Taylor Swift Fans Gather in Vienna, Austria amid Canceled Concerts to Sing and Trade Friendship Bracelets

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Swift fans in Vienna.Photo:Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty; EVA MANHART/APA/AFP via Getty

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Taylor Swiftfans are flooding the streets of Vienna after the singer’s Eras Tour shows in Austria werecanceled following an alleged terror plot.

The pop star was set to play three shows at the Ernst Happel Stadium from Aug. 8-10.

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She also showed signs hanging from residences in support of Swift and shared that her Airbnb host gave her free tickets to see a Mozart concert at the local opera house.

Others have taken to social media to share emotional messages about the experience. “The Vienna Taylor Swift shows may have been canceled, but you can’t break the spirit of Swifties. This is girlhood. Turning something ugly into something beautiful,” one personwrotein a caption of a video of the group singing the extended version of “All Too Well” from Swift’sRedre-recording.

Taylor Swift fans in Vienna.ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty

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The account has shared several entertainment options for ticket holders in the city for the canceled shows on theirInstagram Stories. They wrote that several of the city’s museums are offering free entry this weekend and the Swarovski Kristallwelten store will give fans a “crystal surprise” to those with a valid concert ticket, among other offerings.

The three shows were canceled on Aug. 7 after authorities confirmed that two men were arrested in connection to aplanned attackat the concerts. A message originally shared on promoter Barracuda Music’s page read “we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety,” while stating that all tickets “will be automatically refunded within the next 10 business days.”

In a press conference that day, Vienna’s head of police Gerhard Pürstl said immediate danger has been “minimized” but that an “abstract danger” remained in the city, perthe BBC.

The following day, Austrian officialsreleased additional informationabout the planned attack.

Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, head of Austria’s Directorate of State Security and Intelligence, shared in anews conferencethat the 19-year-old Austrian suspect they detainedadmitted to intending “to carry out an attack” at Swift’s concert"using explosives and knives,” according toNBC News,CNNandLe Monde.

source: people.com