Taylor Swift Odds: KC Favourite For First Stop On The Life Of A Showgirl US Tour
Taylor Swift has delighted fans by announcing she is to drop her 12th original studio album in October - and there's a buzz of excitement on the best betting sites about where she might tour the record.
The pop megastar had hinted at something huge by installing a countdown clock on her official website on August 11, and it reached zero at 12:12am on August 12.
Swift revealed on the New Heights podcast, co-hosted by her boyfriend NFL star Travis Kelce and his brother Jason, that her 12th studio album will be called The Life of a Showgirl.
It's now known the album will feature 12 songs, including a titular track featuring pop star Sabrina Carpenter, and the record will drop on October 3.
But what will follow?
Swift's Second Home
Taylor is likely to head out on a US tour, if not worldwide, one to promote the album at some point.
She's been enjoying a well-earned break from the road in the first half of 2025 after her mammoth run of gigs, The Eras Tour, took up much of her 2023 and 2024, after she played 149 shows throughout the two-year spectacle.
If she does something similar for The Life of a Showgirl, then where better to kick off a US tour than near to her significant other Travis?
Swift played two Eras Tour shows at the Kansas City Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium on July 7 and 8, 2023, and she is just 6/4 favourite on betting apps to return to the stadium to begin her next US shows.
Taylor Swift Odds: The Life Of A Showgirl US Tour's First Venue
Venue | Odds | Probability |
Kansas City | 6/4 | 40% |
Las Vegas | 13/8 | 38.1% |
Santa Clara | 15/8 | 34.8% |
Los Angeles | 2/1 | 33.3% |
Inglewood | 2/1 | 33.3% |
Nashville | 5/2 | 28.6% |
East Rutherford | 3/1 | 25% |
Glendale | 7/2 | 22.2% |
Arlington | 4/1 | 20% |
Tampa | 5/1 | 16.7% |
Houston | 11/2 | 15.4% |
Atlanta | 6/1 | 14.3% |
Philadelphia | 13/2 | 13.3% |
Cincinnati | 7/1 | 12.5% |
Pittsburgh | 8/1 | 11.1% |
Detroit | 10/1 | 9.1% |
Denver | 12/1 | 7.7% |
Arrowhead has been like a second home for Swift in recent years. She attended 13 Chiefs games in the 2023/24 season, and around 10 last season.
While she may or may not kick off her next US tour there, she is just 10/11 to attend more than 10.5 Chiefs matches in the upcoming campaign.
Taylor Swift Odds: NFL Game Attendance 2025 Season
Number Of Games | Odds | Probability |
Over 10.5 | 10/11 | 52.4% |
Under 10.5 | 11/10 | 47.6% |
Swift is also no stranger to the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
She performed there six times on her Eras Tour, and she’s just 2/1 to open her next US. gigs in that Los Angeles County city - or 2/1 to do so in Los Angeles itself, home to the iconic Hollywood Bowl.
Swift In Sin City?
While the bright lights of Hollywood may appeal, the lure of Las Vegas might be preferred.
Some Swifties are convinced their idol would rather put on a showgirl-type residency in Sin City than another large-scale tour, and her team are said to have been in talks about the possibility.
Following her new album announcement, an insider told The US Sun: "Taylor's team has been talking about Vegas gigs in private for a while, including at a dinner a few months back in Nashville with other music managers.
"They are seeing what would work for the new album and have specifically been eyeing up concerts at Sphere.
Taylor Swift Odds: Las Vegas Residency 2026
Residency In Vegas | Odds | Probability |
Yes | 8/11 | 57.9% |
No | 11/8 | 42.1 |
"Nothing is confirmed yet, but they are discussing logistics and which venue could work best."
It's just 8/11 that Swift lands a Vegas residency next year, and 13/8 she kicks off her next US tour gigs in the city.
Kelce is partial to a spot of Viva Las Vegas.
Following the Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII win over the San Francisco 49ers in 2024, Kelce belted out some of the Elvis Presley song's lyrics into a microphone during the team's celebrations.
Other cities in contention for Swift to kick off her US tour include Santa Clara (15/8).
The Love Story hitmaker performed two shows at the city's Levi's Stadium in July 2023, and the venue happens to be where the 2026 Super Bowl is being held.
If Swift is feeling confident about the Chiefs' Super Bowl 2026 chances, she could gamble on Kelce and his team making it to the NFL showpiece on February 8 and kick off her tour there shortly afterwards.
It's 13/2 that the star begins a US tour in Philadelphia and 12/1 for Denver to be her starting spot.
Swift may have some Bad Blood for Philly after the city's Eagles defeated Travis' Chiefs in this year's Super Bowl, and Denver's NFL team, the Broncos, are one of the Chiefs' divisional rivals, so the pop star may not be in a hurry to park her tour bus there.
Taylor's Country Roots
While it feels like Swift has been around forever, it is still amazing to think this will be her 12th original studio album.
Her style has changed somewhat since she dropped her eponymous debut album in October 2006.
She was very much billed as a country artist back then, and if The Life of a Showgirl harks back to those country roots, then you wouldn't want to rule out the superstar singer kicking off her next US tour in Nashville (5/2).
Or, the Shake It Off hitmaker is 7/2 to head back to Glendale, where she kicked off her mega Eras Tour on March 17, 2023, followed by shows in Las Vegas and Arlington.
While we don't yet know what Swift's style will be on The Life of a Showgirl, the album is likely to have a successful start in life.
Taylor Swift Odds: The Life Of A Showgirl To Debut At Number 1 On Billboard 200 Chart
Debut At Number 1 | Odds | Probability |
Yes | 1/4 | 80% |
No | 4/1 | 20% |
Her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department - which dropped in April 2024 - became her 14th chart-topping album on the Billboard 200.
Swift is still some way off iconic British band The Beatles, who have had 19 albums hit number one on the chart, but it is just 1/4 that The Life of a Showgirl becomes Taylor's 15th record to reach such dizzy heights.
* Reminder: These are hypothetical odds provided by industry experts.
