B.C. fans break data use record at last Taylor Swift Eras Tour show

By The Canadian Press on December 9, 2024.

Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver on December 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER – Fans at the final Taylor Swift Eras Tour show in Vancouver used enough data to stream the superstar’s entire music catalogue 9,450 times.

A statement from telecommunications giant Rogers says fans on the company’s network at the Dec. 8 show set a Canadian record when they used more than 11 terabytes of mobile data in just a few hours at BC Place.

The company says that’s the equivalent of uploading 307,000 photos and 2,180 hours of video streaming.

That Swift milestone exceeded the previous record set Nov. 21, when fans at her concert in Toronto used 7.4 terabytes of data on the Rogers network.

It’s just the latest record to be smashed by Swift’s 149-show worldwide tour, which numbers provided by the industry publication Pollstar show it brought in US$2.2 billion in its run of almost two years.

Swift told the 60,000 fans in BC Place at Sunday’s show that they were part of a tour seen by 10 million people, and that it was the most thrilling chapter of her life to date.

She said the legacy of the tour will be “a space of joy and togetherness and love” that the fans have created.

Swiftie Alaina Robertson echoed Swift’s sentiments after the show, saying she shed lots of tears watching the “once in a lifetime” spectacle.

Robertson – who travelled from Camas, Wash., for the show and wore a “Reputation” inspired outfit along with a temporary silver bedazzled snake tattoo – said she doesn’t think any other concert will be able to compare.

“It’s going to be hard to beat,” she said of the show.

“She’s changing the world of music. She’s changing entertainment entirely, and to be at the tour with the crowd here, getting to do the friendship bracelets, getting to get dressed up – it’s just love and joy and friendship, and it’s been really magical to be a part of it.”

Fan accounts on social media platform X have posted photos showing a number of television and music stars at BC Place Sunday night, including actors Jenna Fischer, Aubrey Plaza and Jesse Tyler Ferguson as well as Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 9, 2024.