Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour earns $2 billion in ticket sales; ‘Love Story’ singer thanks audience for ’birthday present’
- Taylor Swift birthday: The ‘Love Story’ fame turned 35 today. Her Eras Tour broke the records by earning 3 billion dollars in ticket sales alone
Taylor Swift birthday: Taylor Swift turned 35 on Friday. However, the ‘Love Story’ singer had already started receiving birthday presents way before December 13.
Taylor Swift scripted history with her Eras Tour, which earned a whopping dollar two billion from the ticket sales alone. She also bagged the highest number of awards at the Billboard Music Awards 2024 held on December 12 — just a day before her birthday.
The Eras Tour , comprising of 149 shows, attracted over 10 million fans earning an average of approximately $13.9 million per show. The tour's financial success was further enhanced by the release of the concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which contributed nearly $261 million to the singer's overall revenue, stated multiple reports.
The ‘early birthday present’
In addition to the Eras Tour's grand success, Taylor Swift bagged a total of 10 awards at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards(BBMA), making her total award count ever received from the BBMA shoot up to 49. This makes her the most decorated artist in the history of Billboard.
This is like the nicest early birthday present you could have given to me. So thank you very much.
While speaking at the Billboard Awards, Taylor Swift said she had to say thank you after “everything that happened with the the ‘Eras Tour’ and ‘The Tortured Poets Department.”
“ This is like the nicest early birthday present you could have given to me. So thank you very much. I love it, it’s exactly what I wanted,” added the 35-year-olded singer.
Taylor Swift visits children at Kansas City Hospital
According to reports by KCTV5, a US based local news outlet, Taylor Swift spent at least an hour meeting children and fans on the hematology and oncology floors of Children’s Mercy Hospital, in Kansas. Some witnesses mentioned that she even sang for, and with patients during her visit.
Taylor Swift has visited hospital patients multiple times throughout her career. In 2023 she attended the Mahomies Foundation auction in April and donated $100,000 to the family of a local radio DJ who was killed in a mass shooting at the Chiefs’ victory parade in February, reported Billboard.
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First Published:13 Dec 2024, 04:23 PM IST
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