Taylor Swift has returned to the NFL stands in support of her rumoured-beau – bringing a star-studded entourage with her.
Swift is rumoured to be dating Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce, with the pair being spotted together after last weekend’s round of NFL matches.
Her much-hyped presence in the stands this weekend sent ticket sales soaring for the Kansas City Chiefs game against New York Jets, with purchases in a single day more than doubling the previous record for this season so far, StubHub said.
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Last weekend, she made a surprise appearance in Kansas, to join Kelce’s mother at the game, with cameras pointing at her for almost the entire match.
Clips of her drinking, celebrating, and shouting immediately went viral, as did images of her driving away with Kelce at the end of the night.
Swift’s fanbase, known as Swifties, mobilised in the hours and days after her appearance, buying-up Kelce’s replica shirt and circulating videos helping each other learn the rules of American Football.
Joining Swift in New Jersey as she watched her new flame on Sunday night was Ryan Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively, as well as new divorcees Hugh Jackman and Sophie Turner.
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It’s widely reported Turner, who has split from pop-star Joe Jonas, is currently staying in Swift’s New York flat while she stays in the city to finalise her divorce. The pair have both dated, and split, from Jonas.
Swift is good friends with model Lively, while Reynolds and Jackman have paused filming the next Deadpool film due to the ongoing Hollywood actors strike.
Also spotted with Swift at the Metlife Stadium, which she played for three nights in a row in May, was fellow musician Sabrina Carpenter, who has been opening for the mega-star on the South America leg of her tour.
In the game’s build-up on NBC (owned by Sky’s parent company, Comcast), host of the US version of The Voice Carson Daly made an appearance to explain the rules of the game to the Swifties who had likely tuned in.
“We all know this is not just any Sunday Night Football game,” Daly said, adding: “We got a call from our friends at NBC Sports asking us to put tonight’s story in language that the legions of Swifties would understand.”
He went on to talk about the game, while peppering in Swift’s song titles, ending with: “Welcome To New York”.
Swift nor Kelce have publicly revealed if they’re in a relationship – but the latter did remark on a podcast with his brother that she looked “amazing” at the game last week, adding: “Shout out to Taylor for coming through and seeing me rock the stage.”
Snoop Dogg has become a co-owner and investor of Swansea, with the US rapper hailing the Welsh football club as “an underdog that bites back, just like me”.
The former Premier League club, which plays in the English second tier, confirmed theUS rapper and producer plans to use his own money to invest in it, Sky Sports reports, although it didn’t disclose financial details.
“My love of football is well known, but it feels special to me that I make my move into club ownership with Swansea City,” the music icon said in the announcement.
“The story of the club and the area really struck a chord with me,” he added. “This is a proud, working class city and club.
“An underdog that bites back, just like me.
“I’m proud to be part of Swansea City. I am going to do all I can to help the club.”
Swansea’s American owners, led by Brett Cravatt and Jason Cohen, are trying to grow the Championship club’s global brand and increase commercial revenue.
Snoop Dogg, 53, who has 89m followers on Instagram and more than 20m on X, helped launch the team’s 2025-26 home shirt last weekend.
The club ownership group said: “To borrow a phrase from Snoop’s back catalogue, this announcement is the next episode for Swansea City as we seek to create new opportunities to boost the club’s reach and profile.”
Luka Modric, who recently signed with AC Milan from Real Madrid, joined Swansea’s ownership group in April.
Police are taking no further action over Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury.
Officers said they had investigated “comments about a forthcoming court case made during Kneecap’s performance” at the festival on 28 June.
However, after Crown Prosecution Service advice, they decided there is not enough evidence “to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for any offence”.
It said they were looking at a possible public order incident.
Police said on Friday that the investigation into Bob Vylan’s performance was ongoing.
The London duo were widely criticised – and caused a BBC crisis – after leading on-stage chants of “death to the IDF” (Israel Defence Forces).
Image: Kneecap’s Liam Og O Hannaidh appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in June. Pic: PA
Kneecap posted a photograph on Instagram, which the group said was an email from police announcing the case was being dropped.
They said their packed Glastonbury gig was a “celebration of love and solidarity” and reporting used “wildly misleading headlines”.
Fears over what Kneecap might do or say during the performance had prompted the BBC not to show it live.
The group said: “Every single person who saw our set knew no law was broken, not even close… yet the police saw fit to publicly announce they were opening an investigation.”
“There is no public apology, they don’t send this to media or post it on police accounts,” they added.
The police statement on Friday said they had informed Kneecap of their decision to drop the case.
A huge fire has destroyed the main stage of a major festival in Belgium – two days before it was due to begin.
Tomorrowland is a dance music event as big as Glastonbury – and David Guetta was due to perform.
Footage showed flames and thick plumes of black smoke engulfing the stage and spreading to nearby woodland on Wednesday.
Image: The fire gutted the main stage
Image: Fire crews attempt to bring the blaze under control
The annual festival in the town of Boom, north of Brussels, is one of the biggest in Europe and attracts about 400,000 people over two consecutive weekends.
It is famous for its immersive and elaborate designs and attracts big names within dance music – including Guetta, best known for tracks When Love Takes Over and Titanium.
Dutch DJs Martin Garrix and Charlotte de Witte were also due to perform, along with the likes of Swedish House Mafia, Eric Prydz and Alok.
Image: Black smoke could be seen rising into the sky
The festival’s website described the creative elements which went into the elaborate main stage.
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The theme, described as Orbyz, was “set in a magical universe made entirely out of ice” and “full of mythical creatures”.
Organisers said no one was injured in the blaze but confirmed “our beloved main stage has been severely damaged”, adding they were “devastated”.
Spokesperson Debby Wilmsen added: “We received some truly terrible news today. A fire broke out on the Tomorrowland site … and our main stage was essentially destroyed there, which is truly awful.
“That’s a stage that took years to build, with so much love and passion. So I think a lot of people are devastated.”
Image: Spokesperson Debby Wilmsen told reporters ‘a lot of people are devastated’
Despite the fire, Tomorrowland organisers said they were still expecting 38,000 festivalgoers at DreamVille, the event’s campsite.