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| | Taylor Swift & Brittany Mahomes posed together at an Eras-themed party | | Added 44 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I don?t think Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes were ever ?feuding? this fall. When Brittany outed herself as a Donald Trump supporter, I think Taylor was simply a bit more careful about being seen with Brittany, but even then, they still hung out and Taylor was still a supportive girlfriend who spent time with Travis Kelce?s friends and teammates. Now that the election is over, Brittany and Taylor are back to being new-BFFs. To the point where Brittany is one of the few people authorized to post private photos of Taylor. Brittany posted these pics from a recent party with Taylor:
Brittany and Patrick Mahomes joined Taylor Swift for an epic Eras Tour wrap party following the end of the superstar?s record-breaking outing. Brittany posted several photos from the big night on her Instagram Wednesday, including a few pictures with the pop star herself.
Guests went all out for the fun theme, wearing homemade friendship bracelets and dressing up in different album eras ? from ?Fearless? to ?Reputation? and ?Lover.?
The 29-year-old wore a sparkling silver fringe mini dress, dazzling boots and a black-and-gray jacket, while her husband, Patrick, rocked a full suit with a black top hat ? nearly identical to the one Kelce wore on stage during Swift?s show in London.
The Grammy winner, for her part, continued her ?Tortured Poets Department? streak in a beautiful black mini dress from Balmain. The design featured a short flared skirt, a sweetheart neckline and was embroidered with beads, sequins and crystals down the front. Swift, 35, rocked her signature red lip and added more sparkle with drop diamond earrings.
[From Page Six]
Yeah. It looks like Brittany and Taylor?s friendship is back to regularly scheduled programming. Obviously, people are examining these photos for any hint of an engagement ring for Taylor. She seems to be making a point of playing some games with hiding her ring finger. I think that?s all it is games and gossip. If Taylor was engaged, she would either remove the ring for photos or she would just announce it.
Photos courtesy of Brittany?s IG.
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| | Taylor Swift's Eras Tour sold $2.077 billion in tickets & gave out $197 million in bonuses | | Added 10 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For decades, ever since the birth of pop music really, it?s generally acknowledged that music stars are not making bank from selling their music, but rather from touring. Music sales are complicated and everyone gets a cut, especially nowadays in the Spotify/streaming era. An artist can be streamed tens of millions of times and they?re only making a small fraction of what they should earn. Tours are much more profitable and straightforward, organized by the artist and their team. Profitable not just from ticket sales, but from the ultra-lucrative merchandising. Well, I don?t know the exact breakdown, but Taylor Swift?s Eras Tour blew every record to smithereens, from ticket sales to merchandising.
For the last 21 months, Taylor Swift?s Eras Tour has been the biggest thing in music ? a phenomenon that has engulfed pop culture, dominated news coverage and boosted local economies around the world. Now we know exactly how big.
Through its 149th and final show, which took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday, Swift?s tour sold a total of $2,077,618,725 in tickets. That?s two billion and change ? double the gross ticket sales of any other concert tour in history and an extraordinary new benchmark for a white-hot international concert business.
Those figures were confirmed to The New York Times for the first time by Taylor Swift Touring, the singer?s production company. While the financial details of the Eras Tour have been a subject of constant industry speculation since tickets were first offered more than two years ago ? through a presale so in-demand it crashed Ticketmaster?s system ? Swift has never authorized disclosure of the tour?s numbers until now.
The official results are not far from the estimates that trade journalists and industry analysts have been crunching for months. But they solidify the enormous scale of Swift?s accomplishment. Just a few months ago, Billboard magazine reported that Coldplay had set an industry record with $1 billion in ticket sales for its 156-date Music of the Spheres World Tour ? a figure that is just half of Swift?s total for a similar stretch of shows in stadiums and arenas.
According to Swift?s touring company, a total of 10,168,008 people attended the concerts, which means that, on average, each seat went for about $204. That is well above the industry average of $131 for the top 100 tours around the world in 2023, according to Pollstar, a trade publication. The biggest single night?s attendance was in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 16, 2024, with 96,006. And Swift?s eight nights at Wembley Stadium in London, which she played more than any other venue, drew 753,112 people ? about as many as live in Seattle.
