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Taylor Swift treats arena crowd to both country and pop

A sold-out crowd of moms, tweens and everyone in between rocked Mellon Arena last night, as Taylor Swift brought her "Fearless" tour through Pittsburgh.

The young country star, touring with Kellie Pickler and Gloriana, put on a performance that showed she can belt out the tunes with the likes of Faith Hill and Carrie Underwood just as well as she can put on a show like Beyonce and Britney Spears.

While Swift is well known for her pop-country songs fingering the boys who have broken her heart over the years, the teen sensation ditched her country sound and her trademark boots about halfway through her 90-plus minute set for mega-hit "Love Story."

Swift kept the pop-ified versions of several of her hits coming after an intimate acoustic set in the audience.

She closed out her show with a rendition of "Should've Said No" that ended with her hitting the harmony to the tune under a waterfall on stage.

While many of the younger fans left before the show's 10:30 p.m. finale, those who stayed nearly brought Swift to tears with their continuous standing ovations.