taylor’s Version).
‼️| Tonight's surprise songs are:
– 'Sparks Fly' and 'gold rush'
– 'False God' and 'Slut!'#SingaporeTSTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/Sb6DmdXiXi— The Swift Society (@TheSwiftSociety) March 8, 2024
Swift will perform one more show in Singapore before taking off April for the launch of her new album, The Tortured Poets Department.
Well, this is adorable.
Actor Barry Keoghan was in attendance at the Vanity Fair party in Los Angeles on Thursday night, kicking off Oscars weekend in style. The Saltburn and Masters of the Air star has had a meteoric rise in recent months, becoming a fan favorite quickly.
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At Thursday’s event, Koeghan was photographed wearing a friendship bracelet that read “Sabrina,” a nod to his girlfriend, singer Sabrina Carpenter. Carpenter has been opening for Taylor Swift on this leg of her Eras Tour in Tokyo, Japan and Singapore, and Keoghan made a trip to take in the show earlier this month.
🚨| Barry Keoghan wore a friendship bracelet with the name 'Sabrina' at Vanity Fair's party last night in LA. pic.twitter.com/5Sbm49j2hm
— Sabrina Carpenter All-News 💌 (@SCANews_) March 8, 2024
The friendship bracelet trend became popular for fans going to the Eras Tour thanks to a line in Swift’s “You’re On Your Own Kid.”
Speed skater, wife of John Lennon … it’s a common mix-up.
On the latest episode of the New Heights podcast, Travis Kelce explained how wild it was arriving in Australia last month to attend the Eras Tour. When talking about the media frenzy as he got off the plane, big brother Jason Kelce interjected.
“You’re like the Beatles,” the recently-retired center said before adding, “Yoko Ono,” referring to the wife of the late John Lennon.
After a moment of laughter, Travis responds, “Was that the speed skater?”
He is, of course, talking about Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, the winner of eight medals and one of the most iconic winter Olympians for the United States.
Jason is absolutely (and understandably) tickled at his mix-up, and the results are hilarious.
This clip is gold. Travis not knowing who Yoko Ono is and than Jason’s laughing.
I love these brothers so so much. They are so funny ☠️😭 pic.twitter.com/j8EZWg3Apj
— Mina 💌🪩 (@daylight_poetry) March 6, 2024