Taylor Swift and Disney+ Surprise Fans in Vienna with TV Premiere of Eras Tour Film Following Terror Plot Cancellations

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Swift.Photo:Thomas Niedermueller/Getty

Thomas Niedermueller/Getty

Taylor Swiftand Disney have surprised fans in Austria with a special opportunity to see the Eras Tour concert movie in the wake of the pop star having to cancel her scheduled Vienna show dates amid a foiled terror plot.

Days earlier, on Wednesday, Aug. 7, local authorities in Vienna confirmed that they hadarrested two menin connection with a planned attack on Swift’s scheduled concerts at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium on Aug. 8, 9 and 10. A third male suspect was arrested the following day, according to theAssociated Press.

Taylor Swift performing during the Eras Tour.Getty Images

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Shortly after the initial two arrests, the concert promoter announced that it had “no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety” in anInstagram post, which was then shared to the officialTaylor Nation account’s Instagram Stories.

In a news conference on Aug. 8, Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, head of Austria’s Directorate of State Security and Intelligence, said that one of the detained suspects hadadmitted to intending"to carry out an attack” at the concert “using explosives and knives," multiple outlets reported.

“His aim was to kill himself and a large number of people during the concert either today or tomorrow,” Haijawi-Pirchner added, speaking on the day of the first scheduled show.

Taylor Swift in 2023.John Shearer/Getty

John Shearer/Getty

Though Swift hasn’tcanceled a concert datedue to any similar threats in the past, the singer haspreviously admittedthat such an attack is one of her “biggest fears.”

In a 2019ELLEprofile, Swift said that she was “completely terrified” to tour following the attacks onAriana Grande’s Manchester, England, concert andJason Aldean’s Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival performance two years prior.

“After the Manchester Arena bombing and the Vegas concert shooting, I was completely terrified to go on tour this time because I didn’t know how we were going to keep 3 million fans safe over seven months,” Swift told the outlet.

“There was a tremendous amount of planning, expense, and effort put into keeping my fans safe,” the performer added.

Taylor Swift gather in Stephansplatz on August 08, 2024 in Vienna, Austria.Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty

Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty

The day after news of the cancellation, Swifties flooded social media with words in support of the singer and touching messages of resilience.

“The Vienna Taylor Swift shows may have been canceled, but you can’t break the spirit of Swifties,” one personcaptioned a videoof fans singing “All Too Well” from Swift’sRedalbum. “This is girlhood. Turning something ugly into something beautiful.”

source: people.com