Taylor Swift gave dozens of ‘Eras’ tour truckers a $100K raise

killing all nine passengers onboard.Following the tragedy, Swift shared a heartfelt tribute on X — formerly known as Twitter — writing, “My heart is in pieces hearing the news of this unimaginable tragedy. I can’t fathom what the families are going through.“Kobe meant so much to me and to us all.

Taylor Swift’s tours has spoken about the singer’s “life-changing” generosity.Mike Scherkenbach, who runs concert transportation company Shomotion and is currently working on Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour, was one of many production crew members to receive bonuses of $100,000 (£77,000) each, as revealed earlier this week.In total, Swift handed out over $55million (£43million) in bonuses to the crew for their efforts and commitment to the tour. Now, Scherkenbach has said in an interview with Rolling Stone that Swift’s generosity has affected her crew members in “life-changing” ways.“She’s giving a sum of money that is life-changing for these people,” Scherkenbach said.

Taylor Swift has touched down in the City of Angels, and she's getting a lot of love from some of her famous friends and fans.The «Anti-Hero» singer kicked off her 6-night Eras Tour run in Los Angeles on Thursday, performing for a sold-out crowd at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.The acclaimed artist and her lauded tour drew a massive number of fans to the grand arena, which housed over 100,000 Swifties on Thursday evening, as she belted out some of her massive hit singles.The opening night of the Los Angeles run also predictably drew a huge crowd of Hollywood's heavy hitters — who also happen to love Swift. Many stars took to social media ahead of Thursday's big show to share their excitement for getting to attend.Vanessa Bryant took to Instagram to share a photo of the specially decorated ensemble she created to pay tribute to both Swift and her late husband, Kobe Bryant.

Taylor Swift‘s ‘Reputation’ could be receiving its ‘Taylor’s Version’ re-recording, according to a new ‘Delicate’ snippet.‘Delicate (Taylor’s Version)’ appeared in the latest season of Amazon Prime Video‘s The Summer I Turned Pretty. While ‘Reputation (Taylor’s Version)’ has yet to officially be announced, the new snippet suggests the re-recording could well be its way.Watch the clip, which features a snippet of ‘Delicate (Taylor’s Version)’ below.The snippet’s inclusion in The Summer I Turned Pretty comes just after Taylor Swift unveiled more North American tour dates for her ongoing acclaimed ‘Eras’ tour.

Taylor Swift fans think that something special might be happening at the opening night of the Eras Tour‘s six-show run in Los Angeles.

Taylor Swift just officially announced a second North American leg of her ‘Eras Tour’ with special guest Gracie Abrams in October and November 2024.This time around, she’ll swing into Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Toronto for 15 additional gigs.Over the past few months, Swifties speculated that the 12-time Grammy winner would add surprise dates to the tour making sure to hit major cities she skipped over during the first leg.Lo and behold they were correct.Best of all, you can swiftly pick up tickets as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Thursday, Aug. 10, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all upcoming tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.If you need more details about Taylor’s 2023-24 plans, you can find a complete calendar of all remaining ‘Eras Tour’ dates here.On top of that, as an added bonus, we a) broke down all the best pricesfor each upcoming show, b) shared some helpful tips from a Swiftie who made it out to to see Taylor on the first weekend of the tour and c) came up with a list of all the most exciting fan trends.The rumors began swirling when popular gossip blog DeuxMoi tweeted “A list singer will be doing a second US leg of her very popular tour.” Fans were quick to assume Ms.Swift was the A-lister in reference and to no surprise the buzz spread like wildfire.

Taylor Swift is bringing her ‘Eras Tour’ to Inglewood, CA’s SoFi Stadium for a sextet of shows from Thursday, Aug. 3 through Wednesday, Aug.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have taken to social media to hit out at the “obstructed view” tickets offered at both their respective tours.Currently, both pop stars are embarking on tour dates around the US – with Swift wrapping up the North American leg of her ‘Eras’ tour, and Beyoncé playing the remaining shows listed for her ‘Renaissance’ world tour.Already, both tours are set to become some of the highest-grossing of all time. This comes as a report by Forbes earlier this year predicted that ‘Renaissance’ could gross between $275million and $2.4billion from tickets alone by the time it ends in September, with ‘Eras’ expected to bring in $1.9billion.However, some fans have been left less than impressed with the “listen only” and “obstructed view” tickets on offer for the live shows.

