Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce: Revisit the roots of their love story ahead of MSG wedding bash

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s emotion communicative volition scope caller heights this week with a totally low-key two-day wedding bash astatine New York’s Madison Square Garden.

The billionaire popular titan and the NFL star, some 36, kicked disconnected their wedding festivities Thursday day with a rehearsal meal astatine the famed sports arena. They person each but confirmed that they volition past speech their vows Friday successful a expansive MSG solemnisation with astir 1,000 guests (including Swift’s personage friends and Kelce’s chap sports stars) successful attendance, astatine slightest according to galore reports. The personage wedding volition besides reportedly diagnostic heightened information astir Madison Square Garden, performances by Stevie Nicks and Tim McGraw, and a reddish carpet extracurricular the arena.

Representatives for Madison Square Garden, Swift and Kelce person not responded to The Times’ requests for comment.

Swift and Kelce’s narration began astir 3 years agone during the singer’s blockbuster Eras circuit with a elemental petition and a relationship bracelet. Read connected to revisit the roots of Swift and Kelce’s whirlwind romance turned generational emotion story, from the Kelce brothers’ “New Heights” podcast to a romanticist plot engagement.

July 2023: Travis Kelce shoots his shot

Swift and Kelce’s romance tin beryllium traced backmost to summertime 2023, erstwhile the Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity attended an Eras circuit performance astatine Arrowhead Stadium, the Chiefs’ house. Kelce — a self-proclaimed Swiftie — told member Jason Kelce successful an occurrence of their “New Heights” podcast that helium had a relationship bracelet with his telephone fig connected it but didn’t get it to the singer. “I was a small ... wounded I didn’t get to manus her 1 of the bracelets I made for her,” helium said astatine the time. Eventually, the 2 got successful touch.

September 2023: Taylor Swift shows up for her guy

Taylor Swift watches the Chiefs instrumentality connected the Chicago Bears astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City, Mo., connected Sept. 24, 2023.

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The then-rumored romance rapidly became commentary fodder for NFL broadcasts (sometimes to sports fans’ chagrin) but took a crook erstwhile Swift seemingly accepted Kelce’s idiosyncratic invitation to a location game. She was seen cheering for him successful a backstage container alongside his mother, Donna Kelce. Soon enough, Swift became a staple successful the Chiefs audience. In the pursuing months, Swift and Kelce further solidified their relationship, making it paparazzi-official during an after-party for “Saturday Night Live” and connected her Eras circuit successful November erstwhile the vocalist changed her “Karma” lyrics to notation her budding romance.

February 2024: Super Bowl LVIII (Taylor’s Version)

Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift smooch aft Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers astatine the Super Bowl successful Las Vegas successful February 2024.

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Swift and Kelce’s emotion notably played retired astatine Super Bowl LVIII, wherever the Chiefs faced the San Francisco 49ers. When the Chiefs won, the Grammy victor joined Kelce connected the field, kissing and hugging him. A week earlier the large game, Swift announced her album, “Tortured Poets Department,” astatine the Grammy Awards. The medium seemingly refers to Kelce successful songs “The Alchemy” and “So High School.”

The brace continued going beardown passim 2024. As Swift‘s circuit continued, Kelce joined his superstar woman connected signifier successful London. She besides returned regularly to Arrowhead Stadium for Chiefs location games during the 2024-25 NFL season. Swift ended her Eras circuit successful December 2024 and hosted a backstage wrapper enactment to observe her philharmonic marathon. Of course, beau Kelce was successful attendance.

August 2025: Baby, conscionable accidental ‘yes!’

The pursuing twelvemonth was a comparatively quieter 1 for the couple. Kelce and his Chiefs failed to bushed the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Super Bowl LIX and Swift was successful the midst of recovering from her circuit and preparing for her newest album. But conscionable erstwhile determination seemed to beryllium a lull successful each things Taylor-Travis, the mates deed immoderate large milestones.

First, Swift yet appeared connected the Kelce brothers’ “New Heights” podcast. Remember, that’s wherever each of this started. The couple, of course, spoke astir their whirlwind romance, but the main header was that Swift would merchandise her medium “The Life of a Showgirl” aboriginal that fall. With songs “Redwood” and “Wish List,” it was beauteous wide Kelce inspired Swift during the songwriting process.

Second, and much importantly, “Love Story” vocalist Swift announced connected Instagram that she and Kelce were engaged. She shared photos from their dreamy plot connection with the caption: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” Kelce popped the question with an elongated aged excavation chopped cushion acceptable wrong an engraved golden band. Speculation connected the details of their nuptials, including day and location, were astir instantly underway.

Since their engagement, Kelce and Swift person appeared unneurotic astatine a fistful of high-profile events including the iHeartRadio Music Awards successful March, courtside astatine Rocket Arena successful Cleveland during the 2026 NBA playoffs and the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremonial successful June, which honored Swift.

For now, invited to New York, soon-to-be Mr. and Mrs.