{"id":11331,"date":"2024-12-16T03:39:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T03:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11331"},"modified":"2024-12-16T03:39:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T03:39:57","slug":"eras-tour-star-wows-crowd-at-travis-kelces-nfl-game-but-its-not-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11331","title":{"rendered":"Eras Tour star wows crowd at Travis Kelce&#8217;s NFL game&#8230;but it&#8217;s not Taylor Swift.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Taylor Swift<\/span>&#8216;s long-time lead guitarist Paul Sidoti wowed the fans at Huntington Bank Field with his shredding ability as the Browns hosted the\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Kansas<\/span>\u00a0City Chiefs on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Cleveland native opened the show as he provided the intro before the Browns exited the tunnel onto the field in front of their home fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sidoti, a native of Strongsville, Ohio, has been Swift&#8217;s lead guitarist since 2007 and was part of her recently-concluded and record-breaking Eras Tour. The 14-time\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Grammy<\/span>\u00a0winner once called the musician &#8216;one of my favorite people in the world,&#8217; before playing in Cleveland in 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;When we hired him, it was because he&#8217;s an incredible guitar player,&#8217; Swift said. &#8216;But he also has these amazing bottom vocals.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After the European leg of the Eras Tour wrapped up in August, Sidoti wrote about the &#8216;incredible, fun-filled, memorable summer in Europe.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The Summer of 2024 will go down as the most rewarding, remarkable experience in my professional career as a musician,&#8217; the father of two wrote alongside snaps from the shows.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1868355969429750103&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fnfl%2Farticle-14195591%2Feras-tour-travis-kelce-nfl-game-taylor-swift-chiefs.html&amp;sessionId=c54ad29b4956b2eaf59df81f953cd105724300de&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1868355969429750103\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fc961c82abe8604\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/15\/21\/93175231-14195591-image-a-215_1734299420866.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift's lead guitarist Paul Sidoti played the intro for the Browns-Chiefs game on Sunday\" width=\"634\" height=\"476\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Taylor Swift&#8217;s lead guitarist Paul Sidoti played the intro for the Browns-Chiefs game on Sunday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-81ac610738ba97b6\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/15\/21\/93175833-14195591-image-a-216_1734299491916.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Kelce and the Chiefs secured a 21-7 win to move to 13-1 without Swift in attendance\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Travis Kelce and the Chiefs secured a 21-7 win to move to 13-1 without Swift in attendance<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The record-breaking numbers this tour has generated on a global scale will never be matched and to be a small part of it is truly humbling,&#8217; Sidoti added. &#8216;Year from now I&#8217;ll be able to tell my kids what their dad was part of and that brings me such joy and happiness.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Videos of Sidoti at sound check were posted before his performance as fans speculated an appearance from Swift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While the popstar\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">was not present<\/span>\u00a0in Cleveland, the Chiefs and\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Travis Kelce\u00a0<\/span>left Ohio with a 21-7 win to move to 13-1 this season. 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