Taylor Swift's VERY generous bonuses for her Eras Tour crew revealed after making a record-breaking $2 BILLION
Daily MailTaylor Swift has made history after grossing a record $2 billion in ticket sales for her career-spanning, 21-month Eras Tour, which consisted of 149 shows in 21 countries. As a reward to her team, Swift quietly gave out more than '$197 million in bonuses to everyone working on her tour — including truck drivers, caterers, instrument techs, merch team, lighting, sound, production staff and assistants, carpenters, dancers, band, security, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hair, make-up, wardrobe, physical therapists and video team,' according to People. Taylor Swift has made history after grossing a record $2 billion in ticket sales for her career-spanning, 21-month Eras Tour, which consisted of 149 shows in 21 countries; seen on August 15, 2024 Per TMZ, she handed out the huge six-figure bonuses the workers ahead of her Santa Clara, California. In addition to having the highest-grossing tour of all time for a second year in a row, the pop star, 34, became the first to have a $2 billion tour The 14-time Grammy winner sold a whopping $2,077,618,725 in tickets, according to the New York Times, which confirmed the number with Swift’s camp after she took her final bow at BC Place stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday night Last year, her mammoth tour, which packed stadiums and inspired Swifties to make countless friendship bracelets, became the first to cross the billion-dollar mark; seen in October 2024 He continued: 'Her timing was exquisite: The pandemic created this yearning and hunger for live entertainment like nothing else in our history, so she couldn’t have picked a better time to go out.' As a reward to her team, Swift quietly gave out more than 'out $197 million in bonuses to everyone working on her tour — including truck drivers, caterers, instrument techs, merch team, lighting, sound, production staff and assistants, carpenters, dancers, band, security, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hair, make-up, wardrobe, physical therapists and video team,' according to People; seen on October 18, 2024 In October, the Cruel Summer hitmaker officially became the world's richest female musical artist, with a a net worth of $1.6 billion, according to Forbes; seen on December 6 in Vancouver In August, Swift was forced to abruptly cancel three shows in Vienna due to a foiled terror attack plot.