Taylor Swift's Australian Eras Tour in numbers
Millions of fans, hundreds of thousands of tickets, seven shows and one incredible cultural moment; those are just a few of the numbers that have defined Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Australia.
With her final show done and dusted, the singer will soon depart our shores to continue her concerts abroad.
In honour of the mammoth two weeks she spent in Australia, we're recapping the Eras Tour based on some of the most unbelievable figures that came out of it.
Keep reading to relive Taylor Swift's Aussie tour in numbers.
June 21, 2023: Eras Tour announcement
Taylor Swift caused pandemonium when she announced her plans to bring the Eras Tour to Australia on June 21, 2023.
It would be her first tour Down Under since 2018, when she did the Reputation Tour.
Swift announced just five concert dates at first – two in Melbourne and three in Sydney – but later added an extra show in each city due to massive demand.
Unfortunately for fans located literally anywhere else in Australia, she opted not to perform in any other major cities. Nor did she announce any tour dates for New Zealand.
So it's no surprise that millions of fans were battling it out the moment tickets went on sale.
4 million: How many Swifties tried to buy tickets
More than four million Swifties scrambled to buy tickets in the first general sales, with only a few hundred thousand actually managing to secure them.
The outrageous demand sparked plenty of arguments among fans.
Many insisted that it was "unfair" that some fans nabbed tickets to more than one show, slamming them as "greedy" .
Others insisted only "true fans" deserved to see the Eras Tour at all, suggesting that you should have to prove how often you listen to Swift on services like Spotify before getting the chance to buy a ticket.
$1250: How much some fans paid for VIP tickets
Fans paid up to $1250 for tickets to the Eras Tour, with the most expensive VIP package going for $1249.90.
Fans who snapped up a VIP package got a seat at one of Swift's shows as well as exclusive merch, including; a printed canvas tote bag, a pin, sticker and postcard set, and a tour laminate with a matching Eras Tour lanyard.
The VIP box came with a special souvenir concert ticket, however these were misprinted.
The tour year read 2023 on the tickets sent out to fans, so Frontier Touring offered reprinted replacements with the correct year.
$65.90: Price for the cheapest seats
As the concert dates drew near, extra tickets were released to the public with the cheapest restricted view seats going for just $65.90.
It was a huge relief to many fans who missed out in the first sales or were hoping to nab tickets on a budget, though ticket numbers were limited and fans once again had to fight tooth and nail for them.
Despite being marketed as 'restricted view', many of the late release tickets had "great views" according to fans who posted on social media from the Aussie shows.
12.50am: Time she arrived in Australia
Taylor Swift officially landed in Australia at around 12.50am on February 15, 2024.
Her private jet touched down at Tullamarine airport in Melbourne, where fans camped out hoping for a brief glimpse of the American megastar.
She arrived fresh off the back of boyfriend Travis Kelce's huge Super Bowl win on February 11 in Las Vegas, USA, where she was photographed supporting him from a VIP box.
The couple were later caught on camera partying and celebrating Kelce's victory together with A-list friends.
96,000: Number of fans at each Melbourne show
Swift's first three shows took place in Melbourne, where she performed to crowds of about 96,000 fans each night at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
That's over 288,000 concert-goers over three nights.
They were some of the biggest shows of her career, and she told the audience on her final night: "Oh Melbourne, look at you – I'm just taking a mental picture for myself any time that I'm sad.
"I'm going to remember all of this that I got to look at on Friday night in Melbourne. Just a few songs in you are already making me feel phenomenal.
"If I seem a little bit like I'm losing my mind over the fact that there are 96,000 people here tonight ... it's because it's true."
$5 million: How much she makes per show
Industry insiders estimate that Swift banked a whopping $5 million in profits for each of her Australian shows, according to The Guardian
That averages out to $1.43 million per hour of her 3.5 hour Eras Tour set list.
In total, she would have made $35 million from her seven Australian dates before adding the profits from merchandise sales, which were also massive.
The Eras Tour has been running for almost 12 months now and The Washington Post reports that Swift, who is already a billionaire, will bank a total of US$4.1 billion (approx. $6.2 billion AUD) from the landmark tour.
Two: Number of times she visited Sydney Zoo
But it wasn't all work and no play for Swift while she was Down Under.
Between sold-out shows, she managed to make not one but two visits to Sydney Zoo in Bungarribee, New South Wales.
Now, two visits isn't that many but it's surprising that she went twice - on back to back days no less.
The second time around she took NFL boyfriend Travis Kelce, who flew in to support Swift at one of her Sydney shows before jetting back overseas.
1000: Number of extra trains for the first Sydney show
With hundreds of thousands of Swifties flocking to Accor Stadium for the singer's four Sydney dates, Sydney Trains made sure the city's public transport system was well-prepared for the extra travellers.
There were a whopping 1000 extra services running on the night of her first show, with Swift songs playing over the speakers as concert-goers trekked to Sydney Olympic Park.
Some of the latest train models even showed 'Tay Tay Express' on the digital screens inside the train and on the exterior.
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