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And Billy Joel<\/strong><\/a> did the same for the pals invited to his annual summertime kickoff, turning a 2015 barbecue at his sprawling Long Island estate into surprise vows<\/a> as he married equestrian Alexis Roderick<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n As for\u00a0Gwen Stefani<\/strong><\/a> and Blake Shelton<\/strong><\/a>, they ensured that no one crashed their party, marrying on July 3, 2021<\/a> at his 1,300-acre Oklahoma ranch.\u00a0<\/p>\n “It was beyond what I thought it was going to be,” the No Doubt<\/strong><\/a> frontwoman later confessed to Jade Iovine on her Tell Me About It <\/em>podcast<\/a>. Reflecting on how lucky she felt, Stefani added, “My spiritual journey has really guided me towards this place of peace and now I just need to figure out how to do the rest of my life.”<\/p>\n As for Swift, she seems primed for a summer that’s anything but cruel as she kicks the season off with a literal bang. Just three years after she celebrated her fave holiday with well wishes<\/a> “from your local neighborhood independent girlies,” looks like it’s gonna be forever with the pop star and her guy from the Chiefs.\u00a0<\/p>\n And we’ve got a long list of July 4 brides. Allow us to fill in the blank spaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n