Travis Kelce Recruiting Superstar Taylor Swift for New Heights Event
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said on the November 11 episode of New Heights that he will ask his wife, Taylor Swift, to help with the podcast's next live tailgate. His brother Jason wants a stage like the one used in Philadelphia.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said on the November 11 episode of his podcast New Heights that he is recruiting superstar wife Taylor Swift to help with the show's next live event. The idea came up while he and his brother Jason debriefed their Philadelphia tailgate.
Travis, 37, and Jason, 39, hosted the tailgate ahead of Sunday's game between the Eagles and the New York Giants. It took place at Stateside Live! in Philadelphia.
A stage makes the difference
Jason, who attended, called it the "best" tailgate the brothers have hosted yet. He credited the stage in part.
The former Eagles center said they had "struggled" with earlier live events in Philadelphia and Kansas City. Without a stage, people in the crowd could not always see what was happening.
This time, he said, "the stage made a huge impact." Fans could follow everything from male and female sumo wrestling competitions to hobby horsing.
"I'll see what my wife can cook up"
The problem, Jason said, is that most tailgates have no stage. "I don't know how we're going to do it … maybe build our own," he said. Then he turned to his brother: "Do you know anybody who knows anything about stages?"
"Yeah, I actually do," Travis replied, laughing. "I'll see what my wife can cook up."
Jason then joked about how Swift, 36, might respond to the pair. He imagined her telling the companies she works with not to mess around with them.
Swift's live-show experience
The line landed as a joke, though the logic holds. Swift has toured since she was a teenager and ran her billion-dollar Eras Tour in 2023 and 2024. Her most recent music came in September, when The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore returned her to No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
The Kelce brothers already have event experience of their own. Travis has hosted two Kelce Jam festivals to honor the Chiefs' Super Bowl wins in 2023 and 2024. Artists on those bills included Lil Wayne, Diplo and Machine Gun Kelly.
Travis also kept his proposal to Swift secret. He set everything up in 2025 while she was busy recording her guest appearance on New Heights. "During that recording, the entire time I'm planning, like, 'I'm gonna ask this woman to marry me after this,'" he recalled of his nerves.
Podcast and wedding background
The couple confirmed their engagement in August 2025, after two years of dating. That was two weeks after Swift made her first and, so far, only appearance on the podcast.
In that episode she announced her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, released October 3, 2025. It became the podcast's most-watched episode, with more than 10 million YouTube views in 16 hours. Travis later called her "so magical." The episode went on to rank as Apple's No. 3 podcast episode of the year.
Travis and Swift married in July at Madison Square Garden, with about 1,000 family members, friends and A-list guests. Neither brother has named a date or city for the next New Heights live event.
