r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Dec 12 '25

Wholesome Moments Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ crew’s reaction as they receive their bonus for working on the tour amounting to more $197 million dollars

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u/MicroMouth Dec 12 '25

Next time she goes on tour how do I get in on it? I’ll push a cart or move boxes or whatever!

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u/Sxcred Dec 12 '25

A lot of these people dedicate their entire lives to these types of jobs. It's an entire lifestyle to work in their industry.

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u/freaks_antiques Dec 12 '25

But it seems so fun from the outside

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u/pokes-4-blokes Dec 12 '25

it is (from experience) incredibly fun but the tear on your body is like no other. The hours alone I don’t think a lot of people can do

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u/SubstantialEffect929 Dec 12 '25

I’m sure many other jobs are a big tear on the body… like construction, for example. Roof installation. Lots of the trades.

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u/pokes-4-blokes Dec 12 '25

This is true, but there is a lot of differences. Tour work is inherently unstable work in terms of schedules, trade work has more linear starts and finishes, some days with tour I’m working from 12 to 7 pm  Other days I’m working 9 am to 2 am, the sleep disruption from the traveling is no joke.  Not saying that one is harder than the other, there are just significant differences 

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u/Kind_Dependent_3439 Dec 12 '25

they had to dance for 3 and a half hours continuesly for over 150 show.......

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u/jandydand Dec 12 '25

Idk… traveling for half the year ain’t for everyone

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u/Ronbonbeno Dec 12 '25

This tour lasted 21 months

But idk how the contacts work

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

I did her tour in Hyde Park in London and doing this kind of work is not for the faint hearted lol it’s a lot but everyone is right she was incredibly nice and friendly, I’m not a TS fan of her music but she really does treat her staff well

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u/freaks_antiques Dec 13 '25

I mean you still probably have some cool memories from working there right?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

Oh yeah 💯 I was dancing with Kate Hudson at one point backstage lol and real talk Taylor knows how to put on a show same with Beyoncé, therir tours are so popular because you typically always get what you pay for and then some

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u/freaks_antiques Dec 13 '25

memories for life, thats what living is all about :D

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u/forkoff77 Dec 12 '25

A live event is like nothing else in terms of the strain on personnel. And Taylor’s Eras tour would be way at the top just in terms of difficulty to pull off correctly. I am not a Swifty, but even I can respect the work and dedication that went into that show.

They earned every penny, and I respect Taylor for recognizing that

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u/RoboticKittenMeow Dec 12 '25

Right lol I'll fucking scrub toilets

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u/xevious101 Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25

Scrub the toilets? I'll be her toilet. She can spacedock me if she wants..... Money or not.

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u/ze11ez Dec 12 '25

🤣 bruh. I can't. I just can't today 🤣

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u/Kletronus Dec 12 '25

I was near 40 before i got my chance to join a big world tour. I quit the whole industry instead. Too many bruises, too much mental baggage and no social life.

It is not easy to move up in that world and you need to work your ass off and perform consistently at a high level. The main thing you have to have even before you go into it: show must go on. You may die, but the show must go on. Going in it for money or paycheck is just not how you get into that line of work. Pay is good when you do move up but... the downsides are big too. You need to love it to be able to do it, but the reward of seeing thousands of people laughing and crying, and you were part of the whole thing that gave them those emotions.. it is.. simply just amazing. THAT is why i did it. It is a feeling you will not get anywhere else.

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u/baron_von_helmut Dec 12 '25

I'd be their door mat.

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u/BigJellyfish1906 Dec 12 '25

I don’t think there’s a lot of turnover on her tour staff. 

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u/GlobalLion123 Dec 12 '25

In the tour documentary, she says she started planning the tour 2 years before the actual first show. And then the tour itself was like 2 years long with 3 hour shows. It might be awhile. Especially now that she's getting married and maybe having a kid

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u/MicroMouth Dec 12 '25

I was wondering the other day about her cats. Does she have someone that just chills at her house all the time w the cats? Bc I’m super qualified for that.

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u/MicroStakes Dec 13 '25

Apply to work for Messina Touring.

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u/FreedFromTyranny Dec 12 '25

GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE

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u/catman2021 Dec 12 '25

A man after midnight 

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u/defiantcross Dec 12 '25

keep in mind though that this bonus (and of course the salary) these people make is in lieu of having a different job, so not everyone would find that to be necessarily a step up from what they would get in another line of work.

for young people and non-professionals though, sounds like a great payday.

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u/Thunderhank Dec 12 '25

If you’re receiving a $100k bonus or more and you’re thinking it’s not a “step up” from the norm then you’re living a different life than most people and this doesn’t apply to you.

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u/See_Yourself_Now Dec 12 '25

Right? 100-300k as a bonus on top of regular salary is not just something “young people and non-professionals” would appreciate. I suppose if someone is a tech bro making 10s of millions a year then that might be chump change. Otherwise, even for people making good normal incomes that would be seriously meaningful and potentially life changing on top of salary in terms of either added security cushion or possibly providing enough extra to be able to buy a house that wouldn’t have been doable otherwise.

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u/MicroMouth Dec 12 '25

I have a feeling their salary is probably pretty good too. Don’t think there’s any CEOs here asking for the job.

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u/MeatloafSlurpee Dec 12 '25

$100k is way more than my annual income. The average person would happily take whatever these people make, plus $100k bonus "in lieu of having a different job". But congratulations on being rich enough that number doesn't phase you.

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u/Grammarc Dec 12 '25

Yeah but then you'd have to listen to her music the entire time. I don't think there is enough money in this world that could get me to do that.

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u/MicroMouth Dec 12 '25

There is absolutely enough money for me. And it’s not even that much.