As gigantic as they are, the figures revealed by Swift?s company are only part of the overall business that has surrounded the tour. They exclude her extraordinary merchandise sales, for example, a product line so in demand that Swift opened stadium sales booths a day early in some markets to sell T-shirts, hoodies and Christmas ornaments to fans, ticketed or not.
[From The NY Times]
?Phenomenon? gets thrown around a lot, but holy sh-t, the Eras Tour was a phenomenon, as is Taylor herself. Think about how she did this too she dropped Midnights as her relationship with Joe Alwyn was coming to a close, she announced the tour and the sales went through the roof, and she just committed nearly two full years of her life to all of this. AND she released another album in the middle of it, not to mention cycling through Matt Healy and starting up with Travis Kelce. It?s also amazing that Taylor had a great team around her and there were zero catastrophes. I mean, yeah, there was a terrorism threat in Europe and there were climate issues, but none of that was her fault or her team?s fault. Over $2 billion in ticket sales alone. Probably that much in merch sales too. Seriously, congrats to Taylor and her team.
Additionally, People Magazine had an exclusive about the bonuses Taylor hands out to her tour crew. It looks like Taylor?s touring production company decided to confirm a lot of news after her last Eras concert, right? People Mag says that Taylor ?gave out $197 million in bonuses to everyone working on her tour ? including truck drivers, caterers, instrument techs, merch team, lighting, sound, production staff and assistants, carpenters, dancers, band, security, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hair, make-up, wardrobe, physical therapists and video team.? So, she gave out bonuses which were just shy of 10% of the total ticket sales. Say there were 1000 people working to ensure the tour ran smoothly that?s roughly $200K per person just in bonuses, in addition to their salaries.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Taylor Swift hosted Travis Kelce & the Kelce fam in Nashville for Thanksgiving | | Added 18 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift has maintained a penthouse apartment in Nashville for many years, even though she seemingly spends more time in New York and LA these days. I don?t know if her parents also have a home in Nashville, but it would make sense. Well, the Swift family was in Nashville for Thanksgiving, and they played host to the Kelce family. Travis Kelce, Travis?s parents and even Jason and Kylie Kelce all came to Nashville for Thanksgiving and they were hosted by the Swifts for the holiday. Who cooked though??
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce had a family-filled Thanksgiving together. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 35, and the pop superstar, 34, celebrated the holiday together and brought along both of their families, a source confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.
According to the source, Taylor and her family ? including dad Scott and mom Andrea ? hosted the Kelces in Nashville, before Travis jetted off to prepare for the Chiefs winning game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Friday, Nov. 29.
Taylor and Travis had a great Thanksgiving together with their families, the source tells PEOPLE, recalling how the Karma singer was in South America for the Eras Tour around Thanksgiving weekend last year. Its the first Thanksgiving they celebrated together. Taylor and her family were excited to host the Kelces this year, the source adds. [Travis brother] Jason was there with his family and kids too. It was very festive and special.
Following the festivities, Taylor also traveled to Kansas City, where she arrived at Arrowhead Stadium with Travis mom Donna to cheer on Travis.
The news may come as a surprise to some fans, as Travis mom Donna said one week before Thanksgiving, during an appearance on the Today show, that Taylor would probably not be joining the Kelces for the holiday. I dont think so. Shes kind of busy right now. She still has her tour to do, said Donna, 72, referring to Taylors record-breaking Eras Tour, which wraps up on Dec. 8.
[From People]
The unspoken thing is that Travis usually avoids traveling in the days before a home game. Even if he?s been with Taylor in New York, he comes back to Kansas City days before the game so that he can train and prepare. I guess an exception was made because it?s Thanksgiving. Plus, I?m sure Taylor lets the Kelces use her private planes, so it?s not like Travis is stressed out at the airport, trying to get a commercial flight back to Kansas City. Anyway, I?ve said that Travis is in it to win it. This is a sign that Taylor is in it to win it too. Hosting the Kelces in Nashville? The parents getting together for ?the kids.? And yeah, I?d want Jason around every holiday too.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Taylor Swift wore Vivienne Westwood for an eight-hour dinner at a private club | | Added 40 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift is usually all about autumnal style, all about sweaters and cute cold-weather ensembles. But was unseasonably warm all up and down the East Coast last week, which might explain why Taylor wore this summery frock in November. Taylor was seen going into Chez Margaux in New York on Friday. According to the paparazzi, she arrived with security and met up with Zoe Kravitz and Jerrod Carmichael. Taylor, Jerrod and Zoe were at Chez Margaux for eight hours! Taylor looked a bit worse for wear as she left, so I kind of wonder if she was getting good and drunk after the election. I would not blame her at all if that?s what happened.
