Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is currently the highest-grossing tour ever, surpassing one billion dollars.
Eras Tour started in March and is expected to end in December next year. It will be held in many European and Asian countries, with a total of 151 shows. On average, each show attracts more than 70 thousand spectators, earning 17 million USD, each ticket costs about 238 USD. To date, the tour has sold 4.3 million tickets, which could gross more than $2 billion when it ends.
Previously, Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour was the highest-grossing female artist’s tour, earning 579 million USD after five months of organization. Taylor Swift’s tour has more revenue than this year’s tours of Beyonce and Bruce Springsteen combined.
Taylor has been called a ” soft power ” icon thanks to the resounding success of the Eras Tour – describing her entire career and being the most invested in. She started practicing six months before the first performance, practicing on the treadmill while singing a series of songs loudly. Songs with fast tempos will make her run faster and vice versa. Taylor also spent three months practicing dancing. Each music night, for more than three and a half hours, the singer performs about 44 songs and two songs that are not on the list to create surprises, changing 16 costumes.
The singer takes care of the show like a Broadway show, the stage, screen, choreography, and sound are of good quality. Elements including lighting, stage effects, props, sets, and costumes are all beautiful and highlight the spirit of the 10 albums.
The Economic Times commented that the tour took fans through many levels of emotions, paying tribute to each period of their 17 years in the profession. Audience member Grinnie Low said: “During the concert, I was transported to 10 different worlds.”
According to the Washington Post , Taylor helps the places she visits attract tourists, contributing to generating about 5.7 billion USD for the US economy. Politicians of many countries look forward to her appearance, and many places temporarily change their names to pay tribute to the singer. Time said that in each city she performed in, the economy immediately grew, hotels and restaurants attracted customers. Related goods and products brought the singer about 200 million USD.
Taylor’s tour film also created records at the box office. According to Box Office Mojo , The Eras Tour earned nearly 250 million USD, breaking the advance ticket booking record of the blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). The project is many times more profitable than the production budget of 10 to 20 million USD. The singer does not have to share profits with the studio because she produces and distributes it herself through AMC Theaters.
Last year, she continuously won big after re-recording the album 1989 : Breaking records and receiving seven nominations at the 2024 Grammys, winning nine awards in the 2023 MTV VMAs category, being the most listened to artist of the year on Apple Music and Spotify, has the most albums on the Billboard 200 chart . The singer’s return stirred up the music industry and made many fans look forward to it. More than 200 fans camped in tents for 5 months to have the opportunity to stand first in the singer’s concert.
Taylor Swift , 34 years old, is an American singer-songwriter, who rose to fame with country music in 2006. After 10 albums, Taylor received 12 Grammy awards and 29 Billboard awards. Besides performing tours, she released re-recorded albums such as Fearless, Red, 1989. She currently has a net worth of about 1.1 billion USD , and was chosen by Time as ” Person of the Year “.
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