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RandySF

(58,835 posts)
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 09:59 PM Feb 10

Taylor Swift Begins Mad Dash to Super Bowl LVIII

With Taylor Swift’s final show in Tokyo coming to an end on Saturday, all that’s left to do is run.

The superstar reportedly touched down at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday after she was rushed to Haneda Airport where her private jet waited for her once the show concluded. Super fans tracking the pop star’s travels believed she had reached LAX around 3:30 p.m., although the jet they identified as hers had all its windows drawn, barring views of the singer herself.

If the sleuths are right, Swift, with nearly 5,500 miles behind her, has only about 225 miles to go to reach Las Vegas, Nevada to see her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, play in the Super Bowl on Sunday. While the tight-end for the Kansas City Chiefs will certainly be there, Swift’s team has made no comment about her travel plans.

For once, it’d be kind of nice if someone was tracking Swift’s plane. Earlier this week, it was reported that the singer’s lawyers had threatened legal action against a college student who was doing just that. Swift has been criticized for her astoundingly high carbon footprint, mostly stemming from her use of her private jets, one of which she recently sold. Swift’s unease at being tracked might serve to explain the lack of official information about her flight.




https://www.thedailybeast.com/taylor-swift-begins-mad-dash-to-super-bowl-lviii-to-see-travis-kelce-play?ref=home?ref=home

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Taylor Swift Begins Mad Dash to Super Bowl LVIII (Original Post) RandySF Feb 10 OP
It's like NORAD on Christmas Eve! Where is Santa! Where is Taylor! Croney Feb 10 #1
At least Santa doesn't have carbon and other hazards destroying the earth. jimfields33 Feb 10 #2
Think of all that reindeer poop falling on people's lawns around the globe! Croney Feb 10 #3
Ha. I guess that's funny. jimfields33 Feb 10 #4
How does a world music star meet her fans demands without having a travel carbon footprint? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #5
Swift has authored a charter speak easy Feb 10 #6
I am clueless about her music, but OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #7
Here's some fun speak easy Feb 10 #8
I'll have to circle back. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #9
Ha - she even had a 'morans' sign carrier in that. consider_this Feb 11 #10
Did I See Ryan Reynolds? ProfessorGAC Feb 11 #11
I did, so I betcha consider_this Feb 11 #12
here are the battalion of folks that appeared: consider_this Feb 11 #13
I Don't Know... ProfessorGAC Feb 11 #14
she was at a table in a diner consider_this Feb 11 #15
Whoosh! ProfessorGAC Feb 11 #16
Most are famously LGBTQ consider_this Feb 11 #17
That Certainly Makes Sense... ProfessorGAC Feb 11 #18
Ryan was imitating Norman Rockwell painting a picture wishstar Feb 11 #21
I think if I were to become rich mountain grammy Feb 11 #19
She left on a 10hr flight with a 17hr time difference... CottonBear Feb 11 #20

jimfields33

(15,807 posts)
2. At least Santa doesn't have carbon and other hazards destroying the earth.
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 10:06 PM
Feb 10

I can’t believe people are cool with this. Excited about a rich elite flying on private jet to attend a football game. Unbelievable!

OAITW r.2.0

(24,504 posts)
5. How does a world music star meet her fans demands without having a travel carbon footprint?
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 10:13 PM
Feb 10

She can't even travel 1st class without creating a social frenzy.....every time she flies.

It would not surprise me in the least, if she is aware of her carbon footprint and invests in social projects to mitigate the same.

speak easy

(9,252 posts)
6. Swift has authored a charter
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 10:42 PM
Feb 10

outlining a six-year conservation agreement between the world’s nations that, if executed, would restore 2 billion acres of lost rainforest by 2030.

I suspect she has invested in reforestation.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,504 posts)
7. I am clueless about her music, but
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 10:48 PM
Feb 10

a person who can make the world resonate....that is pretty fricken impressive. To last and thrive, she has to be in total control of her person. Good for her and I hope she continues to message what she believes.

consider_this

(2,203 posts)
13. here are the battalion of folks that appeared:
Sun Feb 11, 2024, 10:34 AM
Feb 11

Laverne Cox, RuPaul, Adam Lambert, Ellen DeGeneres, RuPaul, Billy Porter, all the Queer Eye guys, Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

I went to look up, since there were other faces that were familiar, but not enough for me to know their names and found this article - listing them all (with pics):
https://ew.com/music/taylor-swift-you-need-to-calm-down-video-cameos/

ProfessorGAC

(65,044 posts)
14. I Don't Know...
Sun Feb 11, 2024, 10:37 AM
Feb 11

...some of those people, and I thought that was RuPaul, but I didn't see Ellen. Completely missed her.

mountain grammy

(26,621 posts)
19. I think if I were to become rich
Sun Feb 11, 2024, 10:56 AM
Feb 11

I would lease private jets. John Elway shills for a private jet company. Sounds like a bargain 🤣🤣🤣

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
20. She left on a 10hr flight with a 17hr time difference...
Sun Feb 11, 2024, 11:36 AM
Feb 11

…meaning that she landed at LAX 7 hours before she left Japan. She crossed the international date line traveling from west to east.

She arrived in LA late afternoon on Saturday 24 hours before the Super Bowl.


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