Taylor Swift: The End of an Era review as she breaks down over the terror plot, it's impossible not to feel her pain

"What fans could never have imagined was that Disney was set to start filming as the Eras tour was due to hit Vienna on 8 August 2023 the first of three shows in the Austrian capital that were cancelled owing to an Islamic State terrorist plot. We learn this in episode one of the six-part docuseries The End of an Era, when Swift and her longtime friend Ed Sheeran are backstage at Wembley, hours before he guests at her first concert after the thwarted attack."

"The series begins by reiterating the now very familiar storylines around the tour: it was motivated by Swift having her master recordings sold without being given the option to buy them outright and the pandemic. There was the Ticketmaster frenzy, Swiftonomics, friendship bracelets, Swifties causing seismic wobbles from their jumping. I thought this would be a tour I was very proud of, Swift says. It's more than a tour, it's a force to be reckoned with in global culture."

Disney filmed the Eras tour as it approached Vienna, whose first of three shows on 8 August 2023 was cancelled after an Islamic State terrorist plot was thwarted. The docuseries shows Swift backstage at Wembley with Ed Sheeran, describing missing Vienna and needing the show to recapture joy. The series connects the tour to the sale of Swift's master recordings and the pandemic, and presents phenomena like the Ticketmaster crisis, Swiftonomics, friendship bracelets, and seismic crowd jumping. Swift expresses pride in the tour and calls it a global cultural force while noting the shock of the terrorist plot.

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