Taylor Swift has given out over $55million (£43million) in bonuses to the crew members working on her ongoing ‘Eras Tour’.The news comes after it was reported yesterday (August 1) that the singer had gifted the production truck drivers – responsible for hauling her equipment to each live show – bonuses of $100,000 (£77,000) each.Now, as detailed by People Magazine, the pop superstar has also shared generous amounts of extra income with the remainder of her ‘Eras Tour’ crew, and the total equates to a reported amount of $55million (£43million).The bonuses arrive as Swift is about to wrap up the US leg of her mammoth world tour, with six sold-out shows at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium. The live shows kicked off in Glendale, Arizona back in March, and have since gone on to arrive at multiple cities across the country.Already, the tour is set to become one of the highest-grossing tours of all time, and is speculated to have brought in over $1billion (£778million) – potentially explaining why the hefty amount of bonuses were offered to crew members.Although the specific amount given to others working on the tour – including dancers, sound technicians, catering, riggers and more – remains unknown, Michael Scherkenbach, the founder of transportation and logistics company Shomotion, confirmed the gift in a LinkedIn post.“When [Taylor’s father] Scott Swift called the Shomotion LLC steel / stage drivers in for a meeting, this was the last thing they expected – THANK YOU,” he wrote in the update.

Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour.’Now, you can catch the 12-time Grammy winner live for…free.Yes, you read that right.Vivid Seats is offering two (!) free tickets to Swift’s final concert at Inglewood, CA’s SoFi Stadium with special guests HAIM and Gayle on Wednesday, Aug. 9.All you have to do is download the Vivid Seats app, open the Game Center and play the Taylor trivia game to win.That’s it.As they say, “The more you play, the more chances there are to win.”Want to see Taylor for $0 when ticket prices start at nearly $600 before fees for her last 2023 U.S.

Taylor Swift is used to breaking records, but now she’s breaking curfew and facing potential fines for doing so.The «Shake It Off»singer performed at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on on July 28 and July 29 as part of her. Swift ran past the venue's 11 p.m. curfew, and kept on performing until 11:38 p.m., according to the .«Staff is reviewing potential permit and code violations for the two Taylor Swift concerts consistent with our past practices,» Michelle Templeton, Communications Director and Sustainability Manager for Santa Clara, tells ET, adding that there are currently «two categories of potential permit and code violations» for the concerts.

Taylor Swift fans have been left reeling after received an email on Wednesday saying resale tickets were live on website AXS at over £800 - despite organisers promising fair sales at face value prices to avoid scammers.

Taylor Swift‘s music.Speaking on her podcast High Low With EmRata with Troye Sivan, the model and author said she now regrets it after recently seeing Swift in concert.“I was not a Swiftie and now I’m like, ‘You know what that means? That means I was a misogynist that I didn’t fuck with Taylor Swift,” she said.“I went to her concert and I was like, ‘This person is an incredible songwriter, an incredible performer, and anybody who says anything else, like, they have issues. And actually maybe not a very sophisticated palette.’ … If you don’t like Taylor Swift, then, like, you don’t understand things.”It comes after Ratajkowski recently criticised Ellen DeGeneres for a “fucked up” interview with Swift in 2012.She took to social media earlier this year to comment on a resurfaced clip which saw DeGeneres question Swift about her dating life.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag As her Eras collection of shows draws to a close in the US, widely-adored country-singer-turned-global-popstar Taylor Swift has reportedly been handing out huge bonus cheques to the individuals who have made the tour smooth-sailing for her.The Love Story hitmaker is understood to have handed out extra payments to the likes of her back-up dancers, riggers, sound technicians, caterers and other production staff. People Magazine reported that Taylor, 33, - whose The 1975 former flame Matty Healy last week broke silence on his Malaysia controversy - gave her truck drivers alone an extra $100,000 each as an "end of the tour" bonus, with TMZ believing the whopping sum for that department along totalling a colossal $5 million.

