Taylor Swift Was Terrified to Continue Eras Tour Amid Crippling Anxiety After Vienna Terrorist Plot: 'We Dodged a Massacre'
Taylor Swift canceled three Vienna shows after authorities foiled a terror plot and expressed relief at preventing loss of life while managing tour safety.
- At 3 a.m. ET, the first episode of Taylor Swift's Disney+ docuseries The End of an Era premiered Friday, revealing unseen backstage reactions to the tour’s darkest hours.
- Last year, the Vienna concerts slated for August were canceled after Austrian officials arrested two people accused of plotting an attack, and Swift said the cancellations filled her with fear and guilt.
- A Swift-themed dance party attack killed three children and injured 10, and Swift relied on Ed Sheeran and Andrea Swift to entertain 60,000-plus crowds for three and a half hours.
- Swift said she was grateful to authorities because thanks to them they were grieving concerts and not lives, and her priority was finishing the European tour safely.
- Episodes 3 and four are scheduled for Dec. 19, with the final two on Dec. 26, as the series expands the Eras Tour into a global cultural phenomenon.
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Between August 8 and 10 last year, three sold-out concerts by music star Taylor Swift were to take place in Vienna, for which many Slovenian fans also bought tickets. The three-day celebration was canceled due to a terrorist threat. In a new documentary series about the most profitable tour in history, Taylor Swift spoke candidly about the emotional rollercoaster caused by the drama in our northern neighbors.
During her "The Eras Tour" Taylor Swift wants to perform in Vienna in 2024. A planned terrorist attack prevents that. In her tour documentary, the US singer now reveals what fears she endured at the time.
Taylor Swift was riddled with anxiety, scared to continue Eras Tour after Vienna terror threat: ‘Dodged a massacre’
Taylor Swift’s new “End of an Era” docuseries doesn’t shy away from her tour’s darker moments. In episode one, Swift got emotional as she addressed the thwarted terrorist plot that led her to cancel her three scheduled Eras stops in Vienna in August 2024. “We dodged a massacre situation,” Swift said, before expressing her fears about resuming the tour in London mere days after the threat. Taylor Swift was scared to return to the Eras Tour stage …
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