Taylor Swift wraps up European leg of tour. Will she head to Chiefs game or DNC?

The memes began shortly after Taylor Swift wrapped up the European leg of her Eras Tour in London on Tuesday.

Swift’s fans were certain she would be headed to Kansas City to see her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Others envisioned Kelce making an airport run.

Here are a couple of examples.

Swift now begins a well-deserved break as the Eras Tour won’t start up again until Oct. 18. As one of the most famous people in the world, Swift’s every move is closely watched.

Fans are wondering what Swift will do next and many believe there are two likely destinations: Kansas City or Chicago. Here’s why those two cities are on the minds of her fans.

Kansas City

Chiefs coach Andy Reid said this week he’ll likely keep his starters out of Thursday’s preseason game against the Chicago Bears at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

It would be a full-circle moment of sorts if Swift decided to attend the game, even if Kelce doesn’t play. Her first game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead was last September, when the Chiefs played host to the Bears.

Swift reportedly is planning to spend much of her current break in Kansas City with Kelce. One outlet reported she is “looking forward to the simple joys of being together.”

While Kelce won’t play against the Bears, he’ll be on the sideline, so it would make sense for Swift to watch from her usual spot in an Arrowhead suite.

The “Brads, dads and Chads” might not like it, but the TV cameras would certainly be focused on Swift’s return to KC.

While Swift still has Eras Tour dates scheduled later this year in the United States and Canada, she would have time to be at 14 regular-season games. That would include the Sept. 5 NFL Kickoff Game against the Baltimore Ravens at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs will raise their Super Bowl LVIII banner that night ... and Swift wouldn’t want to miss that, right?

Chicago

The Democratic National Convention hadn’t even begun Monday when CNN began reporting about speculation — wishful thinking? — among delegates that Swift could show up to support Kamala Harris’ bid to become the next president of the U.S. (Swift endorsed Harris for vice-president in 2020).

“Rumors are swirling, big-time, that two of the biggest names in music, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift ... might make appearances,” CNN’s Sara Sidner said in a report about which A-list celebrities were expected at the convention.

Besides celebrities hosting the DNC — “Scandal” star Kerry Washington will preside Thursday on Harris’ big night — and those in the arena, John Legend and others are performing at parties around Chicago.

Beyoncé has implicitly backed Harris by giving her camp permission to use the anthem “Freedom,” from her 2016 album “Lemonade,” in the campaign. It was featured in Harris’ first ad and is used as her walk-out song at rallies.

Like Swift, Beyoncé endorsed Biden-Harris in 2020.

Neither has publicly endorsed Harris this time around ... yet. But Swift’s fans didn’t wait for an endorsement in forming their own “Swifties for Harris” groups online just hours after the vice-president became the top of the ticket. A grassroots Swifties for Harris group on X, not affiliated with Swift, has more than 64,000 members.

Trump angered many Swift fans with a recent Truth Social post of a fake endorsement showing an AI-generated depiction of Swift, dressed as Uncle Sam, with the phrase, “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump.”

“I accept,” Trump wrote.

Swift’s management has not said anything publicly about the post, though fans online said they want the singer to sue Trump for using her image that way.

Other photos in the post showed Trump supporters wearing “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts.

In a statement to CNN, one of those supporters said that “of all the millions of Taylor Swift fans, of course there will be many who support Trump and conservative values and also love her music. We exist. We are real.”

Swift doesn’t have to show up at Chicago’s United Center for her presence to be felt.

Delegates are wearing and trading Swift-inspired friendship bracelets. And on Tuesday, Swift’s hit song “Shake It Off” was played during a unique musical roll call.

This story was originally published August 21, 2024 at 11:42 AM.