Taylor Lautner is stepping out to run a few errands.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is wrecking all sorts of records. To celebrate, she’s making sure that everyone involved with the show’s making is happy and paid well for their contributions, granting million dollar bonuses to her entire crew. The reason Meghan Markle wrote Taylor Swift a personal letter: reportWatch the 10 Best Celebrity TikToks of the Week: Britney Spears, Shakira, Kylie Jenner, and moreRauw Alejandro lights up the stage in Monterrey: PhotosA post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)Swift has been granting $100,000 bonuses to the bus drivers charged with transporting her sound and stage equipment all over the country, reports TMZ.

Taylor Swift as your boss pays off! As the superstar wraps up her in the United States, she’s handing out bonuses to a lot of the people who helped make it all possible. ET has learned Taylor gave $100,000 bonuses to around 50 of her production truck drivers and also gave bonuses to her band members, dancers, lighting and sound technicians, caterers and others.

Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ is going out with a bang.From Aug. 3-9, the 12-time Grammy winner is performing six back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back gigs at Inglewood, CA’s SoFi Stadium to close out the U.S.

Taylor Swift has reportedly given the truck drivers working on her ‘Eras’ tour bonuses of $100,000 (£77,000) each.The hefty bonuses were allegedly given to the production truck drivers ahead of her extensive list of US Tour dates drawing to a close.As reported by The Line Of Best Fit, sources have said that she gave each of the production crew responsible for hauling her equipment around the country a bonus of $100,000 (£77,000) each. It also reports that the pop star has around 50 truckers working as part of her ‘Eras’ tour, equating to a total cost of $5million (£3.9million) in bonuses for those members of the crew alone.The sources also claim that a “very generous amount” of bonuses were also awarded to other crew members working on the tour.

Taylor Swift fans will have another chance to bag tickets to The Eras Tour today (Tuesday August 1) as ticket resales commence.

Emily Ratajkowski wasn’t a fan of Taylor Swift in the past, but now she’s a Swiftie and she doesn’t understand how anyone can dislike the singer.

Emily Ratajkowski recently attended Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour, but she hasn’t always been a fan of the megastar.

Meta CEO and Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg took time off from managing his social media empire to get a dose of some good ole’ Taylor Swift.

Nothing gets past the Swifties.

Taylor Swift is shaking it off the charts. One of the pop superstar's recent performances at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, triggered seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, according to local seismologists.

Haim dressed up as the step-sisters from Taylor Swift‘s ‘Bejeweled’ to perform ‘No Body, No Crime’ with her in California this weekend.The video for the ‘Midnights’ track guest starred Haim as a trio of step-sisters, who wore gowns that they also sported on stage in Santa Clara, California on Friday night (July 28).“hi from the step sisters!” they wrote on Instagram, with footage and photos showing them playing the ‘Evermore’ murder ballad while in full dress.It comes after Swift and Haim gave a live debut to ‘No Body, No Crime’ at the first ‘Eras’ Tour show in Seattle last weekend (July 22). Haim are supporting Swift on the latest leg of her North American stadium tour and have been joining her for the 2020 song during the ‘Evermore’ segment of the set.Elsewhere in Santa Clara, Aaron Dessner joined Swift on night one to give a live debut to ‘Evermore’ bonus track ‘Right Where You Left Me’, while night two saw her play ‘Red’ track ‘Stay Stay Stay’ for the first time in a decade and give a live debut to ‘All Of The Girls You Loved Before’.See footage from all the goings on at the latest stop of the ‘Eras’ Tour below.

Gigi Hadid was in the crowd supporting her friend Taylor Swift at a recent Eras Tour performance.

Taylor Swift is used to breaking records, but now she’s breaking curfew.On Friday, the Shake It Off singer performed at Levi’s Stadium and ran past the venue’s 11 p.m. curfew, when she performed until 11:38 p.m., according to the San Francisco Chronicle.The stadium is home to the San Francisco 49ers and sits within a residential neighborhood in Santa Clara. Since its 2016 opening, the stadium has grappled with noise issues.

Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras’ tour caused activity similar to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake.The singer’s huge stadium tour hit the city’s Lumen Field venue for two nights last weekend (July 22-23), and seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach told CNN that data collected over the shows showed seismic activity of a huge scale.Caplan-Auerbach told the outlet that “the shaking was twice as strong” as an event known as ‘Beast Quake’, which occurred in 2011 when Seattle Seahawks fans celebrated a touchdown at an NFL game.“The primary difference is the duration of shaking,” she added. “Cheering after a touchdown lasts for a couple seconds, but eventually it dies down.

Taylor Swift fans have been left 'beyond devastated' after AXS began cancelling The Eras Tour tickets for the star's UK dates, two weeks after they went on sale.

Beyoncé brings her much-anticipated “Renaissance” world tour to MetLife Stadium this Saturday and Sunday, elite members of the Beyhive will be buzzing within stinging distance of their Queen B.The hottest — and most expensive — tickets, which sold out immediately, are two VIP experiences named after “Pure/Honey,” the penultimate track on Bey’s Grammy-winning “Renaissance” album, which allow the superstar’s fans to watch the show from risers onstage. In addition to a dedicated bar and restroom, a limited-edition tour gift and more, those willing to drop a whopping $5,000 — assuming they were even able to grab the tickets at face value — will find themselves in the front row of the risers, close enough to get in formation with Beyoncé herself.

searching for affordable tickets. But when her friend texted that the tour had volunteer usher positions available, Burdette realized that she had discovered a backdoor to the experience of a lifetime.

Taylor Swift’s epic ‘Eras Tour’ at Santa Clara, CA’s Levi’s Stadium on July 28-29 have plummeted after the lowest prices were a whopping $1114 before fees on Vivid Seats at the beginning of the week.Just a mere 96 hours later, last-minute tickets can be picked up for as low as $634 before fees at the time of publication.That’s nearly $500 (!) in savings.And not to say “we told you so,” but we told you so, Swifties.Our team has covered free-falling ‘Eras Tour’ prices almost every week Taylor has been on the road and prices dropping seem to happen like clockwork on night one of Taylor’s multi-night stadium residencies.“All of this silence and patience, pining in anticipation” as Tay Tay sings in “Dress,” really does pay off.Want a closer look at how much tickets cost over Swift’s two days of shows at the 49ers’ home field?Keep reading.We’ve got everything you need to know and more below about Taylor’s Santa Clara ‘Era’ below.All prices listed below are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of what ticket prices are now versus what they cost on Monday, July 24 for each of Taylor’s two Santa Clara concerts can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour wasn’t creating enough of a groundswell, Swifties caused such a ruckus during the Seattle, Washington leg that they generated the equivalent of a 2.3 magnitude earthquake — rivaling the legendary “Beastquake” of 2011.“This was much bigger,” Western Washington University geology professor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach told King 5 after comparing the tectonic activity.The groundbreaking phenomenon occurred over the weekend while the “Antihero” singer had performed sold-out back-to-back shows to over 144,000 fans at Lumen Field, the Seattle Times reported.Little did the Grammy winner know that her concert would prove earth-shattering in the seismic sense: The activity from the three-and-a-half-hour marathon caused quite a commotion on a seismometer located next to the stadium, which prompted Caplan-Auerback to conduct a study to see if it surpassed the previous Lumen record caused by the Beastquake. For those unfamiliar with Seattle sports lore, this seminal event occurred in 2011 after Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch scored a touchdown and fans went wild.To see how the two events compared tectonically, Caplan-Auerback first analyzed data from the two Swift shows.

Taylor Swift fans are moving the Earth – literally!

Summer vacations, anyone?Sure, sunglasses are a must-have accessory in every season — but between the sunny weather and the abundance of new fashion trends taking over social media, bold and bright frames are proving to be the outfit embellishment of choice this summer. Just look at Taylor Swift — who recently rocked this under-$200 pair of chunky square frames — which are currently available for pre-order — while out and about in New York City.Taylor Swift paired this exact pair of Anine Bing sunnies with a simple black maxi and sandals from the same brand, now available for pre-order.These trendy sunnies, previously unavailable, have become open for pre-order.