Taylor Swift Felt "Hunted" After The Thwarted Terrorist Attack During The Eras Tour

"Spoilers for Taylor Swift: The End Of An Era ahead. Taylor Swift is opening up about a dark time on the Eras Tour. In the first episode of her Disney+ docuseries The End of an Era, which premiered on Dec. 12, the singer discusses the thwarted terrorist attack that targeted her concert in August 2024, forcing her to cancel three planned shows in Vienna."

"In a very personal scene, Swift talks to the camera directly, expressing how nervous she feels to play her five remaining shows on the European leg at London's Wembley Stadium following the terrorist threat. "We've done, like, 128 shows so far. But this is the first one where I feel like - I don't know, like I'm skating on thin ice or something," she says. "We've had a series of very violent, scary things happen to the tour. Like, we dodged a massacre situation.""

"Later on, she's visited by her close friend and collaborator Ed Sheeran to rehearse for a surprise performance at her first London show. Backstage, they have a candid conversation about the planned Vienna attack and Swift's fame, with the musician sharing her plans for her two-month break ahead. "I'm just gonna go somewhere no one can find me," she says. "I just don't want to be tracked like an animal. I just have felt very, like, hunted lately." Sheeran agrees, "I feel like people have forgot that you're a human being amongst all of this, as well.""

Taylor Swift canceled three planned Vienna shows after a thwarted terrorist attack targeted her concert in August 2024. The incidents left Swift anxious about performing five remaining Wembley Stadium shows on the European leg, and she described feeling like she was "skating on thin ice" after a series of violent events. A mass stabbing at a Swift-themed dance class in Southport killed three young girls and injured ten others, which affected her deeply. Ed Sheeran visited to rehearse and offered support as Swift described feeling hunted and planning to disappear during a two-month break. Swift met survivors and families before each London show.

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