STB gave grant for Taylor Swift's Singapore concerts, other government bodies 'worked directly' with promoter AEG

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STB gave grant for Taylor Swift's Singapore concerts, other government bodies 'worked directly' with promoter AEG
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STB and the Ministry of Community, Culture and Youth were responding to media queries after the Thai prime minister said Singapore had struck an exclusive deal with Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour on Aug 7, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. STB and the Ministry of Community, Culture and Youth said this on Tuesday in response to media queries, although they stopped short of confirming if an exclusive deal was struck preventing the US pop sensation from holding her Eras world tour elsewhere in Southeast Asia.

Singapore is one of two stops in Asia for Swift's Eras tour, having performed four shows in Tokyo earlier this month.Buying Taylor Swift resale tickets? Here's how to avoid getting scammed After Singapore, her next show will be in Paris on May 9, followed by other European destinations like London, Amsterdam, Milan, Munich and Vienna.

In Singapore, tickets to her shows were snapped up quickly when they went on sale, in what was dubbed"The Great War".At least a million people joined a virtual queue to try their luck on the Ticketmaster site during the presale, and some were left frustrated after receiving error messages.became a talking point, with the country attracting a string of top performers such as Coldplay and Ed Sheeran.

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