Taylor Swift’s tour enters her ‘Era’ movie theater as she performs a record-breaking concert on the big screen

CNN
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Baby let the games begin.

Singer Taylor Swift will bring her “Eras Tour” to a movie theater near you starting next October. announce in an Instagram post Thursday morning.

“The Eras Tour has been the most significant electric experience of my life so far, and I am very happy to tell you that it will be coming to the big screen soon,” the “Anti-Hero” singer wrote, adding that starting on October 13, the “concert movie” will come. to theaters across North America — and tickets are already on sale.

“Erase clothes, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing encourage,” Swift added, before quoting a special chant from her famous “Reputation”-era song “Delicate,” which has become a fixture at every “Eras” show.

Her announcement was accompanied by a trailer for the concert film, which was filmed at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium during her six-night residency at the venue that culminated the local leg of her tour earlier this month.

“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Concert Film” will be shown at AMC Theaters on their IMAX screens, and will be shown at least four times daily in the United States, Canada and Mexico on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, according to New release. The film will also be shown in Regal and Cinemark theaters.

The film is two hours and 45 minutes long and is directed by Sam Rench, who is known for directing other major documentaries about live events and concerts from artists such as Billie Eilish, Lizzo and Jennifer Lopez on Netflix’s “Halftime”.

When tickets for the “Eras” tour first went on sale in the fall, Ticketmaster was stuck due to the large number of ticket buyers. To head off this, AMC also noted in its news release that the theater chain has “updated its website and ticket engines” to handle streaming.

“Not only did it break all concert sales records, but it also left tens of millions of adoring fans wanting more, either because they came to the concert and wanted to see it again, or after they couldn’t get tickets to the sold-out performance after it sold out.” “Performance after sold-out performance,” the AMC ad states.

Swift has been on her record-breaking “Eras” tour, her first tour since 2018, since last March. Along the way, it has been credited with boosting domestic economies in the United States, and is on its way to becoming the highest-grossing tour of all time. The concert film “Eras” is likely to be a welcome announcement for the ailing film industry, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The “Blank Space” singer is on the international leg of her “Eras” tour and then heads to Argentina in November.

Tickets for “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Concert Film” are on sale now at AMCtheaters.com.