When Adele trifle a London medicine festival , her X - hubby watch from right next to her new partner !
When you’re a celebrity who’s dating other celebrities, watching awards show performances or attending concerts probably has the same energy as this deleted Miley Cyrus tweet.
" I wanna see the new Hunger Games but that means I ’ll have to look at my x for 2 flaming hours " - Miley Cyruspic.twitter.com/qlrhAtH0Tt
Here are 13 times singers performed in front of their exes:
2.Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel were married from 1985-1994. Hewrotehis iconic song “Uptown Girl” about her early in their relationship. Decades later, when Christie attended his NYC show in 2024, Billyplayedthe song while she happily sang along.
3.At the 2015 VMAs,Justin Bieberperformed “What Do You Mean?”. His ex-girlfriend,Selena Gomez, was in attendance, and shereportedlywent backstage with her friends ahead of his appearance.
At the end of the song, Justin cried.
He later explained the emotional moment onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Watch Justin’s full performance below:
4.Then, in 2016, Justin Bieber posted a throwback picture of himself kissing his ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez onInstagram, captioning it, “feels.” A few days later, shereportedlyattended one of his shows in LA.
5.HalseyreportedlydatedThe 1975singerMatty Healyin 2015. Then, in 2022, sheshowed upat one of the band’s shows.
Halsey evenpostedclips on their Instagram story, praising Matty for the show’s “very cool production.”
6.During the 2019 ACM Awards,Miranda Lambertsubtly changed the lyrics to “Little Red Wagon” to reference her split from Blake Shelton, whom she’d lived in Oklahoma with during their marriage.
Blake and his new partner (and now wife) Gwen Stefani were in the audience.
Watch Miranda’s performance below, with this part starting at the one-minute mark:
7.Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautnerreportedlydated for a few months in late 2009. Then, in 2023, Swift surprised fans bybringingLautner out on stage at The Eras Tour for the premiere of her “I Can See You” music video — which he also starred in!
Lautner and his wife — who’s also named Taylor Lautner — attended several of Swift’s shows together. In a video on herInstagramstories, they joked about having “post Taylor Swift show depression.”
8.Country singer Chase Rice and Victoria Fuller “spent a night together in Charlotte.” He knew she was going onThe Bachelor, but when he played a private concert on the show, he was “pretty surprised” when Victoria showed up on a date with Peter Weber.
Here’s the full clip of their verrrrry awkward date:
9.Kendall Jenner and Harry Styles were first the subject of romance rumors in 2013, and they werereportedlylinked again between 2015-2016. Then, in 2022, she went to one of his concerts in Los Angeles with Kylie Jenner and Hailey Bieber.
Fansspeculatedthat Harry blew Kendall a kiss during “Love of My Life,” which isrumoredto be about her.
10.When Bad Bunny played Coachella in 2023, his ex-girlfriend, Gabriela Berlingeri, wasreportedlyseen in the VIP area, where his then-girlfriend, Kendall Jenner, was also watching from.
11.Country singer Lindsay Ell and radio host Bobby Bones were together for about a year before their 2017 split. In 2019, BobbyinvitedLindsay to perform at his Million Dollar Show fundraiser concert.
In 2020, Lindsay returned andplayedher new song, “I Don’t Love You.” Bobby was on stage during the performance. From the crowd, someone shouted, “You messed up, Bobby!” And Bobby replied, “Gettin' the sympathy vote out there, I appreciate that.”
12.Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney got engaged in 2015 but broke up in 2016. However, they remained friends, and in 2017, Taylorattendedher show in Chicago.
13.When Adele played the BST Hyde Park Festival in London in 2022, her ex-husband, Simon Konecki, was reportedlyspottedwatching the show next to her current partner, Rich Paul.
14.And finally, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s breakup wasimmortalizedthrough tracks they both penned for Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 breakout album,Rumours. However, Stevie’s magnum opus, “Silver Springs,” was cut from the tracklist without her input and relegated to the B-side of their single “Go Your Own Way” (which was Lindsay’s POV of the split). However, in 1997, the band resurrected “Silver Springs” for their live albumThe Dance.
They recorded a live performance of the song with Lindsey on guitar. It’s becoming one of Fleetwood Mac’s most enduring songs, proving Stevie’s lyrics to be true: “You’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you.”
Watch their iconic 1997 live performance below:
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