50 Fun Facts About Taylor Swift: the Eras Tour

In which Arizona city did the Eras Tour open on March 17, 2023?

The city temporarily renamed itself 'Swift City' for the weekend.

In which city did the Eras Tour play its final show in December 2024?

The final night was filmed for the Disney+ concert film The Final Show.

How many shows did the Eras Tour play in total?

They spanned 51 cities in 21 countries on five continents.

Which album's promotion was Swift doing when she announced the tour on November 1, 2022?

She made the announcement on Good Morning America and her social accounts.

What number concert tour of Swift's career was the Eras Tour?

Her planned Lover Fest had been cancelled by the pandemic.

Which company, an AEG partner, promoted the tour?

AEG's CEO said Swift flatly refused dynamic pricing for her fans.

Which card company's partnership gave US fans presale access in November 2022?

Face-value tickets ranged from $49 to $449, with VIP packages up to $899.

How many Verified Fan registrations did Ticketmaster report for the US presale, a record?

Live Nation said it had prepared for 1.5 million fans but 14 million turned up.

How many tickets did the tour sell on the first day of the US presale, a single-day record?

Robbie Williams had held the record with 1.6 million for his 2005 Close Encounters Tour.

Roughly what share of Canada's population registered for the Toronto presale?

That was about 31 million registrations.

Who opened the Latin American leg of the tour?

Argentine singer Louta was added as an extra opener in Buenos Aires.

Which band opened the European leg?

They had also shared the very first US dates with Gayle.

Which football club asked La Liga to move a match so a second Bernabeu show could be added?

The game moved from May 26 to May 25, 2024, freeing the Bernabeu for May 29.

Which two Asian countries were the only ones on the Eras Tour itinerary?

Thailand's prime minister complained that Singapore had paid for regional exclusivity.

Which bank's cardholders got presale access for the Singapore shows?

Fans across Southeast Asia reportedly scrambled to sign up for its cards.

How were all seats sold in Japan?

Lawson's Loppi system ran the draws, and a second lottery was added for demand.

Which Australian state declared its Eras shows a 'major event' to penalise scalping?

Ticketek said it blocked over 500 million bot purchase attempts during the presale.

Who served as the tour's creative director?

Architectural Digest called it Swift's most ambitious set design.

Roughly how many trucks hauled the tour's staging and costumes?

Swift later gave each of the 50 truck drivers on the US leg a $100,000 bonus.

Who choreographed the Eras Tour's 15 backup dancers?

Emma Stone recommended her after working together on La La Land.

How did Swift rehearse her vocals for the 3-plus-hour show?

She also trained in dance for three months and gave up alcohol.

How many acts was a standard Eras Tour show divided into?

Each represented an album 'era' with its own colours, costume and stage design.

Which 1964 Dusty Springfield song played over the countdown clock before the show?

The Lover act then opened the show.

Which album's act opened the 2023 show?

She performed 'The Man' and 'You Need to Calm Down' on a set of office cubicles.

Which act used a moss-covered piano beneath an oak tree?

It also featured 'Willow' performed as a witchy seance with glowing orange orbs.

Which 1941 film did the 'Tolerate It' dinner-table staging evoke?

Swift sang to a male dancer across a long table.

What animals slithered away on screen to close the Reputation act?

Snake visuals and dimming lights had opened the act.

What did Swift hand to a pre-selected fan near the end of '22' each night?

The fedora, designed by Gladys Tamez, echoed the song's music video look.

What structure sat on stage during the Folklore act?

It echoed her 2021 Grammys performance, and she sang from its roof.

What did dancers smash with blue golf clubs during 'Blank Space'?

Other dancers rode neon bicycles around the mid-stage.

How many surprise songs did Swift play in the acoustic set each night?

One on guitar, one on piano, before an illusion had her dive into the stage and 'swim'.

Which 1975 musical influenced the 'Vigilante Shit' chair dance?

The choreography drew on burlesque as well.

Which song closed every show, with fireworks and confetti?

Swift, singers and dancers wore tinsel-fringed jackets for the finale.

Which album got its own act when the show was revamped in May 2024?

Folklore and Evermore were merged into one act to make room.

In the 2024 set, what appeared on screen and tried to abduct Swift before 'Down Bad'?

She then sang from a moving block hovering over a digital galaxy.

Where was the footage for the 2023 concert film shot?

Sam Wrench directed, and Swift distributed it straight through theaters, bypassing studios.

Who directed the 2023 concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour?

It became the highest-grossing concert film ever.

Where did Swift announce Speak Now (Taylor's Version)?

The album arrived on July 7, 2023, and 'Long Live' joined the set that night.

Which rapper featured on the 'Karma' video premiered during the tour?

Swift premiered it before the acoustic set at the first East Rutherford show.

Which bonus track was exclusive to the CD edition sold only at merch stands on tour?

The Late Night Edition went on sale in East Rutherford on May 26, 2023.

Where did Swift announce the Tortured Poets variant with bonus track 'The Bolter'?

'The Albatross' followed in Sydney and 'The Black Dog' in Singapore.

Which US retailer sold The Eras Tour Book exclusively on Black Friday 2024?

It sold over a million copies in a week and was the best-selling book of 2024.

What is the title of the six-episode Disney+ series about life on the tour?

It launched on December 12, 2025 alongside the film of the Vancouver finale.

What gross did Taylor Swift Touring report for the whole tour after it ended?

Attendance was 10.1 million, the first solo act to sell 10 million tickets on one tour.

Whose tour record for highest average attendance per show did Swift break?

She averaged 67,487 tickets a night, beating the 360 Tour.

Swift's net worth passed which milestone after the first 57 shows?

It made her the first billionaire whose money came mainly from music.

How much did Swift pay her crew in bonuses over the whole tour?

The first US leg alone brought bonuses of over $55 million.

Which European city's three shows were cancelled over a foiled terror plot in August 2024?

Austrian broadcaster ORF aired the concert film free in their place.

Which country's prime minister accused Singapore of paying for regional exclusivity?

Srettha Thavisin claimed subsidies of $2-3 million a show; Singapore admitted a grant but not its size.

Swift's experience as an entertainer on the tour inspired which 2025 album?

It is her twelfth studio album.