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Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour could boost Singapore’s GDP by over $200million
Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ Tour is set to boost Singapore’s GDP by over $200million (£155million).Last February, it was reported that Singapore had made an exclusive deal with the popstar so she “can’t perform in any other countries in Southeast Asia”. As such, the singer has been performing six shows at Singapore’s 55,000-capacity National Stadium from March 2-9, making it the only Southeast Asian location on the Asia leg of her tour.Now, Bloomberg has reported Swift’s Singapore stop will bring 0.2 percentage points of GDP to Singapore’s economy (roughly equivalent to $200million).Forbes further revealed Swift’s decision to exclusively perform in Singapore meant hotel bookings rose 10% according to hotel analytics firm Smith Travel Research.
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Taylor Swift: Two men arrested and charged for allegedly sneaking fans into ‘Eras’ tour without tickets
Taylor Swift’s concerts without tickets.The incidents took place last Monday (February 26), during the third of the pop icon’s six sold-out shows in the South East Asian city-state.According to reports by outlets including The Independent and BBC News, one man allegedly distracted security staff by talking to them, while another held onto a turnstile to let three fans in.A third man who was arrested is under investigation and has yet to be charged, Singapore police said in a statement on Tuesday (March 5).Singapore has some of the strictest laws in the world, and anyone convicted of cheating faces a sentence of up to three years in jail.The shows, held as part of Swift’s mammoth ‘Eras’ tour, were in particularly high demand when the pop icon visited Singapore, as they marked the only stop in the region. Tickets sold out months before the live shows took place.According to the various outlets, one of the three men that the group snuck into the show was Chinese influencer Yang Junhao, who alleged that he unknowingly bought fake tickets.“This is me after being told I bought fake tickets, and was brought out [of the concert] to be interrogated by the police,” he reportedly told his followers in a video posted to Douyin, China’s version of TikTok (via BBC).
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Taylor Swift’s deal to not play neighbouring countries “not unfriendly”, says Singapore prime minister
Taylor Swift doesn’t perform anywhere else in Southeast Asia as part of her current ‘Eras Tour’ is “not unfriendly”, according to the city-state’s prime minister.The ‘Midnights’ pop star has already played three of her six sold-out concerts at the 55,000-capacity National Stadium, with the remaining trio of dates scheduled for this week (March 7, 8, 9).It was reported last month that Singapore had struck a deal to prevent Swift from bringing her show to any other location within the Association Of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which comprises 10 countries.Thai prime minister Srettha Thavisin claimed he was told that the Singapore government had offered $2million to $3million (£1.6million to £2.4million) per gig in exchange for exclusivity. However, the exact figure has not been disclosed.“The Singapore government is astute,” Srettha said.
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