Midtown might be melting in the heat — plus having a meltdown over Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding-related street closures — but it’s also teeming with A-listers making their way to the power couple’s wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden.
Stars from myriad media and generations were seen en route to or outside of The World’s Most Famous Arena, where the lovers, 36, are believed to be tying the knot Friday in front of up to 1,200 guests. It’s also thought they may just be rejoicing in honor of their recent, infinitely more private and understated, nuptials.
Among the most notable seen dolled up and going to the Garden were Swift’s longtime friends, like the HAIM sisters, Lena Dunham, Mariska Hargitay and husband Peter Hermann, as well as Gigi Hadid and beau Bradley Cooper, People reports. Zoë Kravitz, newly engaged to Swift’s ex Harry Styles, was also photographed, as were Karlie Kloss and husband Josh Kushner.
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Bradley Cooper is spotted in a tuxedo in the West Village on Friday. (Photo by TheStewartofNY/GC Images)
Jason Sudeikis, Ethan Hawke and the latter’s wife Ryan, as well as Hugh Grant and wife Anna Aberstein, were also among the famous faces going to the event. Abigail Anderson, known to Swifties as the pop star’s longtime best friend, was seen Thursday ahead of a reported rehearsal “celebration,” as well as Friday.
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Ethan Hawke arrives at Madison Square Garden for Taylor Swift’s wedding on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
In addition to Stevie Nicks and Paul McCartney both reportedly performing with the Grammy-winning bride, there were a slew of musicians seen Friday — or posting about their prep for the festivities — including Jack Antonoff, with whom Swift has often collaborated since her hit 2014 album, “1989,” The Chicks, Ellie Goulding, Sombr, The Chainsmokers’ Alex Pall and Drew Taggart.
Other hitmakers included Benson Boone, Camilla Cabello, Swift’s longtime friend and occasional collaborator Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn, along with Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney and his wife Jenny Hecht.
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Emma Bunton, aka Baby Spice, and husband Jade Jones arrive at Taylor Swift’s wedding at Madison Square Garden on Friday. (Kerry Burke / New York Daily News)
Around 5 p.m. Friday, Emma Bunton aka Baby Spice, who Swift has called a childhood idol of hers, was seen arriving in a black car while sporting big dark sunglasses. Some in the crowd mistakenly shouted, “It’s Kate Moss!” as the former Spice Girl ignored them.
Authors Jenny Han — whose “The Summer I Turned Pretty” was adapted for a hit Amazon show that uses Swift’s music — and Glennon Doyle were also photographed, the latter holding hands with wife Abby Wambach, formerly of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team.
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Jason Sudeikis arrives at Madison Square Garden on Friday. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
Those from Kelce’s world who were spotted include Chiefs coach Andy Reid and sportscasters Erin Andrews, Joe Buck and Charissa Thompson, as well as — perhaps more intriguingly — New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and his wife Jennifer.
Vrabel has made headlines in recent months over the nature of his relationship with The Athletic’s former NFL reporter Dianna Russini, after eyebrow-raising photographs surfaced of the pair together over many years.
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Hugh Grant and Anna Elisabet Eberstein arrive at Madison Square Garden on Friday. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
Selena Gomez, Dunham, Antonoff, Adam Sandler, Cooper and Anderson were all among those seen Thursday ahead of what was said to be a rehearsal dinner.
Regardless of the cause for celebration, an estimated 200 New York Police officers have been assigned to the arena, the perimeter of which is closed down through Saturday afternoon.
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