Taylor Swift Hands Out Over $55M In Bonuses To The Eras Tour Crew
By Kristin Myers on August 2, 2023 at 5:00 PM EDT
Fans know "All Too Well" just how generous singer Taylor Swift can be!
The "Lavender Haze" singer is currently wrapping up the U.S. leg of her widely popular The Eras Tour. Although it has been difficult for her crew to spend so much time on the road away from their families, the "You Belong With Me" singer has been dishing out some big bucks to make sure her workers are fairly compensated for their time.
Taylor Swift Gives Out More Than $55 Million In Bonuses To The Eras Tour Crew
As of right now, Taylor Swift is getting ready to perform six sold-out shoes at Inglewood's SoFi Stadium. However, everyone involved in the show's over-the-top production - from her dancers to the riggers to the sound technicians to the catering staff, among others - will receive a pretty big bonus for all of their hard work.
Sources told People magazine that she handed out bonuses to everyone involved in The Eras Tour production, which ended up totaling over $55 million dollars. It's unclear if that total also includes the $100,000 figure the 33-year-old pop star handed out to the truckers on her tour ahead of her concert stop in Santa Clara, as reported by TMZ over the weekend.
The Eras Tour To Continue Internationally... With Stops In Europe, Asia, Australia, and Latin America!
Really blows my mind that we have one last city on the US leg of The Eras Tour. Santa Clara this weekend was a partyyy, both crowds were so loud and rowdy. And I’ll never forget when Alana, Este and Danielle emerged wearing their gowns from the Bejeweled video 😂 Loved every… pic.twitter.com/uVIjsbPs64
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 31, 2023
The "Anti-Hero" singer began her tour in March in Glendale, Arizona, with an astounding 44-song setlist. Many famous faces have attended the concert, including actress Reese Witherspoon, actress Drew Barrymore, actor, Miles Teller, model Gigi Hadid, actor Paul Rudd, and many more. In June, Swift announced that she would be expanding The Eras Tour on a global scale.
The Eras Tour will continue throughout 2024, hitting concert stops in Europe, Asia, and Australia. She also announced that her first leg of international shows in Latin America in July, teasing that there were "LOTS" more tour dates for her fans to get excited about.
Taylor Swift Releases 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' Amid The Eras Tour Success
Amid her highly popular The Eras Tour, the "Delicate" singer also released Speak Now (Taylor's Version). In an Instagram post announcing her third re-released album, the singer wrote, "It’s here. It’s yours, it’s mine, it’s ours. It’s an album I wrote alone about the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies I lived out as a young woman between 18 and 20."
"I remember making tracklist after tracklist, obsessing over the right way to tell the story. I had to be ruthless with my choices, and I left behind some songs I am still unfailingly proud of now. Therefore, you have 6 From The Vault tracks! I recorded this album when I was 32 (and still growing up, now) and the memories it brought back filled me with nostalgia and appreciation," she continued. "For life, for you, for the fact that I get to reclaim my work. Thank you a million times, for the memories that break our fall. 💥🐉🏰 Speak Now (MY VERSION!) is out now."
'Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Features Some Brand New Collaborations!
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Some of her previously unreleased tracks included "Electric Touch" featuring Fall Out Boy and "Castles Crumbling," featuring Paramore's Hayley Williams, who has been a friend of the "Love Story" singer since they were teenagers.
"Taylor was the first industry friend I ever made and hung out with outside of work things. When Speak Now dropped, I bought my friend’s record (as you do!) and listened to the whole thing in my first car, sitting still in the driveway. It’s my favorite Taylor Swift album for so many reasons," Hayley wrote in an Instagram post announcing the collaboration. "I wish I could go back to this moment at my 21st birthday and tell her one day she’ll legitimately own Speak Now and we’ll get to sing together on one of the songs."