- The U.S. leg of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is coming to an end
- As an "end-of-tour bonus," Swift gifted the truckers on her team $100,000 each
- With 50 truckers on the team, that's a total of $5 million in bonuses
To say Taylor Swift's Eras Tour has been a massive undertaking would be an understatement. It took a titanic team of performers, technicians, caterers, and truck drivers to get everyone where they need to go.
Now, as the epic tour winds down with the last six shows of the U.S. leg of the tour coming up, Swift hasn't forgotten about the many people who helped it come together.
According to TMZ, the multi-Grammy-winning artist gifted $100,000 to every trucker working on her tour ahead of a Saturday performance in Santa Clara, California. Given the amount of equipment that needs to go from city to city for T-Swift's tour, 50 different truckers took to the road. That means Swift paid roughly $5 million in bonuses to her truckers alone.
The article also notes that bonuses also went out to "band members, dancers, lighting and sound technicians, caterers, and others." No specific numbers are cited for any of those bonuses, but it was described as a "very generous amount."
The generous gifts come as an "end-of-tour bonus" for the team members after what is undeniably a successful endeavor. Tickets were hotly sought after (and hotly debated), concerts drew a slew of celebrity attendees, and the whole shebang may have inadvertently launched an investigation into online ticket sales shenanigans.
All that translates to a financial windfall for Swift and her team. TMZ reports that "Taylor's nationwide tour has raked in $1 billion in sales," which it says could make the Eras Tour the highest-grossing tour of all time.
Michale Natale is a News Editor for the Hearst Enthusiast Group. As a writer and researcher, he has produced written and audio-visual content for more than fifteen years, spanning historical periods from the dawn of early man to the Golden Age of Hollywood. His stories for the Enthusiast Group have involved coordinating with organizations like the National Parks Service and the Secret Service, and travelling to notable historical sites and archaeological digs, from excavations of America’ earliest colonies to the former homes of Edgar Allan Poe.
