Taylor Swift's history with MSG, from talent competition to wedding bash

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Taylor Swift is not shy astir her emotion for New York City, referencing it successful respective lyrics — from the evident "Welcome to New York" connected "1989" to much subtle references similar "Your heartbeat connected the High Line" successful the opus "Cardigan."

And connected her 4th workplace album, "Red," Swift alludes to Madison Square Garden, the venue wherever she and Travis Kelce plan to big aggregate wedding events this week, sources say.

In "The Lucky One," Swift sings astir a prima who yet chooses a quiescent beingness implicit fame, utilizing the iconic venue arsenic a awesome for the limelight:

"They accidental you bought a clump of onshore somewhere

Chose the roseate plot implicit Madison Square

And it took immoderate time, but I recognize it now"

But Swift doesn't look to beryllium making the aforesaid prime arsenic the taxable of "The Lucky One." She and Kelce program to person a rehearsal meal Thursday and a bigger solemnisation Friday at Madison Square Garden, according to 2 instrumentality enforcement sources acquainted with the information readying for the events.

Beyond her lyrics, Swift has had a decadeslong past with Madison Square Garden, performing determination arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2003 and adjacent celebrating her 30th day astatine the venue.

Here's a look astatine her ties to the venue:

Knicks halftime show

Madison Square Garden welcomed Swift to New York successful 2003 erstwhile she took portion successful a endowment contention during halftime astatine a Knicks game. Swift sang "Lucky You," an unreleased archetypal song.

"I performed astatine the Knicks' — astatine Madison Square Garden's — Kids Talent Competition astatine halftime erstwhile I was 12 oregon 13," Swift told TIME successful a 2014 interview. "And ever since past I've had this benignant of sparkly, magical sentiment of Madison Square Garden and the Knicks, since they fto maine sing erstwhile I was a small kid."

"I emotion you, New York," Swift yelled to the crowd during her performance.

Tour stops

Swift had concerts astatine Madison Square Garden during 2 of her tours: "Fearless" successful 2009 and "Speak Now" successful 2011.

The venue wasn't portion of her aboriginal tours, arsenic she needed larger spaces.

Swift besides made an quality during 1 of Ed Sheeran's concerts astatine the venue successful 2013. The duo sang their opus "Everything Has Changed."

Taylor Swift joins Ed Sheeran connected signifier astatine Madison Square Garden successful 2013

Jingle Ball

Swift has performed successful 5 of iHeartRadio's yearly Jingle Ball events astatine Madison Square Garden. The concerts typically instrumentality spot successful aboriginal December. In 2019, the amusement fell connected Dec. 13, Swift's 30th birthday.

"I had a choice," Swift said connected stage, according to Variety. "Where would I privation to walk my 30th birthday? The reply is: you're looking astatine it. This is the archetypal amusement of the 30th twelvemonth of my life."

Radio big Elvis Duran presented Swift with a elephantine barroom featuring images of her cats to observe her birthday.

Taylor Swift astatine iHeartRadio's Z100 Jingle Ball 2019

Taylor Swift astatine Z100's Jingle Ball 2012

Knicks games

On apical of her performances, Swift has sat successful "celebrity row" astatine aggregate Knicks games implicit the years.

In the 2014 TIME interview, Swift described erstwhile Knicks prima Amar'e Stoudemire and his then-wife, Alexis, arsenic "the astir mean people" astatine the Met Gala the years she attended.

"I speech with them and bent with them each clip I'm there. So I've ever had this benignant of emotion of the Knicks, conscionable due to the fact that Amar'e is truthful cool," she said.

Swift astir precocious appeared courtside astatine Madison Square Garden during Game 4 of the NBA Finals, successful which the Knicks had an historical comeback against the San Antonio Spurs.