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Taylor Swift was no stranger to Madison Square Garden before it became the reported venue for her wedding to Travis Kelce. The “Cornelia Street” singer, who has been in a relationship with Kelce since 2023, has performed several concerts at the iconic New York City venue in midtown Manhattan, including two stops on her headline tours and four appearances at Z100’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball.

Ahead of her highly-anticipated nuptials, Us Weekly breaks down every time Swift has performed at MSG.

The Fearless Tour

Swift made her MSG concert debut in August 2009 during her first headlining tour, Fearless Tour, promoting her second studio album, Fearless.

“I’m freaking out,” Swift told Rolling Stone before she took the stage at MSG. “I had to force myself to go to sleep last night, because I ran through the set list 400 times in my mind: every single change, every single step.”

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The show’s setlist featured many of her early hits, including “Love Story,” “Our Song” and “Should’ve Said No.”

The Speak Now Tour

Swift returned to MSG in November 2011 to perform two back-to-back shows during her Speak Now World Tour, in promotion of her 2010 album, Speak Now.

The MSG shows were full of surprises, including a handful of celebrity cameos. During the November 21, 2011, stop, Swift was joined by Goo Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik to perform a duet of the band’s beloved song “Iris.”

For the second MSG show on November 22, 2011, Swift brought out legendary singer-songwriter James Taylor to perform duets of his hit “Fire and Rain” and her song “Fifteen.” That same night, Swift brought out longtime friend Selena Gomez to perform her song “Who Says.”

Z100’s Jingle Ball 2012

One year after her Speak Now World Tour appearance, Swift returned to MSG on December 7, 2012, to headline Jingle Ball.

She made the appearance while promoting her 2012 Red album and sang many of her new songs at the time, including “State of Grace,” “I Knew You Were Trouble” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”

Swift was also joined onstage by Ed Sheeran to perform their collaboration “Everything Has Changed,” which marked their first performance of the song.

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Ed Sheeran’s + Tour

After Sheeran supported Swift as an opening act on her The Red Tour, he brought her out as a surprise guest during his November 1, 2013, stop at MSG during his + Tour. The duo performed “Everything Has Changed” together.

Z100’s Jingle Ball 2014

Swift returned to MSG for a fifth time to perform at Jingle Ball on December 12, 2014, while promoting her 1989 album.

She opened the performance with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” before she sang additional hits, including “Blank Space,” “I Knew You Were Trouble” and “Shake It Off.”

Z100’s Jingle Ball 2017

Swift returned to MSG for Jingle Ball on December 8, 2017. While promoting her Reputation album, Swift performed tracks from the album including “…”Ready For It?,” “Gorgeous” and “Look What You Made Me Do.”

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Meanwhile, the event also marked a reunion for Swift and Sheeran when he joined her on stage to perform their Reputation track, “End Game.”

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Z100’s Jingle Ball 2019

Swift’s most recent Jingle Ball appearance took place on December 13, 2019, when she was promoting her Lover album. The event was held on her 30th birthday, and the crowd surprised her with a rendition of “Happy Birthday” as Elvis Duran brought out a giant, three-tiered.

“I had a choice,” Swift told the crowd during her set. “Where would I want to spend my 30th birthday? The answer is: you’re looking at it. This is the first show of the 30th year of my life.”

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Meet Melat Kiros, the Ethiopian-born anti-Israel socialist crusader who is DSA’s rising star after stunning upset in Colorado

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WASHINGTON — Democratic socialism is spreading West.

Political newcomer Melat Kiros, 29, who took down 15-term Democratic incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Col.) in a stunning primary upset Tuesday, is riding a wave of anti-Israel and anti-ICE sentiment sweeping her party.

The Ethiopian-born PhD student has pushed to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), suggested that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks were “inevitable,” downplayed suggestions that a firebombing of a Jewish rally was an act of antisemitism, and more.

Once in the House of Representatives, which is considered likely because she’s in a safe blue district, Kiros has vowed to push Democrats as far left as possible and to oppose Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) becoming speaker.

