Taylor Swift played quite a prank on Rodney Atkins, who recently joined her as an opening act on Brad Paisley's Bonfires & Amplifiers tour.
In her MySpace blog, Taylor describes how she and her friend Emily decided to dress as devils to surprise Rodney onstage while he was singing If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows). Taylor's band got word of the prank and got in on the act as well.
How everyone in my band ended up onstage in the most freak-show-esque costumes I've ever seen, I don't know, she writes. All the guys dressed up as women. Big women. We had all these blow-up inflatable costumes in our tour bus, and everyone dressed up. They all looked like huge balloon people. And the look on Rodney's face was priceless. YouTube.com has video footage of the fun posted.
Taylor and Rodney, who are both nominated for this year's CMA Horizon Award, are both scheduled to perform on tonight's 41st Annual CMA Awards on ABC. Taylor hints that the dress she'll be wearing at the awards show is a color she hasn't worn while walking the red carpet before and notes that it makes her smile.