It’s the top of an period.
Twenty-one months after opening at Arizona’s State Farm Stadium, Taylor Swift will carry her historic Eras Tour to an in depth this weekend at BC Place stadium in Vancouver, Canada.
Altering the live performance enterprise — and altering the tradition interval — the blockbuster trek will go down because the highest-grossing tour of all time, turning into the primary to haul in over $1 billion.
“From attendance to size, it just kind of captured the imagination of the world for two years,” stated Dave Brooks, Billboard senior director of stay music and touring. “There’s really nothing [like it] that we’ve ever seen before.”
The truth is, Brooks credit the Eras Tour with serving to to “restart the economy” after the pandemic.
“It had a huge impact — from hotels to transportation to restaurants,” he stated. “It really kick-started spending.”
And due to her increase to the live-music trade, Brooks stated, “People are going to be looking to experience concerts at all levels.”
Listed below are the notable numbers that sum up Swift’s historic tour:
10
There have been 10 totally different acts within the Eras Tour present, representing every album in her profession — aside from her self-titled 2006 debut.
After “The Tortured Poets Department” was launched in April, Swift mixed the “Folklore” and “Evermore” sections to make means for the brand new LP.
16
Rocking all the things from Atelier Versace and Roberto Cavalli to Oscar de la Renta, the “Blank Space” hitmaker made 16 costume adjustments in a nonstop vogue flurry throughout every present.
When the tour reopened in Paris in Could after a two-month break, she up to date her designer duds.
19
The variety of fortunate opening acts for Swift on the tour — from Paramore, Gracie Abrams and Phoebe Bridgers to Sabrina Carpenter, Haim and Benson Boone.
However there have been additionally particular friends — equivalent to her producer Jack Antonoff, “Karma” remix collaborator Ice Spice.
And, in fact, a sure NFL star — boyfriend Travis Kelce.
44
Though it different barely, the usual set listing included a whopping 44 songs over three and a half hours.
51
Swift took her Eras Tour to 51 cities over 5 totally different continents earlier than wrapping up her worldwide trek this weekend in Vancouver.
152
When all is alleged and sung on Sunday night time, Swift may have performed 152 reveals on her Eras Tour.
293
Enjoying no less than two shock songs per night time, Swift has racked that whole as much as 293 heading into her last weekend, with six extra more likely to come.
338
Based on Vivid Seats ticket market, Swifties have traveled a median of 338 miles to see their queen.
100,000
Final summer season, Swift gave $100,000 bonuses to her Eras Tour truck drivers, whereas additionally spreading the wealth to a complete of $55 million with different manufacturing personnel.
11.02 million
Pollstar estimated that Swift offered 4.35 million tickets over 60 reveals final 12 months.
With the extra 92 dates, that might add as much as an insane 11.02 million when the tour is over.
267.1 million
After “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” opened in theaters in October 2023, it raked in $267.1 million on the field workplace, making it the highest-grossing live performance movie of all time.
440.8 million
With Pollstar estimating that Eras Tour attendees spent a median of $40 every on merch on the live performance, that provides a cool $440.8 million to Swift’s haul.
2.633 billion
Pollstar estimated that Swift pocketed $17.32 million for every of the primary 60 Eras Tour reveals final 12 months.
So, if that math tracks, it could be a ginormous $2.633 billion over the course of 152 concert events.
And simply to place that into perspective, the second-highest-grossing tour of all time, Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Street Tour, took in $939 million over 328 reveals.
