Spanning shows across five continents, the Eras Tour had a cultural and socioeconomic impact. Swift designated the tour as a retrospective tribute to all of her studio albums and their corresponding musical "eras". Running over 3. The show was revamped in May to incorporate her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. Critics praised the Eras Tour for its concept, production, and immersive ambience, as well as Swift's vocals, stage presence, and versatile showmanship.
The tour recorded unprecedented public demand, ticket sales and attendances, bolstering economies, businesses, and tourism worldwide, dominating social media and news cycles , and garnering tributes and accolades from governments and organizations. This also gave rise to multifarious issues: ticketing crashes that inspired a string of anti- scalping laws and price regulation policies; scrutiny of Ticketmaster for monopoly by US authorities; diplomatic tensions in Southeast Asia due to Singapore's exclusivity grant; poor venue management in Rio de Janeiro resulting in a death ; a failed ISIS plot to attack the tour in Vienna ; and a political scandal in the UK.
An accompanying concert film , documenting the Los Angeles shows, was released to theaters worldwide on October 13, , in an uncommon distribution deal circumventing major film studios. Met with critical acclaim, the film became the highest-grossing concert film in history. Taylor Swift embarked on the Reputation Stadium Tour , her fifth concert tour, in , in support of her sixth studio album, Reputation It broke the record for the highest-grossing US tour in history.
Popular demand led Swift to add eight shows at some US cities on November 4, [ 11 ] and 17 more the following week, making the Eras Tour the most extensive US tour of Swift's career 52 shows , surpassing the Reputation Stadium Tour From June to November , new shows were added to the tour.
In the Asia-Pacific, the total number of Singapore shows was increased to six, [ 24 ] and two extra shows were announced in Australia. Several politicians and government officials demanded the tour be brought to their country or city. In particular, her return to the Philippines had been highly anticipated. Ticket sales for the Eras Tour were handled by various ticketing agencies around the world, such as Ticketmaster , over several dates.
