“This was a pinch-us moment. It’s our favorite song and has so much meaning to both of us,” Lovato said of first-dance performance
Demi Lovato, avowed fan of the Goo Goo Dolls’ hit “Iris,” enlisted the band to soundtrack the first dance at her wedding this past weekend.
Goo Goo Dolls revealed their wedding band duties on Instagram — “an absolute pleasure,” they wrote — posting a photo of Lovato and husband Jordan “Jutes” Lutes dancing together while they performed onstage.
“It was surreal,” Lovato later told Vogue of the “Iris” performance. “This was a pinch-us moment. It’s our favorite song and has so much meaning to both of us.” Lovato and Lutes were married Sunday, May 25, in Santa Barbara, California.
Lovato has long been a fan of the 1998 hit, even recruiting Goo Goo Dolls singer John Rzeznik to perform “Iris” onstage with her during a New York concert in 2022; Lovato had previously covered the song solo during that tour, mashing it up with her own “4 EVER 4 Me.”
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Coincidentally, guests of Lovato’s wedding weren’t the only ones to hear “Iris” live this month: The previous Sunday, Goo Goo Dolls also appeared on American Idol to perform the track alongside contestant Mattie Pruitt:
Over 25 years after the release of “Iris,” the track remains a favorite of a younger generation of artists, with everyone from Taylor Swift to Phoebe Bridgers and Maggie Rogers covering the song; in 2021, Rzeznik was also called upon to perform “Iris” onstage at a Billy Joel concert in the Goo Goo Dolls’ native Buffalo, New York.
