Taylor Swift lands in Los Angeles after completing a crazy nine-hour trip from the Tokyo Eras Tour show… and the pop superstar is set to make it to Vegas in time to see Travis Kelce in the Super Bowl!
Taylor Swift has completed leg one of her mad dash from Tokyo to reach Super Bowl LVIII after landing in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
The pop superstar has flown about nine hours and 9,000 miles in an attempt to see her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs play in the Super Bowl on Sunday night.
Swift exited the stage at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night and was rushed straight to her private jet at Haneda Airport, according to the Associated Press.
The 14-time Grammy Award winner’s jet, listed as ‘VistaJet (The Football Era)’ – in an apparent nod to Swift’s new love for the sport – on popular flight-tracking website FlightRadar touched down in Los Angeles at 15.35 local time.
The singer is expected to stay at her home in Los Angeles before continuing to Sin City on Sunday morning.
Taylor Swift has completed stage one of her mad dash from Tokyo to reach the Super Bowl
Swift went straight from the stage to her private jet at Haneda Airport to fly back to America
A plane branded ‘The Football Era’ awaited Swift on the tarmac in Tokyo. The plane pictured is a stock photo and not the exact jet the pop star flies
Swift’s own private jet is believed to be at Burbank Airport on standby to rush her to Las Vegas for the big game.
She now has just over 24 hours to complete the final, much shorter leg of her journey – 300 miles over to Vegas, Nevada.
The time difference from Asia to the west coast of North America meant that although she performed Saturday night in Tokyo, she actually landed earlier than in LA.
All eyes have been on Swift to see if she would make it across the world to see her husband, with several Eras Tour shows taking place in Melbourne, Australia from Friday.
Fans will desperately try to track the jet around the world as she heads to her 13th Chiefs game of the season – coincidentally her lucky number.
On stage in Tokyo earlier in the evening, Swift had told the crowd that ‘we’re all going on an amazing adventure’. While she was presumably referring to the show, it also applies to her next few days as she travels across the world and back again, all in the name of Kelce.
With a final bow at the end of her sold-out show, dressed in a blue sequined miniskirt, screaming audience, strobe lights pulsing, confetti falling, Swift disappeared under the stage – and her journey to the other side of the world began.
Meanwhile, her boyfriend Kelce had a more low-key Saturday compared to his superstar boyfriend after the Chiefs wrapped up their final full practice before the big game on Friday.
Superstar tight end Kelce has been building up to the Super Bowl from Las Vegas all week
In Vegas, Kelce has fielded questions about his superstar girlfriend throughout the week
The singer has traveled thousands of miles to make the Super Bowl from Tokyo, Japan
Swift has already been to 12 Chiefs games this season, and Sunday will be her lucky 13th.
It’s been a long week of build-up for both teams, and Patrick Mahomes, Kelce and co will now hope they’ve done everything they can to lift the Lombardi Trophy this weekend as they wrap up their final practice session before the big day.
The reigning Super Bowl champions reportedly worked on red-zone, short-yardage and goal-line plays in a 66-minute session Friday.
And on Saturday, they were scheduled to have a mock game, then take a team photo and return to their hotel 30 minutes from Allegiant Stadium.
Swift’s expected trip to watch Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas on Sunday, US time, has fired imaginations and speculations for weeks.
‘I hope she can return in time. It’s so romantic,’ office worker Hitomi Takahashi, 29, told the AP before the Tokyo Show on Saturday.
At the concert, there was plenty of evidence of the unique cultural phenomenon, the Swift-Kelce relationship, a connection between pro football and Swift’s immense star power.
In addition to people wearing sequin dresses celebrating Swift in the packed Tokyo Dome, there were Travis Kelce jerseys and hats and other gear celebrating the Chiefs.
Some in Tokyo spent thousands of dollars to attend the pop superstar’s concerts this week – although it may not be quite as much as it will cost to get to the Super Bowl in Vegas tomorrow night.
Swift has received criticism for the regular use of her private jet in recent weeks and months
Fans line up outside Swift’s fourth and final Eras Tour show in Tokyo earlier Saturday night
In the midst of a crazy week, even Japanese diplomats have gotten in on the action, commenting on Swift’s crazy streak around the world.
The Japanese Embassy in Washington posted on social media that she could make it to the Super Bowl in time, including in their statement three Swift song titles – ‘Speak Now’, ‘Fearless’ and ‘Red’.
“If she leaves Tokyo the evening after her concert, she should comfortably arrive in Las Vegas before the Super Bowl begins,” it said.
Takahashi, the fan at the Tokyo Dome, was aware of the criticism Swift has faced about her private jets, but said the singer was being singled out unfairly.
‘A lot of other people fly on business and she’s here for her job. She’s facing a bashing because she’s famous and stands out,’ Takahashi told the AP.
Swift fans line up outside the Tokyo Dome ahead of her Eras Tour concert on Saturday night
Kelce and Swift kiss on the field in Baltimore after the Chiefs’ AFC Championship win
Swift has already criss-crossed the globe this week.
Before coming to Asia, she attended the Grammys in Los Angeles, where she won her 14th Grammy and a record fourth album of the year award for ‘Midnights’. The show was watched by almost 17 million people. She also made a surprise announcement that her next album is set to drop in April.
Then the four concerts in Tokyo, and now, apparently, a rush trip to try to get to Las Vegas to watch Kelce, tight end for the Chiefs, play in the Super Bowl. She has followed Kelce for most of the Chiefs’ season.
“This week really is the best kind of chaos,” Swift Posted on Wednesday on Instagram.