American pop superstar Taylor Swift sent 90,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium into a frenzy on June 23 during her Eras Tour concert when she brought her American football player beau Travis Kelce onstage in a surprise appearance.
At the singer’s third London show for the Europe leg of her world tour, Kelce strutted onstage in a top hat and a tuxedo, and joined a skit that doubles as an outfit change before her performance of I Can Do It With A Broken Heart.
After Swift, 34, pretended to be dead following her track The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived and lay on the floor of the stage, Kelce, also 34, scooped her up in a bridal-carry and brought her to a red couch towards the back of the diamond section of the stage.
He set her down, fanned her and even dabbed her face with a powder brush before he finally began to exit the stage. He also did a couple of cute dance moves, which delighted the Swifties in attendance.
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As she prepared to launch into I Can Do It With A Broken Heart, Swift turned around to blow Kelce a kiss, before he exited the stage with backup dancers Kam Saunders and Jan Ravnik.
The skit reflects the lyrics of that track, where Swift sings about performing and releasing music while being deeply depressed and heartbroken over her break-ups with English actor Joe Alwyn and English rocker Matty Healy.
If he’s considering retirement from the NFL, Travis Kelce may have just found his next calling as a Taylor Swift backup dancer. The Kansas City Chiefs’ TE has joined his superstar girlfriend onstage at Wembley Stadium during her second Eras Tour performance in London. After watching Swift from the sidelines at many a tour date, including in Sydney earlier this year, Kelce has picked up some of his girlfriend’s onstage presence, enthusiastically performing the choreography. He made the surprise appearance in a beloved part of the Tortured Poets Department ‘era’, in which he picks Swift up and helps prepare her to sing ‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart’. #erastour #traviskelce #taylorswift #icandoitwithabrokenheart #london #surprise #cute
Usually staged by Swift, Saunders and Ravnik, she acts reluctant to perform but is rushed through a costume change and pushed out onstage anyway. The skit was incorporated into the revamped Eras Tour in May, which included songs from her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, which was released in April.
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Eagle-eyed fans on social media also noticed that Swift was wearing a ring from jewellery brand Tiffany & Co, the design of which features two stylised “T”s mirroring each other. Swift had previously worn this ring in January, when she joined Kelce on the football field after a key game in Baltimore.
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The London show marks the first time Kelce has appeared on The Eras Tour stage since the power couple reportedly started dating in September 2023, although the Kansas City Chiefs player has been spotted in the audience many times – including showing up in Singapore when Swift performed her six-night run at the National Stadium in March.
His onstage appearance comes hot on the heels of the couple going Instagram-official. Swift posted a backstage selfie of herself, Kelce, as well as Britain’s Prince William and his children – Prince George and Princess Charlotte – on her official Instagram account on June 22.
Prince William had celebrated his 42nd birthday by attending The Eras Tour with his children on June 21 – the first night of the show’s London leg.
Swift’s shows in the British capital city have been a magnet for celebrities.
Aside from Kelce and the royal family, Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, rocker Jon Bon Jovi, acting couple Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, Barbie (2023) director Greta Gerwig and even Beatles legend Paul McCartney were spotted in the crowd over Swift’s three nights in London. She will return to the city in August for another five shows.
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