Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Makes HISTORY _ E! News
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Makes HISTORY _ E! News
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00:00 Welcome to the Eras Tour.
00:02 (crowd cheering)
00:05 Taylor Swift is in her history making era.
00:08 The pop icon officially has the highest
00:10 grossing music tour ever.
00:13 According to new data from Polestar,
00:15 Tay's Eras experience becomes the first ever tour
00:18 to gross one billion dollars.
00:21 In fact, the superstars' live shows are so popular
00:24 that the Eras Tour earned more than 2023's
00:27 next two highest grossing tours combined.
00:30 Beyonce's Renaissance Tour ranks second,
00:33 while The Boss, Bruce Springsteen,
00:34 and the E Street Band came in third.
00:36 Taylor's tour, which later became
00:38 its own record-breaking concert film,
00:41 breaks a previous record set by Elton John.
00:43 The 76-year-old musician wrapped his Farewell Tour
00:46 earlier this year, and with it,
00:48 grossed 939 million dollars worldwide.
00:52 The 33-year-old singer's record is the latest
00:55 in a string of milestones.
00:57 On December 6th, Taylor was named
00:59 Time Magazine's Person of the Year.
01:01 In her cover story, she opened up about her love story
01:04 with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelsey
01:07 for the very first time, sharing that the two connected
01:10 after Travis opened up on his podcast in July
01:12 about wanting to meet the singer.
01:14 She recalls, "We started hanging out right after that.
01:17 "So we actually had a significant amount of time
01:19 "that no one knew, which I'm grateful for,
01:21 "because we got to get to know each other."
01:23 Taylor's timeline also confirms that the pair
01:26 were dating for a few months before she appeared
01:28 at the September 24th Chiefs game.
01:31 As Taylor clarifies to Time, "We would never be psychotic
01:35 "enough to hard launch a first date."
01:37 The singer also discusses the media frenzy
01:39 that has surrounded the couple, sharing,
01:42 "I'm going to see him do what he loves.
01:44 "We're showing up for each other.
01:45 "Other people are there and we don't care."
01:47 Between her Time milestone tour record
01:50 and romance with Travis, it's clear Taylor is ending 2023
01:55 on top.
01:56 (upbeat music)
01:59 (upbeat music)
02:02 (upbeat music)
02:05 (upbeat music)