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First, Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour premiere in Glendale, Arizona broke the record for the most attended concert by a female artist in the US with 69,000 fans. It is reported that the record previously belonged to Madonna.
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During the tour, fans in Seattle caused a “magnitude 2.3 earthquake,” according to a seismologist. A minor earthquake was recorded at Taylor’s second concert in Seattle on July 23, the only difference from the first night was that it started later and she performed “Message in a Bottle” and “Tied Together with a Smile” as surprise songs.
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The guitar Taylor uses during Fearless Part of the concert was decorated by her parents using, as Taylor put it, “superglue and a day off.” The guitar is covered in silver rhinestones to match the guitar she played during Fearless tour in 2009.
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Gladys Tamez is the designer of Taylor’s “22” hat, a classic handmade fedora that she gives to a fan every night of the tour. Gladys is also the designer of Lady Gaga’s iconic pink hat, which is featured on the cover of her fifth studio album. Joanna.
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The “Enchanted” dress Taylor wore during Speak Now The concert portion of her second show in Arizona was a custom Zuhair Murad Couture piece that reportedly required “50 meters of tulle” and took “more than 350 hours of handcraft in the atelier.”
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The blue Enchanted ballgown that Taylor wore during the final stop of the Eras Tour in Los Angeles when she announced 1989 (Taylor’s version) it was from Nicole + Felicia and was their third dress featured on the tour. According to the brand, it took approximately “2,100 hours” to complete.
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The now iconic bodysuit Taylor wears during Midnight A section of the show, namely “Vigilante Shit”, was created by Oscar de la Renta and includes “315 hours of construction (and) over 5,300 hand-embroidered crystals and beads.”
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The bodysuit Taylor wears during Beloved The show piece and blazer she wears for “The Man” are by Versace and paired with Christian Louboutin knee-high boots.
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The Eras Tour’s creative director and production designer is Ethan Tobman, who previously worked with Taylor on her 2021 Grammy performance and her music videos for “Anti-Hero,” “The Man” and “Cardigan.” Ethan has also worked with Beyoncé and has been a production designer on films such as Menu, Numberand more.
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It is reported that a team of approximately 90 trucks is required to construct the elaborate stage for the Eras tour. ahead of the show.
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As many fans know, in order to get Taylor from backstage to backstage without concertgoers noticing her, she reportedly rides in a janitor’s cart. You can usually notice this when Lady Gaga’s “Applause” starts playing on the pre-show playlist.
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The moment Taylor dives onto the stage, a red light appears that tells Taylor not to jump yet, and then when it turns green, she can jump down. Taylor then appears to crawl and go under the stage.
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In “Tolerate It”, when Taylor sets the table before singing, she has everything pre-prepared for her in a drawer that is on the back of the table. You can look into the box if your seats are on either side of the stage.
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Fans creating friendship bracelets for The Eras Tour have led to a surge in jewelry sales: Michaels stores report that in cities where Taylor has shows, they have seen “a 300% increase in sales in the beads and jewelry categories in a matter of days before”. to the concert”. In Pennsylvania, where Taylor played four shows, Michaels reported a 500 percent increase in sales.
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The Eras Tour was choreographed by Mandy Moore – no, not the actress – who has worked on TV shows such as So you think you can dance “Dancing with the Stars” and “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.” She also worked on Damien Chazelle’s film. La La Land.
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To achieve the visually stunning experience seen in Eras Tour, it was shot “like a real movie” over three nights at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. According to the New York Times, “more than 40 camera operators” are typically hired to film a tour of this size.
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Regarding audio recording for Taylor Swift: Eras TourLarge stadiums place “sometimes over 100” microphones to capture vocals, instruments and crowd noise on separate tracks. “Just recording the room would have been useless,” explained John Ross, sound engineer for The Eras Tour.
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Near the end of the first U.S. leg of the tour, Taylor reportedly paid out more than $55 million in bonuses. Sources told People that everyone from caterers to truck drivers to dancers and more received bonuses.
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As many may remember, the pre-sale of the tour caused chaos on Ticketmaster. According to Ticketmaster, on November 15, 2022, “more than 2 million tickets were sold,” marking the most tickets ever sold to an artist in a single day.
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To combat the high-priced resale of Eras Tour tickets, Brazil’s legislature introduced a bill dubbed the “Taylor Swift Law” that would “criminalize ticket scalping with penalties of up to four years in prison and fines of up to US$100 ” times the original ticket price,” NBC News reported.
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Lastly, Taylor currently holds the record for the highest-grossing concert tour by a female artist with The Eras Tour. The tour has grossed $780 million so far, with Taylor only playing 56 shows.