Tremendous Bowl king Travis Kelce needs you to struggle on your proper to occasion at his new music pageant dubbed Kelce Jam.
The NFL star introduced Tuesday that the pageant will happen April 28 at The Azura Amphitheater in Kansas Metropolis through the NFL draft as 1000’s of soccer followers go to town for the main sports activities occasion. Performers embrace Machine Gun Kelly, Rick Ross, Loud Luxurious and Tech N9ne.
“We’re going to throw the largest music pageant Kansas Metropolis’s ever seen,” the 33-year-old says in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
“I speak lots about preventing on your proper to occasion. I’ve been saying that for some time now. I believe that is the right time,” continues Kelce, who has referenced the Beastie Boys’ traditional “Combat for Your Proper” throughout group celebrations. “I wished to have the ability to give one thing to Kansas Metropolis due to how a lot they help us, and on prime of that simply throw a banger for the 2022 season.”
Kelce and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs gained the Tremendous Bowl in February, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles. The tight finish gained his first Tremendous Bowl in 2020 when the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers.
Followers can register on-line at KelceJam.com for pre-sale tickets, which begin at $49.99 and go on sale Friday. Along with music, the inaugural occasion will embrace Kansas Metropolis eating places like Joe’s BBQ and Q39 in addition to customized cocktails and interactive model activations. To supply the pageant Kelce partnered with Medium Uncommon, the corporate behind main pre-Tremendous Bowl occasions like Shaq’s Enjoyable Home with Shaquille O’Neal, Gronk Seashore with Rob Gronkowski, Sports activities Illustrated The Celebration and Man’s Flavortown Tailgate with Man Fieri.
Kelce says music is certainly one of his best loves and listening to his favourite artists helps him put together for video games on the sector.
“Numerous the music that I constantly hearken to might be simply music from my childhood. Music that acquired me going as a child,” he says. “Outkast has a tune referred to as ‘SpottieOttieDopaliscious’ that my marching band in highschool used to play, in order that tune is particular to me. It makes me keep in mind again within the day after I was a highschool child and all of this was only a huge dream. There are particular songs that I’ve [listened to] all through my life that I like to hold onto, they usually simply imply a bit of bit extra to me.”
He’s additionally a giant fan of dwell music, which is without doubt one of the causes he curated Kelce Jam. His first live performance? Guitar slayer John Mayer.
“It was unbelievable, man,” Kelce remembers. “What that man can do, when it comes to his voice and on the guitar man, it blew me away, man. Completely blew me away.”
Kelce admits he’s not musically inclined — “I didn’t get that reward, nah, however I’m an awesome listener, and I vibe” — however he’s type of caught the performing bug, particularly after his profitable internet hosting stint on Saturday Night time Dwell final month.
“It’s such a cool expertise to have the ability to undergo,” he says. “All people that was concerned was simply so wonderful, so right down to earth and actually made that week one thing that I’ll keep in mind for the remainder of my life. I simply had a blast doing it. I’d do it once more in a heartbeat if I ever acquired the prospect.”
Since, Hollywood has been calling.
“Oh yeah, for certain,” he says of individuals reaching out for numerous alternatives. “I haven’t agreed to something or jumped on something fairly but, however I believe that I’d have some enjoyable attempting to get into the scripted world of comedy. In all probability gained’t enterprise too far outdoors of that, however you by no means know. We’ll see the place this life takes me, man.”
