The celebration begins – but no sign of the wedding partypublished at 23:18 BST
Mark Savage
Music correspondent
The SUVs have stopped rolling, the curtains have been drawn back and Taylor and Travis’s big night is beginning.
We’re still not 100% certain what the ceremony will entail and US media reports suggest the couple may have tied the knot in advance of today’s celebration.
Whatever today is, they have shut down huge swathes of one of America’s biggest cities for it, and even the Empire State Building will be lit up to mark the occasion.
Meanwhile, Madison Square Garden is so dense with stars it threatens to collapse into a black hole.
We’ve spotted Bradley Cooper, Mariska Hargitay, Karlie Kloss, Ed Sheeran, Gigi Hadid, Hugh Grant, Graham Norton, Camila Cabello, Ethan Hawke (who apparently took an Uber), Jason Sudeikis and almost all of the Kansas City Chiefs turning up in the last few hours.
Swift’s childhood best friend Abigail Anderson Berard, meanwhile, was spotted leaving her hotel in a floral corset – potentially revealing the design of the bridesmaids’ outfit.
What we haven’t seen is anyone who might be presumed to be part of the wedding party, from Selena Gomez (who will be returning the favour after Swift acted as bridesmaid at her wedding to Benny Blanco last year), to Travis Kelce’s brother Jason. It’s thought they entered Madison Square Garden much earlier in the day.
In total, we’re expecting around 1,000 guests inside the venue – with rumours that Stevie Nicks and Paul McCartney will seranade the happy new couple.
But with strict privacy protocols in place, we won’t know any more until they choose to share it with us.
