Taylor Swift Reportedly Gives Tour Truckers $100,000 Bonuses

Other Members of Production Crew Also Rewarded as Eras Tour Winds Down

Taylor Swift Eras Tour
Taylor Swift performs during the opener of her Eras tour in Glendale, Ariz., on March 17. (Ashley Landis/Associated Press)

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has reportedly given $100,000 bonuses to the truck drivers who have been transporting her concert equipment across the country during her epic .

The 鈥淢idnights鈥 artist gifted about 50 drivers $100,000 each, adding up to approximately $5 million total, . The report described the payments as 鈥渆nd of tour bonuses鈥 for the drivers employed during the U.S. leg of the tour 鈥 which is set to conclude this month with six shows .

The Grammy winner also doled out a 鈥渧ery generous鈥 unspecified amount to other members of her production crew, including band members, dancers, caterers and lighting and sound technicians, TMZ reported. She reportedly distributed the bonuses before her July 29 concert in Santa Clara.



A representative for Swift did not immediately respond Aug. 1 to The Times鈥 request for confirmation.

Swift is scheduled to play SoFi on Aug. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 before heading to Mexico City and then on to Europe. Her sold-out greatest-hits tour launched in March and is projected to make more than $1 billion by the time it ends next year.

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Taylor Swift performs May 5 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. (George Walker IV/Associated Press)

The Eras tour also marks Swift鈥檚 first traveling show in five years.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know how to process all of this and the way it鈥檚 making me feel right now,鈥 the 鈥淟avender Haze鈥 hitmaker told concertgoers on opening night in Glendale, Ariz.

鈥淚 can鈥檛 even go into how much I missed you because there鈥檚 no way to verbalize it.鈥

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