Since jumpstarting the Eras Tour in March 2023, Taylor Swift has given $197 million in bonuses to her performers and crew members, Rolling Stone has confirmed.
Crew members, who obtained the bonus on high of their salaries, embody truck drivers, caterers, instrument technicians, the merchandise workforce, the lighting and sound workforce, manufacturing workers and assistants, carpenters, dancers, band, safety, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hair stylists, make-up artists, wardrobe stylists, bodily therapists, and video workforce members, People reviews.
The beneficiant bonuses had been revealed because the Eras Tour got here to an in depth Dec. 8, after three consecutive exhibits in Vancouver. By the tip of her 149th present, Swift offered a complete of $2,077,618,725 in tickets, marking a record-breaking excessive for gross ticket gross sales for a live performance tour. Coldplay beforehand held the title for highest grossing ticket gross sales for his or her Music of the Spheres tour, banking $1 billion and promoting almost 9.3 million tickets.
Ask any fan, and snagging tickets to the Eras Tour meant navigating an overwhelmed, crash-proned ticketing system. Despite grueling makes an attempt to buy tickets on Ticketmaster, greater than 10 million followers attended Swift’s sold-out exhibits throughout North America, South America, Australia, Europe, and Asia.
Swift’s last present in Vancouver was freed from gimmicks, particular visitors, and information bulletins, regardless of fan hypothesis. During her shock music part, Swift carried out a “musical autobiography” starting with “A Place in This World” a teen confessional from her self-titled 2006 album, and shutting with “The Manuscript” off her newest album, The Tortured Poets Department.
In 2023, the Eras Tour made $1 billion in ticket gross sales. At the time, Swift’s record-breaking tour dethroned Elton John’s year-long Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
