Taylor Swift’s Longtime Truck Driver Reacts to “Life-Altering” $100,000 Bonuses – E! On-line

Discuss catching a brake.

Taylor Swift just lately gave a reported $55 million in bonuses to individuals engaged on her Eras tour, together with $100,000 to truck drivers hauling tools from metropolis to metropolis. And as Mike Scherkenbach, who runs the live performance transportation firm Shomotion and who has labored on three of Swift’s stadium excursions, just lately famous, the gesture is nothing wanting enchanting.

“She’s giving a sum of cash that’s life-changing for these individuals,” Scherkenbach instructed Rolling Stone in an article revealed Aug. 3. “A variety of these drivers will not be owners, and a lump sum like this provides you the flexibility to place a down fee on a house. That is what makes me actually pleased. That generosity is a sport changer for these individuals.”

Shomotion and one other firm, Upstaging Inc., are each accountable for transporting Swift’s tools, together with elements of the stage, lights, guitars, microphones and audio system, in keeping with USA Today.