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Eric Church Reflects on Taylor Swift Tour Replacement

9/22/2025

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Eric Church recalls being replaced on Taylor Swift's 2006 tour on The Tonight Show.
Swift called afterward, expressing no hard feelings and admiration for his work, and the two remained cordial.
In 2017, Swift's Shake It Off lawsuit was filed and dismissed in 2022; she claimed a lyric in Church's The Outsiders.

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Eric Church recalls being replaced on Taylor Swift's 2006 tour on The Tonight Show.
Swift called afterward, expressing no hard feelings and admiration for his work, and the two remained cordial.
In 2017, Swift's Shake It Off lawsuit was filed and dismissed in 2022; she claimed a lyric in Church's The Outsiders.