--- description: Taylor Swift will be the star performer of New York City's annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square. title: Taylor Swift Will Headline Times Square New Year's Eve Bash in NYC image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Taylor Swift Will Ring In 2015 From Times Square by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 27, 2014 3:09 PM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 27, 2014 3:09 PM CUT Taylor Swift will be the star performer of New York City’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square. The countdown show, “”New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” will be hosted for the 10th straight year by entertainer Ryan Seacrest. There are around 38 musical acts scheduled for over five hours, [the Associated Press reports](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FTV%5FNEW%5FYEARS%5FSWIFT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined"). Swift was also recently named New York City’s newest Global Welcome Ambassador, as the starlet has recently made the move to the city and has a [new pop song](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/taylor-swift-welcome-to-new-york "undefined"), “Welcome to New York,” on her album _1989,_ which was released Monday_._ > [](https://twitter.com/nycgo/status/526714641175834624) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3541303/taylor-swift-new-years-eve-times-square/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3541303/taylor-swift-new-years-eve-times-square/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift Will Ring In 2015 From Times Square","datePublished":"2014-10-27T15:09:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:01:45.188Z","description":"The star, whose album 1989 was released Monday, will perform in the Big Apple on New Year's Eve","url":"https://time.com/3541303/taylor-swift-new-years-eve-times-square/","keywords":["celebrities","New York City","Taylor Swift","new years eve"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3541303/taylor-swift-new-years-eve-times-square/","name":"Taylor Swift Will Ring In 2015 From Times Square"}}]}] ```