The four concerts of the American star Taylor Swift in the Pariswith which her European tour began, attracted 180,000 viewers from Thursday to Sunday, the concert venue announced to AFP today.

Although the number of spectators was initially set at 42,000, it was later increased to 45,000 per concert, “for the first time” in the history of the “Paris La Défense Arena”, explained its vice-president Bathilde Lorenzetti.

Among them, about 30% were foreign nationals, of which 20% were Americans, she had told AFP before the concerts. High ticket prices on the other side of the Atlantic partly explain this excitement.

Spectators in Paris spent an average of 180 euros to get their tickets, according to Lorenzetti.

Between rehearsals and concerts, Time Magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year Taylor Swift and her 200-strong band spent 10 days at the concert venue.

The singer’s sixth tour, called “The Eras Tour”, kicked off in March 2023 in the US, before traveling to the Americas, Asia and Australia.

In late 2023, he became the first tour in history to sell over $1 billion worth of tickets. A number that is expected to double by the end of her run in Canada in December.

The three-hour and 15-minute show looks back at the 11 albums (since 2006’s Taylor Swift) that have seen Taylor Swift rise from a rising star in American country music to one of the most important artists in international pop music, with 110 million monthly listeners on Spotify (compared to 70 for Beyoncé or Dua Lipa).

Taylor Swift is next expected to visit Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Lyon (France), Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland and Austria.