News Room : First glimpse from inside Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s opulent wedding party… and MAJOR clue about who will perform at the big blowout: Live updates

Preparation ahead of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding festivities revealed who would be performing on the night.

A worker was seen escorting Bon Jovi’s cases inside Madison Square Garden, including one labeled ‘Bon Jovi wardrobe.’

The power couple is said to be hosting 100 people this evening, but at least 1,000 more tomorrow for the big bonanza.

Taylor Swift fan Aviana Sweeney waits outside Madison Square Garden as preparations went underway for Swift’s and NFL player Travis Kelce’s wedding in New York on Thursday.

Fans waiting in scorching 100F weather as NYC experiences an oppressive extreme heatwave.

A first glimpse inside America’s royal wedding emerged Thursday evening as an entrance to Madison Square Garden offered a sneak peek at the lavish floral displays awaiting guests.

Pink, orange and yellow roses adorned lush green foliage draped above one of the venue’s escalators.

Earlier in the day, crew members were seen unloading large, bushy trees from a semi-truck as decorators scrambled to transform the iconic venue ahead of the celebration.

A soiree once dubbed America’s royal wedding has quickly become one big money grab.

Indeed Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce – who were labeled as ‘tacky’ for hosting their big day at Madison Square Garden – are seizing the moment to promote podcasts and even make new content for their armies of fans.

Their closest friends used Thursday’s spectacle to peddle their own brands and grab eyeballs on the shut-down streets of midtown Manhattan.

Taylor Swift is planning to capture every moment of her wedding of the century on camera – but has gone completely ‘bridezilla’ on controlling every second of the footage, the Daily Mail can reveal.

The pop superstar, who has built a multi-billion-dollar empire by turning every chapter of her life into a sellable product, has assembled a professional film crew to document her July 3 nuptials with Travis Kelce at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.

Her big day is set to feature a castle being built inside the iconic stadium – setting the stage for the backdrop to be a picture-perfect fairytale straight out of a Disney movie.

Madison Square Garden was lit up in a bright dusty pink on Thursday evening, the same color of the curtains that were hung inside of the venue as wedding decor got underway.

Blake Lively, Taylor Swift’s former close ally, was seen in upstate New York with husband Ryan Reynolds on Thursday, highlighting the pair’s noticeable absence from the star’s wedding festivities.

The pair cheered on their daughter Betty as she competed in a horse show at a local farm in Lake Placid, reported TMZ.

Speculation about the state of Lively and Swift’s once-close friendship has intensified over the past year after the actress’s bitter lawsuit with co-star Justin Baldoni pulled the singer into the drama and drove a wedge between them.

Last month, a source told the Daily Mail that ‘Madison Square Garden holds more than 20,000 people. If Blake isn’t there, nobody can blame a lack of space.’

‘The guest list is so massive that Blake’s absence becomes impossible to ignore. People will notice immediately.’

Abigail Anderson Berard, Taylor Swift’s best friend from high school, was seen in New York City on Monday leaving a five star hotel to head to the megastar’s wedding celebrations.

Swift reportedly wrote the song ‘Fifteen’ on her 2008 album Fearless about Berard.

The songstress was Berard’s maid of honor in her 2022 wedding in Nashville, Tennessee.

NYPD officers assigned to work Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebrations at Madison Square Garden are banned from having their phones inside, TMZ reported.

Sources told the outlet that the rule applies across the entire wedding weekend and that privacy measures are watertight in order to prevent leaks.

Earlier in the evening, cops threatened to arrest journalists who attempted to live stream the celebrity arrivals for the event.

‘Either you gotta move or they’ll start arresting people for trespassing,’ an officer forcefully told journalists who refused to go to the designated press pen.

While some guests pulled out their best outfits for the wedding of the year, others totally missed the mark, donning outlandish frocks and bizarre looks.

Here, the Daily Mail has rounded up the biggest fashion misses from the couple’s rehearsal dinner.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have gathered 100 of their closest friends in New York City for an intimate wedding celebration – many of whom have arrived dressed to the nines.

Guests descend upon the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden on Thursday evening in some seriously stunning ensembles.

Sports commentator Erin Andrews, actress Lena Dunham and producer Jack Antonoff were all among the famous faces to flaunt their fashion credentials ahead of the star-studded event.