Rumours have been rife on social media over the previous few weeks that Taylor Swift is heading to Manchester for The BRIT Awards 2026.
The singer-songwriter is using excessive following the success of her twelfth album The Life Of A Showgirl, which was launched in October 2025. Taylor can also be celebrating after claiming her sixth primary together with her newest single Opalite.
Rumours have unfold over the previous couple of weeks that the star, 36, is ready to make a shock look on the upcoming BRIT Awards 2026. Taylor is rumoured to be within the UK on the time of the ceremony, with a BRITs-shaped gap in her schedule which will permit her to go to Manchester for the occasion.
The SUn beforehand reported that Taylor, who’s nominated for Worldwide Artist of the Yr and Finest Worldwide Tune on the ceremony, might be making an look.
A supply advised the newspaper: “Taylor is hiding out in London in the mean time and is scheduled to go to Manchester, which looks as if she might be lined up for a shock look at the Brit Awards.
“Taylor was handed the International Icon Award on the ceremony again in 2021 and has an enormous quantity of respect for the Brits. She loves it. Brits bosses are attempting to maintain the whole lot beneath lock and key, however it feels an excessive amount of like a coincidence that Taylor is secretly within the UK on the precise time of the Brits.
“The actual fact her crew are all heading house the Monday after the ceremony is fishy. Manchester is an incredible metropolis, however Taylor wouldn’t simply be coming to take a look at the cathedral and the Etihad, would she?”
Comic and actor Jack Whitehall, who’s presenting Saturday’s ceremony, has now damaged his silence on the matter – and it’s unhealthy information for Swifties.
When pressed by Hits Radio host Fleur East on whether or not Taylor shall be in attendance, Jack mentioned: “She is not going to be there. That sounded so unconvincing! However it’s true. She gained’t be there.”
The stand-up joked that Taylor would as an alternative be on the Frog & Bucket comedy membership in Manchester on the time of the ceremony. He joked: “She doesn’t like the large occasions. She likes the right spit and sawdust, maintaining it actual, comedy membership!”