Taylor?s dress and purse are Vivienne Westwood, and she wore Aquazurra Twist 95 velvet sandals. As I said, very summery. I was in t-shirts and flip-flops all of last week too. We had two consecutive 80-degree days. Now, do I like any of this on Taylor? Not really. The dress is unflattering and it makes her look knocked up (it?s the way the corset is boned in the midsection). The combination of the dress and her hairstyle is very Germanic to me, like she?s about to serve beer at Oktoberfest.
In case you?re wondering about Chez Margaux, it?s a private, members-only club in the same vein as many exclusive members-only clubs in Europe, specifically England. It?s supposed to have a real European feel and decadent vibes. Inside the club, there?s a Jean-Georges restaurant, a sushi lounge, a caviar-champagne room and nightclub. Taylor has memberships to several of these private clubs in New York. Post-election, my guess is that Chez Margaux was one of the go-to places for sad, rich Democrats to drown their sorrows and socialize with somewhat like-minded people.
Meanwhile, the Grammy nominations also came out on Friday. Taylor?s The Tortured Poets Department got six nominations, including Album of the Year, Pop Vocal Album, and Record and Song of the Year (for ?Fortnight?). Beyonce?s Cowboy Carter got 11 nominations, including noms in the big three: Record, Album and Song of the Year. Y?all know what that means? Beyonce?s once again losing the big Grammys to white artists, probably Taylor.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Taylor Swift's big announcement: an Eras tour book & TTPD: Anthology vinyl | | Added 66 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As a non-Swiftie, it amuses me to watch Taylor Swift beclown her fans with the long-sought after but never released Reputation (Taylor?s Version), her modern rerecording of her 2017 ?comeback? album, after the ?cancelation of 2016.? People have been begging for RepTV for two years, maybe longer. She still hasn?t released it, but she has been giving her fans some visual clues that RepTV is imminent. The Swifties are still playing along. Well, this morning, Taylor was supposed to make a big announcement. People were once again wondering if this would FINALLY be RepTV. It was not. Taylor is releasing an Eras Tour book and a vinyl and CD ?anthology? version of The Tortured Poets Department.
We?ll be kicking off the final leg of The Eras Tour this week, which is hard to comprehend. This tour has been the most wondrous experience and I knew I wanted to commemorate the memories we made together in a special way. Well, two ways actually. Excited to announce that The? pic.twitter.com/kH8cSEy64U
Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) October 15, 2024
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| | Taylor Swift wore a tartan Dior to the VMAs & picked up seven awards | | Added 99 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Were you expecting Taylor Swift to turn up at last night?s MTV VMAs? I was not. But she was one of the last ones to walk the VMA red carpet, and she dashed inside to win one of the first awards of the evening. In total, Taylor picked up seven VMAs, including awards for Song of the Summer (nope), Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Collab and Best Pop. VOTY, SOTS and Collab were all given to ?Fortnight? featuring Post Malone, her first single from The Tortured Poets Department. Like? even if you want to give it VOTY, there is absolutely no way that ?Fortnight? was the Song of the Summer. None.
Taylor wore this Westwood-coded Dior look, a black-and-yellow tartan with a mullet skirt and bustier. People Mag thought her look was ?Reputation-coded,? because I guess Swifties are still waiting for Reputation (Taylor?s Version). Y?all have been talking about the snake album for the better part of two years. I hope y?all get it after all this time. Seeing Taylor try to pull off a harder-edge look is always amusing to me though like, she still looks like a Disney princess, even with the boots and punk-lite ensemble.
Tay also made this VMA appearance not even 24 hours after she endorsed the Harris-Walz ticket. Taylor had been dominating headlines in the political world throughout the day Wednesday, and much of it was good news for her. In her Instagram post endorsement, Taylor included a link to vote.gov. The US GSA announced yesterday that Taylor?s post drove over 337,000 visitors to the site.
