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Topics: Taylor Swift, Music, Money, US News, Celebrity
Emily Brown
Topics: Taylor Swift, Music, Money, US News, Celebrity
Taylor Swift fans apparently haven't been the only ones to benefit from the singer's tour across the US, as she's now thanked all of the truckers who made the shows happen with a hefty bonus.
Swift has entertained thousands of fans across the US with her Eras Tour over the last few months, visiting dozens of cities and singing even more songs to her adoring supporters.
The show is an epic one, packed with outfit changes, various instruments, huge screens and amazing stages, and though all of that is ready to go by the time fans start piling in, it's a big job to set up from one venue to the next.
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Around 50 production truck drivers have been responsible for hauling all of the equipment across the country, so as Swift prepared to finish off the US leg of her tour she reportedly decided it was time to express her gratitude.
Sources familiar with the tour told TMZ the singer handed out six-figure checks to each trucker as an 'end of tour bonus', with each driver given a whopping $100,000 (£78,300).
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With 50 drivers involved in the operation, that suggests Swift shelled out about $5 million (£3.9m) to those helping bring the show together.
The drivers aren't the only ones who received some cash as a 'thank you' for their help, with production sources claiming bonuses also went out to band members, dancers, lighting and sound technicians, caterers, and others.
The exact amount of everyone's bonuses is unclear, but has been described as a 'very generous amount'.
All these bonuses obviously add up to a very big chunk of change, but it's worth keeping in mind that Swift's tour has raked in $1 billion (£783m) in sales in the US alone.
The singer is set to bring her US shows to an end with a series of gigs at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, but the tour itself is far from over.
Swift will to move the production down to Mexico when she wraps up in the US, after which she'll move on to a couple of other South American countries before travelling to Japan and Australia.
Next year, she'll continue the show in Europe with gigs in France, Portugal, the UK, and Germany.
According to Forbes, Swift has an estimated net worth of $740 million - and let's not forget, she's only 33 years old.
With so many shows still to come, Swift's days of handing out bonuses are likely far from over!