Taylor Swift’s ever-popular Eras Tour is making one more stop, this time in your living room.
On Monday, the pop star informed her Canadian fans that they would be able to rent and stream her Eras Tour film just in time for her birthday on Dec. 13. Not only that, Swift also announced that the soon-to-be-released extended version of her musical film will include three bonus performances of songs not included in the movie’s original theatrical release.
“Well, so, basically, I have a birthday coming up, and I was thinking a lovely way to celebrate the time we’ve had together would be to make The Eras Tour Concert Film available for you to watch at home!” Swift, 33, wrote on social media to promote the digital release.
She mentioned that the three additional songs will be “Wildest Dreams,” “The Archer,” and “Long Live,” favorites for many die-hard Swifties.
However, some fans might be disappointed that the song “Cardigan,” which Swift performs nightly on tour, is still excluded from the new extended version.
The extended version of the Eras Tour film will be available to rent on Amazon Prime Video, Apple, Vudu, Xfinity, YouTube, and Google TV.
According to a press release, the recording of Swift’s major tour has a “suggested rental price” of CDN$19.89, though the cost may vary depending on the platform. (1989 is both Swift’s birth year and the name of her Grammy-nominated fifth studio album.)
The original theatrical version of the musical film received high praise from both Swift’s fanbase and critics, boasting an impressive 99 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
The announcement of the Eras Tour streaming release comes just one day after Swift concluded her tour in Brazil. Before the concert on Sunday, Swift met with the family of Ana Clara Benevides Machado, the 23-year-old fan who tragically passed away while attending the star’s concert in Brazil. Swift expressed being “devastated” upon learning of the fan’s death.
Swift’s Eras Tour will continue with a four-night run in Tokyo, Japan beginning on Feb. 7, 2024.
In October, Bloomberg estimated that profits from the successful tour amounted to about US$225 million (over C$306 million) into Swift’s pockets, surpassing all her previous tours combined. Variety reported that the entire tour is expected to gross a record-breaking US$2 billion (about C$2.7 billion) by its conclusion in December 2024.
