Over the last year, Taylor Swift has amazed all of us with her 1989 album, and the 1989 World Tour hasn't disappointed. Bringing guests to every show was a genius move, and now every city anticipates who will surprise the audience. This Friday and Saturday, Bridgestone Arena will be full of Swifties who are all wondering the same thing: who will Taylor surprise us with tonight? There are plenty of celebrities who live in Nashville and could pop in for an appearance, but which ones have the strongest friendships with Taylor? Here's 8 guests who we think are most likely to show up this weekend:
Tim McGraw
“But when you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think my favorite song, the one we danced to all night long, the moon like a spot light on the lake..”
Taylor’s DEBUT SINGLE was "Tim McGraw". She literally named a song after him when she was a wee little girl. Taylor, please make my middle school dreams come true and sing "Tim McGraw", with Tim McGraw. Plus, he lives like 45 minutes away from Bridgestone Arena...he's bound to make some sort of appearance.
Kelsea Ballerini
About 6 months ago, Taylor tweeted "Driving around with the @KelseaBallerini EP on repeat,,,SO lovely:) #yeahboy #lovemelikeyoumeanit". With one tweet, Kelsea's career exploded. Since then, the two have become friends and we're all super jealous. In my mind Kelsea is the next Taylor Swift - she has the same kind of charm, catchy lyrics, good style. And we're also SO PROUD OF OUR LIPSCOMB ALUM.
Brad Paisley
Brad was one of the first people to take Taylor on tour...doesn't that mean Taylor is obligated to have him as a guest on her biggest tour yet? He gave her a chance, taught her the ropes. Plus, my middle-school-self very clearly remembers watching YouTube videos of them pulling pranks on each other.
Lennon and Maisy
Now don’t get me wrong, I will be furious if these small girls get in the squad and I’m standing on the sidelines hearing about the show from Twitter - I will feel so inadequate. However, it would be great publicity for the show Nashville and Taylor has previously showed this sweet duo some love (Plus, every resident of Nashville is slightly obsessed with these sisters). Please watch the sweet kisses that Taylor gives Maisy.
Hayley Williams
Hayley is already in the squad. She made her debut appearance with Taylor in the Bad Blood music video, so it only seems fitting that she’ll show up when Taylor comes to her hometown.
Steven Tyler
He’s just kind of always around Nashville. But he’s also iconic. It doesn’t really make sense, but I’m nearly sure he’ll be up on stage singing “Walk This Way”, flipping his luscious locks with our girl T-Swift.
Reese Witherspoon
Lately Reese has been getting back in touch with her southern roots. She has recently bought a house in Nashville and launched her own southern style fashion collection, Draper James. Reese is pretty cool, and I’m sure Taylor Swift appreciates her as much as we do. Maybe they'll perform some June Carter?!
Needtobreathe
Rewind back to 2011 and you’ll remember that Needtobreathe opened for Taylor Swift on her Speak Now tour. Because Nashvillians are such big NTB fans, I wouldn't be surprised if she brought them back for old time’s sake.
Who will it be?!? Friday and Saturday, we'll finally find out! In the meantime, we'll be listening to the Ryan Adams 1989 cover album on repeat. We're almost as excited about it as Taylor is.
