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Taylor Swift gifted her Eras Tour staff 197 million {dollars} in bonuses, as seen in The End of an Era docuseries, after the tour grossed over 2 billion {dollars} throughout 21 international locations.
Taylor Swift Surprises Her Eras Tour Team With $197 Million In Bonuses.
Taylor Swift is exhibiting simply how large her coronary heart is. As she nears her thirty sixth birthday on December 13, the pop celebrity has gifted a whopping $197 million in bonuses to everybody who labored on her Eras Tour over the previous two years. The unbelievable second was captured in her docuseries The End of an Era, leaving her crew shaking their heads in pure disbelief.
The generosity began throughout the first leg of the North American tour, which wrapped up in August 2023, when Swift handed out over $55 million in bonuses. By the time the tour resulted in December 2024 in Vancouver, the whole had reached $197 million. Every single member of the staff benefited — from dancers, choreographers, and the band to truck drivers, caterers, safety, lighting and sound crews, wardrobe, hair and make-up, bodily therapists, and the video staff.
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ crew’s response as they obtain their bonus for engaged on the tour.Over the previous two years, Swift gave out $197 million in bonuses to everybody engaged on her Eras Tour, together with truck drivers, caterers, dancers and musicians. pic.twitter.com/wPEPgN9FJ1
— FirstCuriosity (@FirstCuriosity) December 13, 2025
In the docuseries, Swift defined why the bonus mattered a lot to her: “Bonus day is so vital as a result of setting a precedent with the Eras Tour is absolutely vital to me. Because individuals who work on the street, if the tour grosses extra, they get extra of a bonus. And these individuals simply work so laborious, and they’re the perfect at what they do.”
One of the dancers, Kameron Saunders, reads out Swift’s private observe and the bonus quantity to the staff. While the precise determine is censored on display screen, the surprised reactions, head shakes, jaw drops, and lengthy pauses, make it clear simply how huge it’s.
The Eras Tour itself made historical past, changing into the primary tour ever to gross over $2 billion. It spanned 149 exhibits throughout 21 international locations and 53 cities on 5 continents. Merchandise alone introduced in roughly $400 million, including to the tour’s record-breaking haul.
December 14, 2025, 09:17 IST
