News

Taylor Swift treats arena crowd to both country and pop

Daveen Rae Kurutz
By Daveen Rae Kurutz
1 Min Read Oct. 2, 2009 | 16 years Ago
Go Ad-Free today

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.

Share

About the Writers

Push Notifications

Get news alerts first, right in your browser.

Enable Notifications

Content you may have missed

Enjoy TribLIVE, Uninterrupted.

Support our journalism and get an ad-free experience on all your devices.

  • TribLIVE AdFree Monthly

    • Unlimited ad-free articles
    • Pay just $4.99 for your first month
  • TribLIVE AdFree Annually BEST VALUE

    • Unlimited ad-free articles
    • Billed annually, $49.99 for the first year
    • Save 50% on your first year
Get Ad-Free Access Now View other subscription options