Taylor Swift loves surprises. The strongest pop star of the moment finished last Sunday the North American leg of her tour, The Eras Tour, after 53 concerts in the United States (with just over three million spectators) and four in Mexico City, where she filled the capital’s Foro from Thursday to Sunday Sol with 60,000 spectators daily. He will not return to the stage until November (with eight concerts in Argentina and Brazil) and then until February (where he starts in Japan and then tours Europe, returning to the United States and ending in Canada for the time being), but in this half-term has he still has a lot to offer his fans. Including this concert. And to the delight of her millions of followers, the Pennsylvania singer announced on August 31st via her social networks that “The Eras Tour” will be a documentary that will be released in theaters in North America on October 13th.
“The Eras Tour has been the most meaningful and electrifying experience of my life to date and I am delighted to announce that it will soon be coming to the big screen,” wrote the 33-year-old interpreter their Twitter profiles (95 million followers) and Instagram (271 million). “Starting October 13, you can enjoy the concert experience in film format in theaters across North America. Tickets are on sale now.” The artist concludes her message with some more personal words to her fans: “We encourage you to wear period clothing, wear friendship bracelets and sing and dance, 1, 2, 3, LGB! “(iykyk)”. Translated: At her concerts, fans wear looks consistent with those she herself has worn on each of her albums (or eras) and exchange bracelets with homemade words and song titles; Now he is suggesting that this also be the case in the cinema. The 1, 2, 3 LGB (let’s go bitch) is a phrase that fans sing at every concert at the beginning of the song Delicate, while iykyk is the acronym for “If you know it, you know it”. “You know, you know.”
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The projection will resemble the real concert, which will be exactly the same in each city, except for the singer’s clothing changes, which vary in color, and two different surprise songs on each date. Therefore, the 45 songs he sings will be featured in approximately three and a half hour concerts; There will be approximately two hours and 45 minutes of footage in theaters. In fact, tickets are already available and selling well in many theaters across the United States, as well as Canada and Mexico. Swift winks at her as always. In the USA they cost 19.89 US dollars or 18.50 euros (13.13 US dollars for minors and seniors); in Mexico 198.90 Mexican pesos (approx. 11 euros). 1989 is the year of his birth and the title of one of his albums, the very one he planned to re-record at his last concert in the USA on August 9th in Los Angeles. 13 is his favorite number and his date of birth (December 13, 1989), hence the reduced ticket price.
The documentary is directed by Sam Wrench, a specialist in works of this kind who has already filmed concerts for the screen about Billie Eilish, Lizzo or Pentatonix and directed Halftime, the documentary about Jennifer Lopez’s career from 2022, which is about Halftime focused on their performance in the Super Bowl. It was primarily recorded during Swift’s last six concerts in the United States at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, south of Los Angeles. The cameras were particularly visible at the penultimate event in town, as many followers pointed out that the shot was obvious and the performer was preparing something for her fall break.
Taylor Swift performs her first concert in Mexico during The Eras Tour at the Foro Sol in the country’s capital. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images)
Thousands of spectators from different parts of the country attended the American singer-songwriter’s latest tour. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images)
The show lasted more than three hours. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
The singer’s tour broke records in terms of sales and production levels. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
Taylor Swift plays the piano during her performance in front of thousands of spectators. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
Tickets for the tour’s first dates in Mexico City sold out within minutes, so two more dates were added. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
Fans of American singer Taylor Swift arrived at Foro Sol early in the morning. Edgar Negrete (CUARTOSCURO)
Taylor Swift gives her hat to one of the concert goers. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
Souvenirs from the concert were sold outside Foro Sol. Edgar Negrete (CUARTOSCURO)
A Taylor Swift fan waits in front of Foro Sol for the concert to start.Edgar Negrete (CUARTOSCURO)
According to the Mexico City Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism, the visit of people from all over the country will cause an economic loss of more than 1,012 million pesos thanks to the singer’s concert. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
A person shows accessories that allude to singer Taylor Swift’s concert, hours before the concert begins.Edgar Negrete (CUARTOSCURO)
Thousands of Mexican “Swifties” come to Foro Sol for the singer’s first performance in the country. Edgar Negrete (CUARTOSCURO)
With “The Eras Tour” the artist wants to celebrate the different facets she has had since the beginning of her career. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
According to the organizers, 58,126 people attended the concert. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
“It is an honor and a privilege to be able to say these words: Mexico City, thank you,” the singer said to the thousands of fans who attended her first performance. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
Arturo Zaldívar, Minister of the Supreme Court, during the Taylor Swift concert. With kind approval
Taylor Swift’s song list at Foro Sol in Mexico City consists of a total of 45 songs. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
“Thank you, Mexico City. I love you,” the singer said goodbye to her audience. HECTOR VIVAS (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
The Eras Tour has become an unprecedented phenomenon. It is estimated that she will earn more than a billion dollars from her more than 100 concerts around the world if the singer does not add more dates, which is expected due to the very high demand for her performances. Tickets sell out quickly as soon as they go on sale, and cities and countries (as was the case in Canada) require the game to pass through their territory, and not just because of demand from fans watching it want, but also because of the demand The trail of millions that goes. It is estimated that in the last four days of the North American tour, Mexico City received around 1,033 million pesos in benefits, or 55 million euros, thanks to the expenses of travel, accommodation, meals, transportation… of the almost 250,000 people who attended the concerts.
Next year, Swift will become one of the richest artists in the world thanks to the spectacular earnings from the tour (in terms of tickets alone, each concert represents between 11 and 12 million euros in ticket sales revenue). An income that it also distributes among its workers: it has paid out bonuses worth 55 million euros to dancers, truck drivers and chefs. This spectacular concert, which features a hut, trees, phosphorescent bicycles, several pianos and dozens of dancers on stage, will now be accessible to many who have run out of tickets or the hundreds or even thousands of euros that tickets cost, couldn’t pay. .
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