Kansas City has apparently seen the end of Zach Bryan’s live shows.
The country star, 29, who supports the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL, engaged in an online war of words with a stream of Kansas City Chiefs fans on Friday, August 8, resulting in Bryan’s X declaration, “Please understand I will never play in Kansas City.”
The online feud started earlier that day when Bryan wrote via X, “Where are all the three-peat people from last year?” (The musician seemingly referenced the Chiefs’ failed attempt to achieve three consecutive Super Bowl titles when they faced off against the Eagles in February.)
Bryan struck a chord with online Chiefs supporters who responded to his initial post with fury. One of the post’s 160-odd comments read, “3 Super Bowl wins 5 seasons. Eagles have won 2 in their 70 year history. Sit down Eagles fan from Oklahoma,” while another annoyed Chiefs fan wrote, “Just another abusive Eagles fan.”
UPDATE — 9/19/2024, 9:35 a.m. ET: Country singer Zach Bryan issued an apology after tweeting about Taylor Swift and Kanye West. “For the record guys I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night,” Bryan wrote via his Instagram Story on Thursday, September 19. “I was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong.” He […]
One particularly offended user wrote, “Talking s*** in general is all good. He’s singled out one fanbase. That same fanbase that sells out his shows,” which evidently hit a nerve in Bryan and sparked his dramatic Kansas City announcement. (Bryan’s declaration specifically replied to that comment.)
The “Something in the Orange” musician doubled down, explaining his decision to stop playing in Kansas City with the X post, “I’ll be about to finish my show and then get a taunting call if I play at that stadium.” (Bryan’s post referenced Arrowhead Stadium which is the Chiefs’ home ground.)
Bryan’s explanation did nothing but ignite the heated debate further, drawing more than 700 comments this time around.
This was not the first time Bryan attracted controversy as a result of his passion for the Eagles. In September 2024, he shared an X post that targeted Taylor Swift, the girlfriend of Chiefs tight end, Travis Kelce. The post started off with “eagles > chiefs” and continued with, “Kanye > Taylor… Who’s with me.” (Kanye West and Swift, 35, have been involved in a public feud for more than a decade.)
Two days after Bryan’s online jab went out, he took to Instagram to issue an apology. “For the record guys I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night,” Bryan shared via his Instagram Stories at the time. “I was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong.”
He added in the apology post, “I know there’s a lot of stuff that clouds around Ye and I was speaking purely musically. I love Taylor’s music and pray you guys know I’m human and tweet stupid things often.”
Bryan also claimed the post was shared when he was intoxicated. “I respect [Taylor] so much as a musician that the last thing I want is people thinking I don’t appreciate and love what she has done for music,” Bryan wrote. “Don’t drink and tweet. Don’t drink and tweet!!”
