Taylor Swift makes surprise performance at gay bar Stonewall

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In this May 1, 2019 photo, Taylor Swift arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Swift made a surprise performance at an iconic gay bar after releasing a song supporting the LGBTQ community. Swift celebrated Pride Month by appearing at the Stonewall Inn on Friday, June 14, 2019. She released her new tune Thursday called “You Need to Calm Down,” where she calls out those who attack the LGBTQ community.

NEW YORK — Taylor Swift made a surprise performance at an iconic gay bar a day after releasing a song supporting the LGBTQ community.

Swift celebrated Pride Month by appearing at New York City’s Stonewall Inn on Friday night. She released her new tune Thursday called “You Need to Calm Down,” where she calls out those who attack the LGBTQ community.

Taylor Swift arrives for an appearance in New York at The Stonewall Inn, on June 14, 2019.
Photos: https://t.co/shoIHplPdV pic.twitter.com/Q1zKPP0JVt

— Taylor Swift Photos (@swiftupload) June 15, 2019

The song is the second single from Swift’s seventh album “Lover,” which will be released Aug. 23.

Swift sang her hit song “Shake It Off” at the New York City bar with “Modern Family” actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who hosted the event.

Taylor surprising the crowd at the Stonewall Inn in NYC!#Taylorswift pic.twitter.com/UeWeQSPUBO

— swift (@swiftlovertour) June 15, 2019

Ferguson is working on a documentary about Stonewall Inn, where patrons resisted a police raid in 1969 and helped spark the gay rights movement. The bar is marking 50 years since the riots.