Taylor Swift is the biggest star in the world. Here’s what she wrote about ‘FREAKING’ cold Idaho Falls
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IDAHO FALLS — Ask Taylor Swift what she knows about Idaho Falls, and chances are she’ll tell you that it’s “FREAKING cold.”
At least, that’s how she described her visit in 2006 when she stopped in eastern Idaho as a young, up-and-coming country singer.
Of course Swift is now a megastar and The Eras Tour is setting all sorts of records. According to Bloomberg News, the 33-year-old now has a net worth of $1.1 billion. The tour is a major component of her fortune, with about $700 million in ticket sales for shows performed to date. Its 53 U.S. stops this year have contributed an estimated $4.3 billion to the country’s gross domestic product, per Bloomberg Economics.
Swift’s albums shoot to the top of the charts when they’re released and in 2019, ‘Lover’ sold 500,000 units after one day.
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Four different booklets in special editions of the album contained reproductions of Swift’s handwritten journals documenting her musical journey from ages 13 to 27. In one booklet, she wrote:
“Hey, so I just got in from Idaho Falls. I did a sold out show in Ogden, UT 2 nights ago and then another in Idaho Falls last night. It was snowing in both places and FREAKING cold. MAN it was cold.”
That week, temperatures ranged between 6 below and 45 degrees in Idaho Falls, according to Weather Underground.
The singer went on to document how she and her crew drove to the Salt Lake City Airport in a “huge van” for a flight to St. Louis, but bad weather canceled the show.
“SO we hopped on a flight to Vegas, and were supposed to have a 4 hour layover, but we found a flight that was just about to leave for Nashville, and it was barely full so we ran and caught that one and here I am in my own comfy bed.”
Hailey Tew was at the Idaho Falls concert and emailed EastIdahoNews.com about the experience.
“It was amazing! I loved her then and I love her now! She stood on stage without a band and played her guitar. 90 percent of the crowd stayed seated throughout the whole thing. Tickets were $25 a piece. After the concert, she waited out in the foyer for everyone to come through to take pictures with her and sign autographs!” Tew recalls.
An internet search revealed very little information about Swift’s 2006 Idaho Falls show, but we’re interested in hearing more about it if you were there. Where was the concert? What songs did she sing? Did you take any photos? And were you freezing?