Travis Kelce Had ‘So Much Fun’ Witnessing Coachella ‘Madness’ From the Pit With Taylor Swift

Coachella weekend one was a playground and a musical wonderland for Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, who attended the festival with Taylor Swift. The couple was spotted in the crowd at sets for Ice Spice, Dom Dolla, and more, having opted to immerse themselves in the pit (albeit in the more exclusive VIP section) rather than watch from the side of the stage. Kelce recapped the weekend during the latest episode of his New Heights podcast, which he co-hosts with his brother Jason.

“I like to see it from the fans’ perspective,” Kelce shared. “Because I am a fan of music, I’m a fan of live shows. I want to see it from the front of the stage. We probably could have finessed it that way, but I think it’s just that much more of an experience if you’re in the pit, man, if you’re in the madness with all the fans.”

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One of the few sets Kelce and Swift did opt to watch from side-stage was Bleachers, the band fronted by the singer’s go-to collaborator and longtime friend Jack Antonoff. Swift being in the crowd for that might have caused something of a frenzy, but they got just as good of a view from where they were. “My guy Jack Antonoff—he absolutely ripped it,” Kelce added. “I had so much fun seeing him go nuts with the guitar, all his boys. He had two sax players, two drummers, two guitars, and they just ripped it. It was so much fun.”

Kelce, who recently announced the second year of his Kelce Jam music festival, entered his happy place at Coachella. “I love live music, I don’t get enough of it in my life,” he said. “I just like going to events, going places where people are seeing all these talented people in the world, I just like to experience that type of shit. That’s the one thing that I really enjoy about Coachella is that it’s not just one genre of music.”

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