Taylor Swift’s final night on the Eras Tour came with an extra dose of emotion and a soccer game in the background.
As the global tour wrapped up in Vancouver on December 8, 2024, the pop superstar found herself balancing the biggest night of her career with her support of fiancé Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Swift, 36, took the stage for the final time on the record-breaking tour on Sunday as the Chiefs faced the Los Angeles Chargers in Kansas City.
A behind-the-scenes look at her Disney+ docuseries The end of an era shows how closely she followed the game in the hours leading up to her performance.
Wearing a Chiefs sweatshirt, Swift walked into his locker room and asked, “Have you played yet?” when the match was played on TV.
She sat with her father, Scott Swift, and reacted in real time, audibly cheering and stressing through key moments.
“Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God… Thank you sir, I need them to keep running away with this,” she exclaimed as the game progressed.
Scott couldn’t help but point out how unexpected the moment felt.
Swift agreed, joking, “I never thought you and I would talk about sports in my life. I mean, it hadn’t happened when I was 32.” Her father quickly added, “I was just waiting a little.”
Despite the high stakes of her last show, Swift insisted she could handle both worlds.
As she practiced her surprise songs, she kept looking at the screen.
During a review of New Romanticsshe even tweaked the lyrics, singing, “Get it down first, please.” When the Chiefs scored, she abruptly stopped practicing to yell, “Touchdown!” as Scott laughed.
“Yes! Oh s–t. If this goes my way, the kind of day I’m about to have…,” she said, clearly feeling a streak of good luck.
The Chiefs ultimately won 19–17 to win their ninth straight AFC West title. Later that evening, Swift closed the Eras Tour, marking the end of a pivotal chapter in her career.
Reflecting on the journey in a voiceover, she admitted that the trip had consumed almost everything.
“I think after this tour it would be nice to grow back some of the things that I’ve had to cut out of my life,” she said. “I’ll let you know.”
For Swift, the night was a reminder that even in the biggest moment of her career, love, family and a Chiefs touchdown mattered just as much.
