Taylor Swift .Generous donations for the UK food banks

[Moier]

I don't know anything about Taylor Swift.. couldn't name any of her songs.
But I've just read she's donated enough money to every food bank in every city she's played to last a year.

Agree.

It's lovely she is donating but that seems to be a drop in the ocean compared to the profits she is making

And She could have also just charged less for the ticket prices and still made obscene amounts of money

(Equally my daughter doesn't like TS so I didn't have any pressure to fork out for tickets thank goodness!)

I'm being "mean" to her? 🤣

I'm pretty sure she doesn't give a shiny shit what I think of her.

Sorry no, I wasn't clear, earnings, as in her take home pay after costs.

She did Radio 1 "big weekend" a few years ago. I doubt very much they paid her loads. Also,I think she was meant to do Glastonbury in 2020 but it did not happen for obvious reasons.

And where did I say that?

No, I don't think that's right. Firstly, Google gives me completely different and much lower estimates by Forbes.

Secondly, 4bn divided by 152 shows divided by 60k ppl at each concert means she earns USD438 per person attending. And that's supposed to be after costs, tax etc.

Forbes actually estimates she makes between 10 and 13 Million per show. She would have to play more than 400 shows to make 4bn.

But that's not what's she's doing. She is amassing an obscene amount of personal wealth and donating a microscopic amount of that to " the worthy poor".

I agree and I find it shameful that foreigners should have to contribute towards food banks when the fact they have to exist in the first place is so awful.

What she earns is quite frankly none of your busines
What dhe chooses to donate is none of your business
People are happy to pay for her tickets, albums and merch.
She is a successful business

You sound very bitter. It is not Taylor's fault you are on benefits/minimum wage (which i assume you are because anything more would be takinb advantagd of paying clients to line your own pockets). She works a lot harder than you think.

I don't know anything of her either nor would I go to a concert of hers. She hasn't done anything wrong though she sold her tickets and if the public want to buy what she sells its upto them!

But there are many billionaire musicians touring the UK - and many have made money through other channels. So why are none of them criticised on MN (with tedious regularity)? Why is TS being singled out for this criticism? Obviously I’m not here all day 😂 but when does Jay Z get this kind of flak, or Bruce Springsteen? Just two examples.

I have been listening to TS for 18 years. Full disclosure, I don’t give worry about carbon footprints and charity donations when I listen to any musician. I do tend to assume most of them are donating lots to charity. Obviously when a song like George Michael Shoot the Dog comes out, I get a glimpse into their political views.

But while I’ll never be a millionaire, much less a billionaire, I’m aware some people want to criticise that full stop. But to this extent? People seriously want to complain about a rich person giving to charity? I don’t get it.

it’s actually just “people want to complain about Taylor Swift”. You don’t have to listen to her music. So what’s the problem?

How does anyone know what is actually profit? You can't just calculate how much she got from the tour by multiplying the number of seats by the ticket price! The number of people involved in this tour would be incredible and the work involved would take years.

She should write a song about this

It's pretty hard to work out how anyone can be criticised for donating loads of money to food banks. She didn't announce she'd done it either.

Hopefully she'll release a record to raise funds for us.

Haters gonna hate (hate, hate, hate)...

I hope all the critics give regularly to food banks/ are campaigning for social reforms which will lead to food banks not being needed.

This!

All the people talking about write off's just remind me of David in Schitts Creek ;)

Anyway, I can't wait to go and see her in August. My DD and I saw the reputation tour and it was amazing.

I think its very kind of her.Like JK Rowling ( she has donated lots of money and would be a billionaire if she hadnt) Cant we give credit for a generous act for once)# These ladies are awesome!

@ChampagneLassie She doesn't get any tax relief....she's an American. I wonder what percentage people on here think anyone 'should' donate to charity? At best most of these posters will shove a pound coin in a jar to get a poppy.

Regardless of the generosity (and I happen to think that by giving all this money to food banks, they get some sort of official endorsement and become even more acceptable) Taylor Swift is still part of the problem, where a very small number of people have got more wealth than they could ever spend, at the expense of almost every other human on the planet.

If you had $1billion and you spent $1,000 a day, it would take you 2,740 years to spend it. What the actual fuck?

No-one needs that kind of money and those who have it would make the world a better place not by contributing via charity to the unequal system to make the system and themselves feel better but by using their platforms to advocate for a tax system that taxes them out of existence. No-one needs that kind of money, no matter how talented they are.

TS didn't have to do it, but she did. Kudos where it's due, but its part of the problem not the solution.

You don't know who can afford what and in return of the cost of a ticket Taylor Swift gives joy. Maybe we should all sit at home and poke each other with sharp sticks instead??

Taylor swift is not responsible for capitalism....

No intrinsic reason to like her music, it is auto tuned exactly same as many other pop stars. The texts of her songs aren’t in any way special.
Would you listen to yourself?! My god, the certainty with which you make these claims which are just your taste and ignorance is laughable.

To millions of people she's an excellent songwriter and communicator and puts on a fantastic show. She's a great role model - she inspires girls (and others) to feel that they don't have to be 'cool', that they can take their own feelings and experiences seriously and take ownership of their own careers. She loves and respects her parents, has spoken out against misogyny, homophobia and racism and looks after the people who work for her extremely well.

We went to see the Eras tour and it was a wonderful experience for my DDs and their friends. They have to listen to so much Andrew Tate style bullshit from too many boys in school and it was fantastic to see them let loose and have fun in a safe and supportive environment where they could just be themselves.

Her music may not be to my taste but she's undeniably an extremely talented songwriter and in interviews, documentaries and live she comes across as pretty natural and thoughtful.

My local supermarket used to have a donation bin for pet food for the local animal shelter. I would happily and regularly drop stuff in there. A few years after the Tories came to power, it was removed and replaced with a donation bin for a food bank. This speaks volumes about Tory Britain. As I said though, good for TS, though, she's not responsible for the direction the UK has chosen to take.

Springsteen donated to the Miners in 1981 and the right wing press were all over that.