Music spotlight: Taylor Swift at Xcel

September 5, 2015 at 7:00PM
FILE - In this July 10, 2015 file photo, singer Taylor Swift performs during her "1989" world tour at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The 32nd annual MTV Video Music Awards hosted by Miley Cyrus will be presented Sunday night, Aug. 30, broadcast live on MTV from 9-11 p.m. ET from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Swift, the top nominee, will introduce the world premiere of her new music video, "Wildest Dreams,"on a live pre-show at 8:00 p.m. ET leading into the VMAs. (Photo by Evan
Taylor Swift performs during her “1989” world tour at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Taylor Swift

Friday-next Sunday: We know America's hottest pop star is going to stage quite a spectacle, with emphasis on material from her current blockbuster album, "1989." What we don't know: Who will her special guests in St. Paul be? On this tour, she's had everybody from Lorde and Little Big Town to Jason Derulo and Nick Jonas. Some guests have been singers, but the U.S. women's soccer team, Julia Roberts and Heidi Klum came onstage just to strut their stuff. So we will hear "Shake It Off," "Blank Space" and an oldie or two such as "Love Story." But what else? Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy opens. (7:30 p.m. Sept. 11-13. $39.50-$139.50. Xcel Energy Center, W. 7th St. and Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. ticketmaster.com.)

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