Last thing: While Travis Kelce did not attend the VMAs, Taylor did give a shout-out to, in her words, ?my boyfriend.?
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | Taylor Swift: 'I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz' | | Added 100 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Vice President Kamala Harris truly wiped the floor with Donald Trump during last night?s presidential debate. Even conservative sites and outlets called it that way. There?s part of me which wishes that the post-debate energy was purely about how well Kamala Harris did, how easily she baited Trump, how quickly and furiously he took the bait, and how absolutely senile he looked. But last night, as cable news was popping off with analysis of Kamala?s victory, Taylor Swift suddenly decided to endorse. Keep in mind, just 48 hours beforehand, Taylor was hugging up MAGA supporter Brittany Mahomes at the US Open. That affection towards Brittany (someone who was personally thanked by Donald Trump for her support) had led to some of the most critical coverage of Taylor in years. Then, immediately post-debate, Taylor decided to throw her support behind Kamala Harris. This is what Taylor wrote alongside a photo from her Time POTY editorial, with one of her three cats.
Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven?t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country.
Recently I was made aware that AI of ?me? falsely endorsing Donald Trump?s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.
I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I?m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman?s right to her own body for decades.
I?ve done my research, and I?ve made my choice. Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered! I also find it?s much easier to vote early. I?ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story.
With love and hope,
Taylor Swift
Childless Cat Lady
[From Taylor?s IG]
Better late than never! No, I won?t complain. We bashed her for 48 hours and she changed tack and endorsed. That?s what more people should do. This is what we want from the most influential people in the world. We want them to use their privilege, platform and influence to advocate for the greater good rather than their own narrow interests or their ahole friends.
For what it?s worth, the Harris-Walz campaign seemed to know Taylor?s endorsement was coming, and they must have cleared the rights for some of Taylor?s songs. Kamala walked out to ?The Man? at last night?s post-debate rally, and Kamala HQ is using ?Ready For It.? Walz was pleased as punch too, but he?s a major Swiftie.
Ready for it ? pic.twitter.com/TqDdzlhWto
Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 11, 2024
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| | Taylor Swift wore an ecru Zimmermann to Karen Elson's wedding: too pale' | | Added 102 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Karen Elson was married to Jack White from 2005 through 2013. She remarried, and her new husband is Lee Foster, who is also in the music industry. Foster owns the Electric Lady Studios, which is where Taylor Swift has recorded several albums. The Electric Lady is one of her New York hotspots, and back when she dated Matt Healy, she was constantly hosting group hangouts and recording. Well, Taylor and Travis Kelce were obviously invited to Karen and Lee Foster?s wedding, which was held at the Electric Lady. These are photos of TNT entering and exiting the wedding.
Taylor wore a floral dress by Zimmermann for the wedding. Vogue is mad about it! That?s because it?s way too pale for a wedding guest, especially someone as high-profile as Taylor. Yes, it?s more of an off-white/ecru, and yes, the floral sort of saves it. But I do think it?s iffy to wear this to a wedding, right? Her purse is Vivienne Westwood and her heels are Louboutins.
As for Travis, there have been a lot of hilarious comments about his latest look, especially with the mustache. The photos of Travis at the Chiefs game last week definitely gave a vibe of ?a cop who just got suspended for excessive use of force.? But in these photos, with his hair cleaned up, I have to admit that he looks pretty good? Like the man has an aura. He looks like he knows how to lay some pipe.
It feels like a big deal that Travis made a point of being Taylor?s date to this wedding. Sources told Us Weekly recently that their friends ?hope an engagement is a sure thing in the future? and that Taylor wants to complete her Eras tour and then focus more on her future and her personal life. She?s got some time off right now and she apparently plans to spend most of it with Travis.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Taylor Swift was especially friendly with MAGA Brittany Mahomes at the US Open | | Added 102 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce flew from Kansas City to New York on Friday, and they were out and about throughout the weekend. They attended a wedding on Saturday, and then they unexpectedly turned up at the US Open men?s final, where Italy?s Jannik Sinner beat the snot out of American Taylor Fritz. Taylor is not a regular at tennis matches, and judging solely from the photos and videos of Taylor and Travis, she looked pretty drunk for much of the match. The US Open?s signature drink is the Honey Deuce, and she looked like she had several.
