Taylor Swift shared how she recovered after tour dates

Each of the shows on the Eras Tour was over 180 minutes long. She performed no matter the circumstances.

“I know I’m going on that stage whether I’m sick, injured, heartbroken, uncomfortable, or stressed,” she told Time. “That’s part of my identity as a human being now. If someone buys a ticket to my show, I’m going to play it unless we have some sort of force majeure.” 

The physical demands of a run of shows require a great deal of rest afterward. Swift spends an entire day in bed to recover.

“I do not leave my bed except to get food and take it back to my bed and eat it there,” she said. “It’s a dream scenario. I can barely speak because I’ve been singing for three shows straight. Every time I take a step my feet go crunch, crunch, crunch from dancing in heels.”

Taylor Swift spent months preparing for her tour

The Eras Tour was not Swift’s first tour by a long shot, but she knew it would be her most demanding.

“I knew this tour was harder than anything I’d ever done before by a long shot,” she said.

She spent the six months before the tour training for it.

“Every day I would run on the treadmill, singing the entire set list out loud,” she said. “Fast for fast songs, and a jog or a fast walk for slow songs.” 

She explained that she wanted to be so prepared for the shows that she’d hardly have to think about what she was doing onstage.

“Then I had three months of dance training, because I wanted to get it in my bones,” she said. “I wanted to be so over-rehearsed that I could be silly with the fans, and not lose my train of thought.”

The concerts made a record-breaking amount of money

Her hard work paid off in a big way. The Eras Tour made over $2 billion, making it the highest-grossing tour of all time. Every single show sold out, and tickets went for significantly higher than the average cost of a concert.

The enormous profit also doesn’t include merchandise or tickets sold by resellers.