{"id":137585,"date":"2024-12-10T11:35:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/10\/taylor-swift-gave-eras-tour-team-197-million-in-bonuses\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T11:35:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:35:46","slug":"taylor-swift-gave-eras-tour-team-197-million-in-bonuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/10\/taylor-swift-gave-eras-tour-team-197-million-in-bonuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Gave Eras Tour Team $197 Million in Bonuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We\u2019ve known for awhile now that Taylor Swift is talented. And inspirational. And record-breaking. And, just overall, a once-in-a-generation celebrity.<\/p>\n<p>But now we can also confirm the following:<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift is extremely generous.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2160637293-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514839 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2160637293-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2160637293-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2160637293-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2160637293-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2160637293-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2160637293-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2160637293-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2160637293-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift performs onstage during  \u201cTaylor Swift | The Eras Tour\u201d at Johan Cruijff Arena on July 04, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Carlos Alvarez\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this week, in the wake of the musician wrapping up the historic Eras Tour, E! News learned <strong>Swift gave out $197 million in bonuses<\/strong> to those working behind the scenes and on stage with her throughout this epic event. <\/p>\n<p>Such employees include truck drivers, caterers, the merchandise team, production staff of all levels, carpenters, her dancers and band, security, choreographers, the hair, make-up and wardrobe teams, physical therapists and her video team \u2014 among many others.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s just wild to contemplate.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/11\/taylor-swift-break-after-eras-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eras Tour came to an end<\/a> on December 8 in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift on September 11, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-511979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-2048x1440.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-960x675.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-1080x759.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-1200x844.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift on September 11, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-511979 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-2048x1440.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-960x675.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-1080x759.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-1200x844.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1028_taylorswift_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All told, according to The New York Post, the official gross for the 21-month tour in stadiums around the globe came to $2,077,618,725, based on a total sold-out attendance of 10,168,008. <\/p>\n<p>That $2 billion number is roughly double the previous figure for a tour gross.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, just to be clear, over 10 million people attended Swift\u2019s concerts and the total amount of money made cleared $2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like numbers worth repeating. Sheer craziness.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508504 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2160792212-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift performs onstage during  \u201cTaylor Swift | The Eras Tour\u201d at Johan Cruijff Arena on July 5, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Aldara Zarraoa\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Swift ponders yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/taylor-swift-tour-another-coming-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another tour in 2026<\/a>, fans are coming to grips with the conclusion of this one.<\/p>\n<p>Doing the math on the above figures, meanwhile, means that Taylor gave almost 10% of her ticket sales <em>back<\/em> to the team behind the tour.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, after the suoerstar wrapped the first North American leg of her tour in August 2023, the public discovered that the artist had gifted $55 million in bonuses to those working on the tour with her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have toured the entire world with this tour, we have had so many adventures,\u201d Swift said to a sold-out crowd at her final stop on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been the most exciting, powerful, electrifying, intense, most challenging thing I\u2019ve ever done in my entire life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507720 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2160626488-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift inspires us all on a daily basis.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Carlos Alvarez\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The singer opens her first show of her The Eras tour in Glendale, Arizona on March 17, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to perform for over 10 million people,\u201d she continued in Vancouver. \u201cAnd tonight we get to play one last show for you here tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We may stop crying if we keep typing, folks.<\/p>\n<p>The musician also made a nod to the Eras Toyr with a telling lyric change during one of her final surprise songs, Long Live.<\/p>\n<p>While performing the Speak Now album track at her piano, Swift changed the lyrics from \u201cIt was the end of a decade \/ But the start of an age,\u201d to the following:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It was the end of an era\/But the start of an age<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/taylor-swift-gave-eras-tour-team-197-million-in-bonuses-ridiculous-generous-details-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve known for awhile now that Taylor Swift is talented. And inspirational. And record-breaking. And, just overall, a once-in-a-generation celebrity. But now we can also confirm the following: Taylor Swift is extremely generous. Taylor Swift performs onstage during \u201cTaylor Swift | The Eras Tour\u201d at Johan Cruijff Arena on July 04, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 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