Highlights
- Taylor Swift swallowed a bug during a live performance, shocking fans in attendance.
- Despite concert mishaps, Swift handles the situation professionally and continues her performance.
- The financial success of her Eras Tour has made Taylor Swift a billionaire, with the potential to gross over $2 billion in ticket sales.
Global icon, Taylor Swift, is arguably the biggest name in all of pop culture right now. The musician receives an extensive amount of coverage for each facet of her life, including her budding romance with NFL superstar, Travis Kelce.
In the midst of her Eras Tour, Taylor has been trekking the globe, putting on showstopping performances in each venue she graces. Sounds great, but some time back, Swift made headlines after things took a turn for the worst during a live performance.
Let’s see what happened, how Swift has moved past mistakes before, and learn how this tour changed her financial outlook altogether.
Taylor Swift Swallowed A Bug While Performing, And Fans Were Stunned
Taylor Swift knows all too well that concert mishaps are bound to happen, no matter how much prep time goes into bringing them to life in front of legions of screaming fans.
In the midst of her already-iconic Era Tour, Taylor Swift was rocking the stage on June 4, 2023 in Chicago when the unexpected happened: she swallowed a bug!
From out of nowhere, the singer could be seen coughing and choking, which caused concern among the fans in attendance. As soon as Swift downed the insect, the crowd went silent, something that typically doesn’t happen at one of her many sold-out shows.
Ever the professional, Swift played it off, speaking to the crowd and addressing the bizarre incident.
“I swallowed a bug, I’m so sorry,” she told the audience, according to Today.
Swift continued to defuse the situation.
“Is there any chance that none of you saw that?”
“It’s fine, it’s all … I’ve swallowed it,” she added.
Before getting back to her performance, Swift punctuated the unexpected intermission.
“Okay, so I’m just going to try not to do as many of those. This is going to happen again tonight,” she said.
As you’d imagine, fans in attendance and online were stunned by what took place. The crowd itself was initially silent, before getting behind the singer, while others online had their takes.
One Reddit user who saw it in person wrote, “I was there!!!! It was hilarious. She had a mic issue for lover too and she handles all of the whoopsies so well I love her so much.”
“The “Errors Tour” strikes again haha. She’s so cute!” another wrote.
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She’s Had Other Concert Blunders During Her Incredible Eras Tour
One such performance mistake was missing her diving cue, according to The Wrap.
“After shocking audiences in Glendale, Ariz., where Swift kicked off her Eras tour, with a daring dive offstage set with graphics making her look like she swam under the platform, Swift did miss a cue in Tampa, but she laughed it off.”
The star also collided with a backup dancer during a performance.
“During a performance of “Call It What You Want” from her “Reputation” album, Swift was tripped by one of her background dancers, who did a spin kick really close to her, managing to take her out. She got right back up and kept on singing, and of course, the guy must have apologized profusely,” the site reported.
Despite the setbacks, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has been one of the most popular events on the planet, and the financial ramifications of the tour are astonishing.
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Blunders Aside, Her Eras Tour Made Her A Billionaire
In the latter part of 2023, it was reported that Taylor Swift had officially hit the coveted billionaire mark, something that had been in the works for many years. The driving force behind the shift in net worth? Her Eras Tour.
Bloomberg was the outlet that first made the public aware of Swift’s achievement, and CNN provided additional details of how Swift’s finances have changed.
“Swift has dominated not only Super Bowl-sized arenas, but local movie theaters as well. In its opening weekend, the pop singer’s concert film, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” raked in about $96 million in the box office in the United States and Canada, making it the highest-grossing concert film domestically for an opening weekend, according to AMC,” CNN reported.
The site also noted that her Eras Tour could gross more than $2 billion in ticket sales just in North America alone. That number will be much higher when factoring in merch.
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Taylor Swift’s ability to power through bug blunders and mishaps is partly why she has taken her Eras Tour success all the way to the bank.
Source: NewsFinale
