Taylor Swift Gives Over $55 Million in Bonuses to Eras Tour Crew
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00:00 Christmas just came early for Taylor Swift's Aries tour crew.
00:03 She's reportedly given them bonuses totaling over $55 million.
00:08 A source tells People ahead of playing six sold-out concerts at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood,
00:15 California beginning August 3rd. Taylor shelled out the big bucks for the people who make her
00:21 shows even possible, including dancers, riggers, sound technicians, caterers and more.
00:28 Meanwhile, per TMZ, Taylor gave the truckers hauling her equipment $100,000 each ahead of a
00:35 stop in Santa Clara over the weekend. And according to the outlet, Taylor has around 50 drivers for
00:41 the U.S. leg of her tour, which means she dropped about $5 million on her truckers alone.
00:47 So what's the actual occasion? Since, you know, it's not really Christmas.
00:51 A source told TMZ the checks were a quote "end of the tour bonus." Following her gigs
00:58 at SoFi Stadium, Taylor is headed to Mexico, Argentina and Brazil before hitting the rest
01:04 of the world next year. But what's $55 million when the Aries tour could gross over $1 billion,
01:10 according to the Wall Street Journal? Plus, all this comes on the heels of Taylor shaking off a
01:16 costly legal battle. Per court documents obtained by E! News on July 26, Teresa Laudark filed to
01:23 drop her $1 million copyright lawsuit against the singer after previously alleging Taylor's
01:30 2019 book Lover that accompanied her album of the same name was ripped off from Teresa's
01:36 self-published book of poems, also called Lover. But it looks like that's all water under the
01:42 bridge and it won't be a cruel summer after all.
01:54 So, what's $55 million?