The bigger story is that Travis and Taylor were joined by an unpleasant guest, and no, I?m not talking about Travis?s unfortunate Gucci bucket hat. Patrick and Brittany Mahomes joined them in the VIP suite, and it appears that the Mahomeses probably flew into New York with them, possibly even on Taylor?s private plane. At last Thursday?s Chiefs game, Brittany and Taylor sat in separate suites, and many Swifties hoped that Taylor was distancing herself from Brittany after Brittany had made it abundantly clear that she?s a huge supporter of Donald Trump. But no, Taylor and Brittany were hugging and loving on each other at the men?s final. Taylor is totally fine with being this friendly with a Trump supporter.
I?ve been giving Taylor the benefit of the doubt for weeks, believing that she was in a tricky position given Travis and Patrick?s relationship. But I?ve run out of excuses for her. This coziness with a moron MAGAt plus her refusal to shut down Donald Trump?s AI ?Swift endorsement? plus her absolute silence on the election in general? Nah.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | CIA: Terrorist plot at Taylor Swift's Vienna concerts was serious and advanced | | Added 113 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift had three concerts scheduled in Vienna in early August that had to be canceled last minute when Austrian authorities uncovered a planned terrorist attack. Taylor did not make any public statements at the time, which was the safe and soundest thing to do while law enforcement worked to apprehend the suspect. Taylor ended up not commenting on what happened until a few weeks later, after she?d completed the European leg of the Eras Tour with her second stop in London. Now the CIA is confirming just how serious the situation was. While speaking at a security summit this week, the deputy director characterized the terrorist plot as ?serious? and ?quite advanced,? and that it had the potential to kill tens of thousands of people. Thank goodness everyone took the right steps to ensure that it didn?t.
The planned terrorist plot at Taylor Swift?s shows in Vienna earlier this month was intended to kill ?tens of thousands? of fans, according to the deputy director of the CIA.
?They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans,? CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen said on Wednesday after revealing at the Intelligence and National Security Summit that the information Austrian authorities used to stop the terror plot was given to the CIA.
He also noted at the summit held in Maryland that those who planned the attack ?were quite advanced in this.?
On Aug. 7, Austrian authorities arrested two people accused of plotting a terror attack, with additional arrests made in subsequent days. Some of the individuals arrested were found with bomb-making materials and had access to the concert venue, where several shows were scheduled to take place in the days following the arrests.
Austrian officials said the main suspect, a 19-year-old Austrian man, was inspired by the Islamic State group. He allegedly planned to attack outside the stadium, where upwards of 30,000 fans were expected to gather, with another 65,000 likely to be inside the venue. Investigators discovered chemical substances and technical devices during a raid of the suspect?s home.
Austria?s interior minister, Gerhard Karner, previously stated that help from other intelligence agencies was necessary because Austrian investigators, unlike some foreign services, cannot legally monitor text messages.
The main suspect?s lawyer claimed the allegations were ?overacting at its best,? arguing that Austrian authorities were ?presenting this exaggeratedly? to push for new surveillance powers.
Swift had been planning to hold three concerts in Vienna beginning Aug. 8, with 200,000 people expected to attend. Last week, in a social media post, the singer broke her silence about the cancellations after concluding her London shows at Wembley Stadium.
?Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,? she wrote in a statement posted to Instagram. ?The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows.?
?But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.?
[From Hollywood Life]
Further on in Taylor?s Instagram post she made it very clear that her silence had been intentional. ?My priority was finishing our European tour safely, and it is with great relief that I can say we did that.? That?s absolutely right. Canceling the shows, cooperating with law enforcement, and not commenting until the entire tour leg was over protected the lives of her fans and everyone who works on the tour. And it sounds like the CIA stepped in fairly quickly to assist the Austrian authorities. This is a whole other conversation, but I find that detail on Austrians not being allowed to monitor their citizens? text messages rather fascinating.
Photos credit: Mike Gray / Avalon, Justin Ng / Avalon. Photos of fans are from Wembley Stadium in London in June
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