Taylor Swift: The End Of An Era

AFTER 21 MONTHS ON THE ROAD OVER FIVE CONTINENTS, TAYLOR SWIFT PLAYS THE LAST CONCERT OF HER RECORD-BREAKING TOUR.

SHE opened the show at Vancouver’s BC Place — the 149th and final concert of her 21-month Eras Tour — with “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” as the sold-out crowd sang along Dec. 8. “It’s a pretty cool night to be in Vancouver, huh?” the 34-year-old asked.

The tour, which spanned 18 years of music — from Fearless to 1989 to Folklore — traversed five continents and sold a total of $2,077,618,725 in tickets. That’s double the gross ticket sales of any concert tour in history! (The figure doesn’t count the sales of tix resold on the secondary market.) According to Taylor’s touring company, a total of 10,168,008 people attended the shows, paying an average of $204 a ticket. The bulk of those Swifties no doubt also picked up some merch — though trading homemade friendship bracelets became the real sign of being a true fan. Prince George, who saw the show with his sister, Princess Charlotte, and dad, Prince William, even sported one in his official birthday portrait!

For those who couldn’t make it to an arena, the 14-time Grammy winner also released the concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which earned $261 million worldwide in theaters before heading to Disney+. Then, of course, there was Tay’s romance with NFLer Travis Kelce, which consumed Swifties and football fans alike. The history-making tour also had its dark moments. After a terrorist bomb plot was uncovered before three planned shows in Vienna, the events were canceled. But the Eras tour will most likely be remembered as what Taylor calls “the most thrilling chapter of my life so far.”