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Why Taylor Swift Didn't Attend Fiancé Travis Kelce's First NFL Game of the Season — and Will Skip the VMAs

Taylor Swift is nominated for Artist of the Year but will not attend the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards; she holds the record as the most awarded solo artist in VMA history.

  • On Sunday, Sept. 7, Taylor Swift will not attend the 2025 VMAs at New York's UBS Arena, despite her nomination in the artist of the year category.
  • As a VMAs mainstay, Taylor Swift, singer-songwriter, has a nearly two-decade VMAs history and holds 30 Moon Person/VMA wins after sweeping seven trophies in 2023.
  • A source told USA TODAY that Taylor Swift will skip the 2025 VMAs but could appear via video message; the show airs at 8 p.m. ET / 5 PT on CBS, MTV and Paramount+.
  • Swifties will be watching to see if their favorite appears during the live broadcast at 8 p.m. ET, which features Lady Gaga, KATSEYE, Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren, and J Balvin this year.
  • Longstanding security and travel patterns mean reports suggest security concerns and Chiefs WAGs travel and quick turnarounds keep Swift mostly at Arrowhead Stadium, limiting her appearances elsewhere.
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NBC Bay Area broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Saturday, September 6, 2025.
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