{"id":773,"date":"2025-02-02T18:15:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T18:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=773"},"modified":"2025-02-02T18:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T18:15:38","slug":"the-crowd-erupted-in-shock-as-blake-shelton-mid-performance-paused-and-casually-teased-i-think-we-need-someone-special-for-this-one-moments-later-kelly-clarkson-strolled-onto-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=773","title":{"rendered":"The crowd erupted in shock as Blake Shelton, mid-performance, paused and casually teased, \u201cI think we need someone special for this one.\u201d Moments later, Kelly Clarkson strolled onto the stage, and the energy in the room shifted. As the two launched into their surprise duet of \u201cLonely Tonight,\u201d their voices melted together, raw and electric, like a conversation too personal for anyone else to hear. The emotion was palpable, each line hitting like a truth the audience didn\u2019t know they needed. By the end, the room was on its feet, swept up in the unexpected magic.\ud83d\ude2f\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/classiccountrymusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/kelly-blake-lonely-735x413.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Shelton Brings Out Kelly Clarkson For Surprise \u201cLonely Tonight\u201d Duet | Classic Country Music | Legendary Stories and Songs Videos\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-inside\"><\/div>\n<h2>The History Behind Blake Shelton\u2019s \u201cLonely Tonight\u201d Duet<\/h2>\n<p>Blake Shelton\u00a0released \u201cLonely Tonight\u201d in 2014 as a duet with\u00a0Ashley Monroe. The song reached the #1 spot on the\u00a0<em>Country Airplay<\/em>\u00a0chart and crossed over to claim the 47th slot on the all-genre\u00a0<em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em>. It was also a #1 country song in Canada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-inread\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Shelton and Monroe later earned a Grammy nomination for their performance.<\/strong>\u00a0They received a nod in the Best Country Duo\/Group Performance category.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blake Shelton - Lonely Tonight (ft. Ashley Monroe) (Official Music Video)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G91KZ56mNbw\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As to be expected, Shelton and Monroe can\u2019t always be together when Shelton performs the song live. So he\u2019s had some other artists join him on the song in the past, such as\u00a0Lauren Alaina\u00a0and\u00a0Carly Pearce.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More recently, Shelton sang \u201cLonely Tonight\u201d with his Season 23\u00a0<em>Voice<\/em>\u00a0finalist Grace West.<\/strong>\u00a0The performance was extra special, because it was Shelton\u2019s last time ever singing on\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0as a coach.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grace West and Blake Shelton Perform &quot;Lonely Tonight&quot; | The Voice Live Finale | NBC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/18CLQtztS9A\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Blake Shelton &amp; Kelly Clarkson Sing \u201cLonely Tonight\u201d For Crowd In Denver<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking of\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>, another longtime\u00a0<em>Voice<\/em>\u00a0coach is Shelton\u2019s good friend\u00a0Kelly Clarkson. The two of them have known each other for years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019ve heard Shelton and Clarkson sing together many times before<\/strong>. Some of the songs they\u2019ve performed include \u201cDon\u2019t You Wanna Stay,\u201d \u201cNeon Moon,\u201d and \u201cAustin.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-inpage\"><\/div>\n<p>Shelton and Clarkson united for another duet in 2021. It happened during Shelton\u2019s show in Denver, Colorado on his\u00a0<em>Friends &amp; Heroes Tour<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>No one had any clue that Clarkson was waiting backstage to join Shelton on the song.\u00a0<strong>Her appearance came as a complete surprise to everyone in attendance!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the crowd went wild when Clarkson made her way onstage. One fan-filmed video of the duet captures the exciting duet.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0NBC, Shelton said, \u201c<em>Kelly freakin\u2019 Clarkson, Denver!<\/em>\u201d after the song finished. Watch part of their surprise duet in the clip below.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being from 2021, this duet has made the rounds again.\u00a0<strong>Goes to show just how memorable this particular collaboration was!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blake Shelton \/ Kelly Clarkson - we don\u2019t have to be lonely - Ball Arena Denver\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9cQeMgGDyo\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The History Behind Blake Shelton\u2019s \u201cLonely Tonight\u201d Duet Blake Shelton\u00a0released \u201cLonely Tonight\u201d in 2014 as a duet with\u00a0Ashley Monroe. The song reached the #1 spot on the\u00a0Country&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":775,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}