Political awakening

Kiros refined many of her far-left views in law school at Notre Dame in the early 2020s, a period she describes as her political awakening, as the country was roiled by the COVID-19 pandemic and peak wokeness.

“I literally watched the Federalist Society handpicking some of my classmates onto the judge track in their decades-long bid to pack the courts,” she complained, according to Vox. “…I just lost faith in the system; I think a lot of young people did.”

Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros smiles at her primary election night watch party. — The democratic socialist has been a staunch critic of capitalism, Israel, and ICE. AP Photo/Rebecca Slezak

After law school in 2022, she joined the law firm Sidley Austin in New York, where she worked as a regulatory and enforcement associate. The following year, she was fired for writing a viral open letter lambasting law firms for pushing to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses.

“By chilling future lawyers’ employment prospects for criticism of the Israeli government’s actions and its legitimacy, you are complicit in Israel’s weaponization of anti-Semitism against legitimate concerns for the right of self-determination and the livelihood of the Palestinian people,” she wrote in the missive.

Sidley Austin demanded she take the letter down, but Kiros claims she refused and was fired as a result.

“I didn’t flinch because I stood by every word and I always will,” she boasted during her victory speech Tuesday.

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That move drew headlines and boosted her name recognition in lefty circles.

After losing her law gig, Kiros moved back to Colorado, where her family had immigrated while she was just 11-months-old. Her father had been picked in America’s Diversity Visa Lottery, per her campaign website.

Back home, she enrolled in a PhD program in public policy and worked as a barista.

Then, in the middle of last year, she decided to launch a seemingly long-shot primary challenge against DeGette, who is widely considered to be a very progressive lawmaker and has served in Congress longer than Kiros has been alive.

DeGette had the backing of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Diana DeGette speaking into a pink microphone at a League of Women Voters forum. — Rep. Diana DeGette was one of the more progressive members of the House Democratic Caucus. Denver Post via Getty Images

But Kiros’ candidacy caught fire with the DSA and other lefty groups that were hunting for candidates to take on incumbent Democrats and push the party further leftwards.

One of the major differences between the two was Kiros’ tougher stance against Israel. DeGette faced grassroots pushback for supporting defensive aid to Israel.

Kiros, however, made tough talk against the Jewish state a feature of her campaign.

For example, she told notorious lefty streamer Hasan Piker that the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack was an “inevitable consequence of apartheid,” though she later clarified she wasn’t trying to say it was justified.

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Piker is a very controversial streamer, having declared that “America deserved 9/11″ and praised the “brave mujahideen” who injured Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas).

In a similar vein, she told 9News journalist Kyle Clark that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were an “inevitable consequence” of US foreign policy.

Kiros has stirred local controversy for downplaying the role of antisemitism in the June 1, 2025, firebombing attack at a weekly Jewish gathering aimed at bringing attention to the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas. One person was killed and a dozen were injured in that attack.

Melat Kiros speaking to supporters at an election-night watch party. — Melat Kiros has indicated she won’t support Hakeem Jeffries for speaker. Getty Images

The attacker, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, screamed “Free Palestine” before later stating that he “wanted to kill all Zionist people,” according to the FBI.

Kiros repeatedly declined to call it antisemitism and told NOTUS that it wasn’t “entirely obvious that it was just motivated by antisemitism.”

Many of her positions are similar to those of other DSA members, including support for Medicare for All, a modified Green New Deal, and mass amnesty. Kiros also wants a 10% slash in Pentagon spending.

“People are seeing that capitalism is responsible for a lot of the degradation that we’re seeing in our economy, that we’re seeing in our democracy, that we’re certainly seeing in our climate as well,” she claimed in a recent interview.

“They’re demanding a new way to organize our economy.”

Should she win in November, she will be the first Gen. Z woman to serve in Congress and the second Zoomer overall, after Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.)

She is riding a socialist revolt within the Democratic Party, as far-left candidates have won primaries across New York, Maine, Illinois, and elsewhere heading into the midterms.

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