{"id":11806,"date":"2024-11-27T09:20:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T09:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=11806"},"modified":"2024-11-27T14:58:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T14:58:44","slug":"taylor-swift-thanks-toronto-fans-in-heartfelt-instagram-post-it-was-awesome-to-play-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=11806","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift thanks Toronto fans in heartfelt Instagram post: &#8216;It was awesome to play in Canada&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-labelledby=\"articleTitle\" data-wcm-id=\"7ba85a3a-2df6-4331-9ad9-ab091bb01792\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">&#8216;The fans in Toronto treated us like it was a hometown show&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;h=423&amp;type=webp&amp;sig=5i2RNRPkVRd26YAam5Yp4A, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1128&amp;h=846&amp;type=webp&amp;sig=-pazPpQzBdE0QEp0w3DdhQ 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;h=423&amp;type=jpg&amp;sig=i2O0PrHigyAldiYisG3vDg, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1128&amp;h=846&amp;type=jpg&amp;sig=cKG03_oORtmplQ72YnnoTA 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=472&amp;h=354&amp;type=webp&amp;sig=j6BLSgKQFTFky1MdJvT3bA, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944&amp;h=708&amp;type=webp&amp;sig=A_HLevIVFxZ8uprtjHNa9Q 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=472&amp;h=354&amp;type=jpg&amp;sig=gOtAX9qRjaGRUH75CVRdJg, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944&amp;h=708&amp;type=jpg&amp;sig=t4L7X87VV6-H26XIwomDJQ 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;h=216&amp;type=webp&amp;sig=DNRo8AwQmS3W8g10ZD1-tw, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576&amp;h=432&amp;type=webp&amp;sig=EFFN6Mdhi1WOrVsxfilr9Q 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;h=216&amp;sig=Bryz4owxJQaBpSy7wIR_oQ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;h=216&amp;sig=Bryz4owxJQaBpSy7wIR_oQ, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TS20241114JB037.TS_-e1731636728399.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576&amp;h=432&amp;sig=U0IyvMPWVqK8E4E42-Oh4Q 2x\" alt=\"Taylor Swift thanks Toronto fans in heartfelt Instagram post: 'It was awesome to play in Canada'\" width=\"1093\" height=\"820\" \/><\/picture><figcaption>Taylor Swift opens her first night of six shows on the Eras Tour at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ont. Photo by Jack Boland \/Toronto Sun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<section>Taylor Swift has thanked Toronto fans in a heartfelt message following the conclusion of her six sold-out Eras Tour concerts at Rogers Centre.<\/section>\n<section>Swift, 34, became the first musical artist to sell out the venue six times on the same tour when she played the ballpark Nov. 14-16 and Nov. 21-23.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">\u201cOur 6 shows in Toronto were so incredible. It was awesome to play in Canada after so much time,\u201d Swift\u00a0wrote on Instagram. \u201cAs always, the fans in Toronto treated us like it was a hometown show. Couldn\u2019t have asked for more love or generosity from the people who came out.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DC1r0NKOqPQ\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=562&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com&amp;rp=%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrity%2Ftaylor-swift-thanks-toronto-fans-in-heartfelt-instagram-post-it-was-awesome-to-play-in-canada#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A861.5%7D\" height=\"1029\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>Swift also tipped her hat to opening act Gracie Abrams, who joined her for a mashup of their Grammy-nominated song <em>u<\/em><em>s\u00a0<\/em>and a rendition of her track <em>Out of the Woods<\/em>\u00a0at\u00a0show No. 3 last Saturday night.\u201cI just adore her. She\u2019s been giving the most amazing performances every night on this tour!!!\u201d Swift wrote.The 14-time Grammy winner also addressed the impending end of the Eras Tour next month in Vancouver.\u201cThe emotions have gotten pretty heightened for me and the rest of the team because it\u2019s gotten extremely real for us: Our next city will be the last one of The Eras Tour, and the closing of the most extraordinary chapter of my life so far,\u201d she concluded. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to give you all we\u2019ve got for three more shows.\u201dThe Eras Tour began in March 2023 and became a global phenomenon as Swift took her career-spanning concert worldwide.<\/section>\n<section>\n<p data-async=\"\">At the end of 2023, the\u00a0Eras shows became the first\u00a0 tour to cross the billion-dollar mark. Her merch sales were well north of $200 million, and a concert film she self-produced\u00a0sold more than $250 million worth of tickets, making it the highest-grossing concert film of all time.<\/p>\n<p>After playing Australia, parts of Asia, Europe, the U.S. and Canada this year, it\u2019s expected that Swift\u2019s Eras Tour will earn another billion dollars in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>During her final Toronto appearance last Saturday night, Swift told the sold-out Rogers Centre crowd that the Eras Tour has been the most fun she\u2019s had on the road in her nearly 20-years as a singer-songwriter.<\/p>\n<p>Tears filled her eyes as she thanked the team that has been with her since the tour started 21 months ago in Arizona.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\u201cTo my band and to my crew and everybody who has put so much into this tour \u2026 and I don\u2019t even know what I\u2019m saying, I\u2019m just having a bit of a moment, sorry,\u201d she said to the jam-packed stadium.https:\/\/Twitter.com\/markhdaniell\/status\/1860697433300181435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1860697433300181435%7Ctwgr%5E1f325d62dd005c05317891cdffd42c9b8b8fe374%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrity%2Ftaylor-swift-thanks-toronto-fans-in-heartfelt-instagram-post-it-was-awesome-to-play-in-canadaIt\u2019s not even the last show!\u201d Swift said, wiping away tears, before continuing. \u201cMy band, my crew, all of my fellow performers, we have put so much of our lives into this. And you\u2019ve put so much of your lives into being with us tonight and to giving us that moment that we will never forget. We\u2019ve loved our time in Toronto. It\u2019s been so amazing \u2026 I love you guys. Thanks so much for that.\u201d<\/section>\n<section>Swift ends the Eras Tour\u00a0 with just three more shows, which are scheduled to take place in Vancouver on Dec. 6, 7 and 8.<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift has thanked Toronto fans in a heartfelt message following the conclusion of six sold-out Eras Tour concerts at Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[597,598,581,31,599],"class_list":["post-11806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-city-of-toronto","tag-music-stars","tag-rogers-centre","tag-taylor-swift","tag-viral-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Taylor Swift thanks Toronto fans in heartfelt Instagram post: &#039;It was awesome to play in Canada&#039; - 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