King Charles III, 75, reportedly had a list of musicians who declined to perform at his highly-anticipated coronation ceremony in May. One of those singers includes Taylor Swift, 33, as revealed in royal expert Omid Scobie‘s new book, Endgame. Although the reason that the Grammy winner opted out of performing for His Majesty this spring remains unknown, the dates did fall during her Eras Tour.
At the time, Taylor was performing three concerts in Nashville, Tennessee, as reported by US Weekly. Charles’ coronation was held on May 6, the second night of Taylor’s Nashville weekend. It was “a challenge,” according to the author, to find a performer to attend the coronation. Many other artists had declined to accept the invitation. Some of the others reportedly asked to sing at the ceremony included Harry Styles, Adele, Robbie Williams, and more.
Along with Taylor, the iconic Elton John, 76, was also asked to sing at the coronation concert, however, he was also unable to attend. At the time, the 76-year-old cited “scheduling issues,” as the request came during the European leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, per Good Housekeeping. The coronation concert was still able to attract some impressive performers despite the difficulties in booking the above artists. Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, Andrea Bocelli and Take That all performed and wowed the audience that weekend.
As previously mentioned, the “Anti-Hero” hitmaker has been performing her Eras Tour across the globe since March. Taylor began the much-anticipated concert in Glendale Arizona on March 17. She has brought her show to many cities, including Los Angeles and Houston. She performed in Buenos Aires Argentina, from November 9-11. Taylor is currently in a new relationship with Travis Kelce. The Kansas City Chiefs tight-end even showed up at her show in Buenos Aires, on November 11, to show his support. The new “it couple,” Taylor and Travis, went viral that evening after fans posted videos of them grabbing PDA while she left the stage. Taylor and the 34-year-old first started romance rumors in early September, just weeks before they confirmed them with PDA.
