Taylor Swift to rock Tokyo before making it to the Super Bowl, says Japan’s embassy
For anyone worried that Taylor Swift won’t make it home from her overseas tour in time to see her boyfriend Travis Kelce at the Super Bowl, Japan’s embassy has a comforting message: “Don’t be afraid.”
The diplomatic mission in Washington issued a statement Friday that apparently seeks to ease the concerns of fans who fear their idol could miss next week’s big game due to the tight schedule.
Swift is scheduled to perform at the Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital from February 7 to 10, which leaves her little time—given the long flight and time difference—to return to the Super Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on the 11th of February.
Swift’s last concert will begin at 06:00 pm and will likely last about three hours. Despite the 12-hour flight and 17-hour time difference, the embassy can confidently say that if she leaves Tokyo in the evening after her concert, she should comfortably arrive in Las Vegas before the Super Bowl begins. This would allow her to support the Chiefs as they face off against the San Francisco 49ers.
Swift has been a regular at Kansas City Chiefs games since she showed up at Kelce’s family suite in September last year to watch them play the Chicago Bears, sparking speculation that the two were dating. The couple later confirmed in separate interviews that they had already been seeing each other before that match.
As the Japanese embassy statement demonstrates, Taylormania is not limited to the NFL or even the United States. In Asia, the singer sparked a ticket sales frenzy after announcing that she would give six concerts in Singapore and four in Tokyo. Tickets for the Singapore dates sold out within hours, leaving legions of “Swifties”—as their fans are known—disappointed and empty-handed.