"Cover Me Up" is probably one of Jason Isbell's best-known songs, and that's at least partially due to the fact that Morgan Wallen included a cover of the 2013 song on his 2021 album Dangerous: The Double Album. In the weeks following its release, though, Wallen was filmed drunkenly yelling a racial slur, after which Isbell famously pledged to donate his royalties from Wallen's "Cover Me Up" cover to the NAACP. Wallen's controversy certainly didn't prevent him from becoming one of today's biggest country stars, but at least his fellow Nashville resident Hayley Williams always seems prepared to humble him.
The Paramore singer is currently on her first-ever solo tour supporting her recent album Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party. Last night was her last of three nights at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, and she brought out Isbell — another Nashville neighbor and known Good Guy — to sing "Cover Me Up" together.
Williams has typically been closing with "Parachute," and for some of the shows on this tour so far she's been bringing out a surprise guest to sing with her (the first night in New York had H20's Toby Morse). Last night the guest was Broadway-turned-White Lotus actor Meghann Fahy. See clips from the audience below.
Williams hasn't been doing any Paramore songs on this tour, but fans handled it themselves on the sidewalk last night:
