Taylor Swift’s team have held “preliminary talks” with Shanghai authorities over the possibility of the pop superstar performing in the Chinese financial hub, according to Chinese media.

Swift’s “Eras” tour was the first to earn more than $1 billion in revenue after it wrapped last year, with the performances credited as bringing economic windfalls to locations across the United States, Europe and Asia.

The American singer did not perform in China, where she is widely popular.

Zhang Qi, deputy director of Shanghai’s culture and tourism bureau, told The Paper they had met Swift’s team in the city.

“As for whether it can take place in the end, we feel that it will have to depend on the market and the attractiveness of the city of Shanghai. But we are optimistic that they may be hope this year,” he said on the sidelines of a local political event.爱上海后花园

Swift began the Eras tour in March 2023 in Arizona, delivering a 44-song setlist spanning three hours and 15 minutes上海品茶工作室. She went on to play 149 shows in 53 cities across five continents to more more than 10 million fans.上海新茶工作室微信

Swift’s tour made international headlines not least for becoming the first tour in history to surpass $1bn (£786m) in ticket sales.

At its conclusion, The New York Times reported the figure stands at $2,077,618,725 in ticket sales, confirmed by her production company, Taylor Swift Touring. It was estimated that merchandise brought in an extra $400m (£314m).上海娱乐网

The tour also became known for the friendship bracelets made and worn by fans上海花千坊. In Vancouver, Swift told the audience the “lasting legacy” of the tour would be the bracelets, inspired by a lyric from her song “You’re On Your Own Kid”.爱上海同城对对碰

“I never thought that writing one line about friendship bracelets would have you guys all making [them], making friends and bringing joy to each other,” Swift said.上海龙凤419

“This is the lasting legacy of this tour. I couldn’t be more proud of you.”

Since that first show, hundreds of thousands of handmade friendship bracelets have traded hands, including by Swift’s celebrity audience members such as Sir Paul McCartney, Selena Gomez, Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon.

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