{"id":269971,"date":"2024-12-09T12:35:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=269971"},"modified":"2024-12-09T16:11:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T21:11:08","slug":"taylor-swift-eras-tour-2-billion-in-ticket-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2024\/12\/09\/taylor-swift-eras-tour-2-billion-in-ticket-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Eras Tour: $2 billion in ticket revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Trung Phan points out in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrungTPhan\/status\/1866158776203853954\">this post on X<\/a>, Taylor Swift&#8217;s concert tour made over $2 billion in ticket revenue \u2014 so not including merchandise, etc. That&#8217;s almost twice as much as the previous highest-grossing tour, which was U2 with $1.1 billion, and their tour was only two years ago. Even if you factor in higher ticket prices due to inflation etc. that is a massive increase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" data-attachment-id=\"269973\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2024\/12\/09\/taylor-swift-eras-tour-2-billion-in-ticket-revenue\/home-x-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Home-X-6.png?fit=701%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"701,526\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Home-X (6)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Home-X-6.png?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Home-X-6.png?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Home-X-6.png?w=701&amp;ssl=1 701w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Home-X-6.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to People, Taylor has handed out <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-swift-gave-eras-tour-crew-usd197-million-in-bonuses-exclusive-8758216\">close to $200 million<\/a> in bonuses to the performers in her tour, and to the truck drivers and other staff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><span class=\"syn-text\">Also on:<\/span><ul class=\"relsyn\"><li><a aria-label=\"journa.host\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/journa.host\/@mathewi\/113624328269850696\"> website<\/a><\/li><li><a aria-label=\"bluesky\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mathewingram.com\/post\/3lcveuefbdv25\"> <span class=\"syndication-link-icon svg-bluesky\" style=\"display: inline-block; 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