Kelly Clarkson is known for belting out her own tunes like"Since U Been Gone," but she's certainly making a name for herself bycovering a range of other pop stars' songs on the U.S leg of her "Piece byPiece" tour. The former American Idol winner surprised fans whenshe did a rendition of Miley Cyrus' hit "Wrecking Ball" on July 30 ather show in Noblesville, Indianna.
“I actually love this song,” she said to theaudience. “And this is by Miley Cyrus, and this is called ‘Wrecking Ball.’” The33-year-old then launched into the ballad, but put her own spin on it by doingan acoustic performance, something the crowd loved.
Kelly covered Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" at a concert on July 30 Photo: Getty Images
Thisis just one of many songs Kelly has been covering on the road. On July 21 shedelighted fans by performing 'N Sync’s "Bye Bye Bye.” “This is a throwback to ourjunior high days, and a lot of people in our crew were excited about this,” shetold the audience before she again went into a much more stripped down andsoulful rendition of the pop classic.
Just a week before during a stop at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, fans were infor a surprise when she covered Nick Jonas’ hit single “Jealous.” And proving she can coverall music genres the mother-of-one even did an amazing cover of Rihanna’shit song, “Bitch Better Have My Money” for BBC1 Radio Live Lounge in June.
The mom-of-one has been covering several other pop songs on her U.S. tour Photo: Getty Images
Kelly still has 27 US tourdates before heading to Canada where she'll be performing with Nick Jonas insteadof just covering his song, something the former boy bander is excited about. "We’re actually touring together later thisyear, so it was nice to see her throwing some love my way, and I’m a big fanmyself,” he told ETonline. “It’s pretty exciting to get to tour withsomeone with a legendary voice as she has and someone with as much influence.”
Watch Kelly sing "Wrecking Ball:"