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Taylor Swift sells out stadiums for Eras Tour Pop star sets records, steals summer entertainment spotlight
luisa poage
AKINS SWIFTIES ANSWER:
Guest writer Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has captivated the world this spring and summer as the mega tour event of a generation. From the moment when tickets went on sale in the fall of 2022 and fans crashed Ticketmaster’s website, the world learned how big the tour would be. And when she appeared on stage for the first time in Glendale, Arizona on March 17, 2023, performing for three hours, it became apparent that the Eras Tour would be an epic experience. From the high quality production value, spectacular dance routines, and Swift’s own enchanting performance, everything about the Era’s tour was huge in scale. The Eras Tour is Swift’s first all-stadium tour in four years following the Reputation Stadium Tour. The long-awaited announcement for The Eras Tour came shortly after the release of Swift’s record-breaking album Midnights, which became the most downloaded album in a single day with 186 million streams in 24 hours. It would be 2022’s highest-selling physical release with 1.3 million copies sold.. More than 3.5 million people registered for the Eras Tour presale, becoming the biggest registration in history. Only 1.5 million of the fans registered would receive a chance to purchase pre-sale tickets, leaving the other 2 million people with a slim chance of getting tickets. More than 15% of the fans on the site would experience issues and about 20% of the tickets sold were later posted for resale at high prices. The Eras tour would break records all around the world. At Swift’s opening night in Glendale Arizona she broke the record for the most attended female concert in U.S history. As the sixth concert tour of Swifts, The Eras tour broke the record for highest grossing US
Nov 15, 2022 — The Eras Tour Ticketmaster presale caused it to crash
May 5 — Speak Now (Taylor’s version) announcement
July 1 — Gracie Abrams makes an appearance and plays “I miss you, I'm sorry”
August 2 — Taylor gives $100,000 bonuses to Eras Tour truck drivers
August 31 — the Eras Tour film is announced breaking theater ticket records
What was your favorite song or era she preformed? March 17 — The Eras Tour kicked off in Glendale, Arizona
May 26 — Taylor Swift brings Ice Spice on stage to sing “Karma”
July 22/23 — in Seattle, Washington fans caused an earth quake from dancing
August 9 — 1989 (Taylor’s version) announcement
November 3 — The last updated concert in Indianapolis, Indiana
Photo Credit: @taylorswift on instagram
tour in history. With the average attendance rate at each show being over 70,000 people The Eras Tour has a projected gross of 2.2 billion dollars in North American ticket sales alone. If you did not get to see Taylor you can see the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour film coming to thaters Oct. 13 in AMC and participating theaters.
“My favorite song without a doubt was “Enchanted” — Christopher Aguilar
“This was the only song I cried to, “Marjorie” and “Champagne problems” — Brennan West
“Reputation because I loved her stage presence” — Breelyn West
Theaters to watch eras tour film Swift’s concert movie will be relased in theaters on Oct. 13. Here is where you can watch it in Austin.
◊ Alamo Drafthouse Cinema ◊ Cinemark theaters ◊ AMC Theaters ◊ EVO Entertainment ◊ Regal Theaters
“Definitely Reputation you know just like “Look what you made me do” — Heaven Cerda
