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Taylor Swift reflected on the ‘challenges’ of ‘The Eras Tour’ two years after she began the mammoth world tour
The 35-year-old pop megastar was honoured with nine prizes at the ceremony in Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater on Monday night (17.03.25), with her haul including Artist of the Year.
Swift didn’t attend the event, but she pre-recorded an acceptance speech for the Tour of the Century prize for ‘The Eras Tour’, in which she marked the two-year anniversary of the mammoth jaunt starting in Glendale, Arizona, on March 17, 2023.
Swift admitted the global trek – which broke the record as the highest-grossing tour of all time and spanned 149 shows in 51 cities – was “the most challenging thing” she’s ever done.
She began: “I really can’t tell you how much this means to me because I accept this on behalf of all my tour mates, my band, everyone who toured with us, our crew.”
Swift continued: “People often say that sometimes the greatest challenges in life end up being something that you are so proud of or end up being the most gratifying feeling in the end if you can rise to the occasion. And this tour was absolutely the most challenging thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
The ‘Fortnight’ hitmaker insisted it wouldn’t have been possible for her to “take on those challenges” without the support of her Swifties.
She said: “It’s a three-and-a-half-hour show, more shows than I’ve ever done on a tour and it really was the most gratifying thing I’ve ever done. I think about that tour constantly. I’m so proud of it.
“And the only reason I was able to take on those challenges, among others, the ambition of the production, the length of the show, the amount of shows in all the…
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