SYDNEY, Australia – NFL star Travis Kelce was spotted arriving in Sydney, Australia on Thursday to support his girlfriend Taylor Swift, who is set to perform a series of sold-out concerts as part of the international leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour. Aerial footage provided by Channel Seven Australia showed the Kansas City Chiefs player emerging from a private jet and entering a van in Sydney, where Swift will perform the first of four concerts in the city on Friday.
Kelce, 34, and his teammate Ross Travis, also 34, have been traveling across the world to support each other’s careers. Swift, 32, recently performed in Tokyo before flying to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl, which the Chiefs won for the third time in five years. She then returned to the Asia-Pacific for three shows in Melbourne, Australia, where she performed before a crowd of 96,000 fans in what she said was her biggest concert ever.
In November, Kelce traveled to Argentina to watch Swift’s concert in Buenos Aires. The Eras Tour, the first concert tour to cross the billion-dollar mark, has been credited with boosting local economies as the shows draw fans from near and far. Swift’s concerts in Australia this month coincided with a “Swiftposium” academic conference in Melbourne for scholars to discuss the economic and other implications of her popularity.
An Eras Tour concert film, released in theaters worldwide in October, was also the highest-grossing domestic concert film ever within a few days of its premiere in the United States and Canada. Swift’s last concerts in Asia are from March 2-9 in Singapore, where government officials said they had awarded Swift a grant in support of her six shows in the city-state, the only place she is performing in Southeast Asia. They did not disclose the amount, citing business confidentiality, but noted the “significant benefits to the Singapore economy” her concerts would most likely bring.
Kelce’s visit to Sydney with Swift reflects the couple’s commitment to supporting each other’s careers and the success of the Eras Tour, which has had a significant impact on both the music industry and local economies around the world. With Swift’s ongoing success and international acclaim, it is clear that her influence reaches far beyond the borders of the United States.