{"id":16128,"date":"2024-12-11T02:46:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T02:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=16128"},"modified":"2024-12-11T02:46:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T02:46:28","slug":"taylor-swift-gifted-eras-tour-performers-crew-an-extra-197m-in-bonuses-in-addition-to-their-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=16128","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift gifted Eras Tour performers, crew an extra $197M in bonuses in addition to their salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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She\u2019s making the wildest dreams of her performers and crew come true.<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift gifted the scores of people who helped bring her lengthy\u00a0Eras Tour<\/a>\u00a0to life generous bonuses in addition to their salaries.<\/p>\n

Over the past almost two years, the pop star, 34, gave an extra $197 million to her dancers; choreographers; physical therapists; hair and makeup artists; wardrobe stylists; band members; instrument, sound, lighting and pyro technicians; riggers; carpenters; video team members, production staffers and assistants; truck drivers; caterers; merchandise staffers; and security personnel, Page Six can confirm.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Swift gifted the scores of people who helped bring her lengthy Eras Tour to life generous bonuses in addition to their salaries.Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Over the past almost two years, the pop star gave an extra $197 million to her performers and crew, Page Six can confirm.Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
\n<\/span><\/span>People was first<\/a>\u00a0to report the news.<\/p>\n

The outlet reported in August 2023, after Swift wrapped the United States leg of her tour, that she\u00a0had given out more than $55 million in bonuses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the time,\u00a0TMZ specified<\/a>\u00a0that the singer-songwriter gifted $100,000 to each of the circa 50 truck drivers who had transported her equipment all over the country.<\/p>\n

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In August 2023, after Swift wrapped the US leg of her tour, she had given out more than $55 million in bonuses.Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The\u00a0Eras Tour, which began in March 2023 and concluded Sunday, raked in more than $2 billion in ticket sales.Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/span><\/span>The outlet further reported that others \u2014 including her dancers, band members, lighting and sound technicians, and caterers \u2014 also received a \u201cvery generous amount.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the New York Times<\/a>, the\u00a0Eras Tour<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 which began in March 2023 and\u00a0concluded Sunday<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 raked in more than $2 billion in ticket sales, which is \u201cdouble the gross ticket sales of any other concert tour in history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swift\u00a0became a billionaire<\/a>\u00a0seven months into the record-breaking tour.<\/p>\n

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Swift\u00a0became a billionaire seven months into the record-breaking tour.AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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During her final concert, the singer-songwriter gushed about the \u201cadventures\u201d she\u2019d had while \u201ctouring the entire world\u201d in 149 shows across five continents.Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/p>\n

During her final concert in Vancouver, the Grammy winner gushed about the \u201cadventures\u201d she\u2019d had while \u201ctouring the entire world\u201d in 149 shows across five continents.
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\u201cIt has been the most exciting, powerful, electrifying, intense, most challenging thing I\u2019ve ever done in my entire life,\u201d she marveled, adding, \u201cWe\u2019ve gotten to perform for over 10 million people on this tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before beginning her final track of the night, Swift told the crowd, \u201cI want to thank every single one of you for being a part of the most thrilling chapter of my entire life to date \u2014 my beloved Eras Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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