Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour had its very first visitor look on March 25 at her second Las Vegas present. At the live performance, Swift invited her good friend and collaborator Marcus Mumford, lead singer of Mumford & Sons, to affix her on stage to carry out “Cowboy Like Me” from her “Evermore” album.
Mumford, who additionally seems on the album model of the observe, shared a video from the efficiency on his TikTok and wrote within the caption, “you are a bandit like me @taylorswift.” In the stay model, he sang a verse from the tune, however on the album model, he solely sings harmonies.
After the present, Swift wrote on Instagram, “Last evening in Vegas Marcus Mumford confirmed up and shocked the gang with ‘Cowboy Like Me’ so like 🤩🤯😝! Thank you to @marcusmumford and that wonderful crowd. See you subsequent weekend in Texas!”
Before Mumford carried out together with her, Swift informed the gang a narrative about how the musician got here to even be on her album. According to fans at the event, Swift mentioned that in 2020, after the discharge of “Folklore,” she nonetheless had concepts for extra songs and needed to jot down a second album, “Evermore.” The drawback was that almost all recording studios had been nonetheless shut down as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. So her good friend and collaborator Aaron Dessner known as round to folks he knew to see if that they had an area Swift may use, and Mumford provided his residence studio.
Apparently, Swift actually needed Mumford to be on her tune however was too afraid to ask him. However, he walked into the studio whereas she was recording “Cowboy Like Me” and began buzzing a concord, so she ultimately requested for his help. The singer added that 5 or 6 songs on “Evermore” had been recorded at Mumford’s home.
The Eras Tour has solely simply begun, with Swift set to play dates within the US now by means of August (worldwide dates have but to be introduced). Of course, followers are speculating who else Swift may invite to carry out on stage together with her. She has songs with Haim and Phoebe Bridgers, each of whom are set to open for her at later dates throughout the tour, so it appears seemingly they’re going to be a part of her sooner or later. Swift additionally has songs with artists like Maren Morris, Keith Urban, Lana Del Rey, Bon Iver, The Chicks, Kendrick Lamar, Zayn, and Ed Sheeran, so it is doable any of them may pop up throughout her tour.
Swift followers even have hopes that the singer will report a brand new tune or remix with Harry Styles when she releases “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” which options songs allegedly inspired by their relationship.
Swift’s Eras Tour set consists of two shock songs each evening, so there’s numerous alternative for stay collaborations. We’ll simply have to attend and see.