SiriusXM announced today that Taylor Swift will exclusively perform stripped down versions of songs from her seventh studio album Lover and participate in an intimate Q&A session with a select group of subscribers as part of a SiriusXM Town Hall special on Friday, August 23, the same day that Lover is released worldwide.
SiriusXM’s Town Hall with Taylor Swift will air on Friday, August 23 at 5:00 pm ET on SiriusXM Hits 1 (ch. 2) on SiriusXM radios, the SiriusXM app and web player. The Town Hall will rebroadcast throughout the weekend on SiriusXM Hits 1. Additionally the performance will be available via Pandora Stories.
“This is now the third consecutive time Taylor Swift has visited with SiriusXM on the same day as her new album release and we are once again thrilled to celebrate this moment with her,” said Steve Blatter, SiriusXM SVP/GM of Music Programming. “Taylor is one of the most prolific and popular artists of our time and we couldn’t be more excited to have her perform some of her new songs and share stories about them with SiriusXM subscribers across North America.”
Taylor Swift will also sit down with SiriusXM Hits 1’s The Morning Mash Up – Ryan Sampson, Nicole Ryan and Stanley T – for a one-on-one interview to discuss her new album and she will take over SiriusXM’s Hits 1 for the weekend of August 24 and 25, counting down the top 45 songs in North America as well as the week’s new music.