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Showtime Classic: Taylor Swift ‘Reputation’ Tour

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At monitors, from left, Scott Wasilk (band monitor engineer); Turner Pollari (RF tech); and Jordan Kolenc, (artist monitor engineer/crew chief). Taylor Swift’s Reputation tour ranked as #19 among the top tours from 2000 to 2020.

Sound Co

Eighth Day Sound

Tour Dates

2018

Crew

  • FOH Engineer: David Payne
  • Monitor Engineers: Jordan Kolenc (artist/guests), Scott Wasilk (band)
  • Systems Engineer: Dan Bluhm
  • Assistant Systems Engineer/Delays: Chase Usry
  • Monitor/Stage Tech: Eoin “Lad” Collins
  • RF Coordinator: Ike Zimbel
  • RF Tech: Turner “Plarse” Pollari
  • P.A. Techs: Liam “Lili” Von Elbe, Andy “Dude Boy” Dudash, Slam Balk, Mike “Voltage” Vultaggio, JP Kearney (U.K. leg)
  • Audio Crew Chief: Jordan Kolenc
  • Production Manager: Arthur Kemish
  • Stage Manager: Dewey Sheppard

Gear

FOH System

  • Consoles: (2) DiGiCo SD7
  • Main/Side P.A.: Four hangs of (24) d&b audiotechnik J8; two hangs with (12) J-SUBs
  • 270 P.A.: Two hangs of (12) d&b J8
  • 360 P.A: Two Hangs of (6) d&b V8
  • Front Fills: (24) d&b V8
  • Ground Subs: (38) d&b B22
  • Delays: Four hangs (12) d&b J8
  • Amps: d&b D80 w/ array processing
  • Processing/Outboard: Lake LM44, Neve Designs Portico II, Neve Designs MBP, TC Electronic 3000, Lexicon PCM92, Bricasti M7, SPL TD4, (2) Eventide Eclipse, (2) Waves Soundgrid v9, Universal Audio Realtime Rack

MON System

  • Consoles: (2) DiGiCo SD7
  • IEM’s: (24 Channels) Shure PSM 1000, JH Audio JH-16 v2 IEMs
  • RF: 8ch Sennheiser 9000, 10ch Sennheiser 6000, 16ch Shure Axient Digital, RAD Wireless Com, Wisycom MFL RF over fiber system
  • Processing: TC Electronic System 6000, Bricasti M7, Eventide Eclipse (2), SPL TD4 (2), Waves Soundgrid Extreme Server v9 (4), Universal Audio Realtime Rack
  • Mics: Sennheiser MD 935, e935; Shure Beta 91, 52, 56; AKG 414 ULS, A-T 450
  • Misc: Radial Engineering JS2, JS3, J RAK 4, Tonebone Mix Blender

Tour Notes:

Taylor Swift’s Reputation stadium tour, which ran from May 8 to Nov. 21 with a string of shows in the U.S., U.K. and Ireland, another leg in North America plus a few dates in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, broke Billboard’s record for the highest-grossing U.S. tour, with total sales in the States exceeding 2 million tickets and $266.1 million in revenues. Together with the overseas gigs, the total gross from 53 shows topped out at $315.2 million.