Taylor Swift was awarded a generous grant from the Singapore Tourism Board to showcase her talents in the affluent republic during her Eras Tour.
The American pop singer, aged 34, started her series of six shows at the National Stadium in Singapore on March 2. This is her only performance in South-East Asia, a region with a combined population of approximately 666 million spread across 11 different countries.
Swift’s choice to perform solely in Singapore, known as one of the wealthiest nations globally, sparked a strong reaction from Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. He recently claimed that Singapore had paid Swift a substantial sum of up to $4.6 million per concert to ensure her exclusive performance, a fact he discovered after the agreement had already been made.
