Taylor Swift not afraid to rest Tour of Eras concerts to help fans in need – and he’s been that way since his days in the spotlight.
NEEDTOBREATHE – composed of Bear Rinehart, Seth Bolt, Josh Lovelace, Randall Harris and Tyler Burkum — see the side of Swift, now 34, when she was the opener in 2010. Speak Now tourism. (Hunter Hayes, Josh Kelley, Frankie Ballard, Danny Gokey, Randy Montana, James Wesley, Charlie Worsham, Adam Brand, David Nail and Hot Chelle Rae also open act slots during various tours.)
“Honestly, we learned a lot (and what) everyone said about him was true,” Rinehart, 43, said. Us Weekly at CMA Fest on June 7 “A lot of people say that (and) obviously it’s real, but he works incredibly hard. He cares so much. He’s the most professional (and) when I first saw him, he was like doing a sound check with no one in the arena and he acted like someone and we were all like, ‘This is the weirdest thing we’ve ever seen.'”
He continued, “Then you can appreciate it when you leave. You’re like, ‘Man, the commitment to what he gives to the audience and the way he cares about the fans and that’s what made him who he is.’ “
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NEEDTOBREATHE performed at 83 Swift’s Speak Now tour stop.
“He just loved the band,” Rinehart explained of how he joined the roster. “None of the business people (also told him). I think all the business people told him not to do it. So it’s like giving him credit that he’s like, ‘I like this band. I’m going to bring them out.’ And he did.
Bear Rinehart and Taylor Swift
Image Erika Goldring / Getty ; Image John Shearer/TAS24/GettySwift is also kind to the group on the road, with Bolt, 40, telling us he once made a spaghetti dinner.
“(It’s) a good, safe bet,” Bolt said. “Hot, (but) you’ve never seen marinara like this!”
Since wrapping him Speak Now tour, Swift went on to headline an international concert based on her Red, 1989 and Self-esteem album. He opened her Tour of Erasa three-hour show to highlight all albums past and present, in March 2023 and now a European and UK tour this summer.
Throughout Eras feet, Swift has called out security guards from the stage to provide assistance to the concert.
“He’s there. I’m just going to play until somebody helps me, I’m going to sing this song,” Swift said Friday in the middle of her concert in Edinburgh, still strumming her acoustic guitar. “Just let me know. I could do this all night.
Tyler Burkum and Bear Rinehart
Image by Erika Goldring/GettyThe 14-time Grammy winner had just resumed her surprise set – a mash-up of “Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve” and “I Know Places” – when security officials approached fans in the crowd and assured them everything was OK.
NEEDTOBREATHE has also continued to perform since Speak Now tourism.
“We’re playing, like, the rest of the year. I think we’ve turned a corner in the way we’re just going to play all the time,” Rinehart said. us. “So we’re going to be playing weekends for the rest of the year, and then we’re going to think about a new record. We’re going to do an acoustic tour at some point. We’ve never done an acoustic tour like in a big market. So we’re going to do things like Red Rocks and places- that place. …that will be wild.”
With reporting by Jeremy Parsons
