Chris Willman Music WriterWith Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani co-headlining the second night of the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest in Los Angeles, it was a certainty that the audience would get duet versions of “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere,” the two Shelton-hits-with-Stefani-harmonies that they often perform together even when they’re just in town for each other’s shows.
Although those marked the only moments the marrieds appeared on stage together during a long night at Crypto.com Arena, there were also a good amount of references to one another during their respective sets, with the country superstar in particular playing it mock-humble as he compared himself derogatorily to the woman he called “Mrs.
Shelton.” “Who in the hell had the idea for me to go on after Gwen Stefani?” Shelton asked rhetorically, removing the “missus” designation for the moment. “The next part of the show is gonna suck compared to what you just experienced. … The last thing I need is to wake up tomorrow and read the damn L.A.
Gazette or whatever we have here and it says ‘Gwen Stefani steals the show.’ So y’all can tell I’m struggling.”While the Gazette has yet to weight in with a review, Shelton did have a point, whether he really meant it or not.
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