A Taylor Swift fan who was boarding a plane from America to Vienna when she discovered her 'Eras Tour' show had been cancelled says the revelation felt "like being punched in the gut." Lauren, 34, was travelling to the Austrian capital from Austin, Texas with her sister. What they didn't know as they started their journey was that authorities had unearthed "a planned terrorist attack at the Ernst Happel Stadium", as organisers have since confirmed , with two suspected extremists arrested.
Understandably, all three Taylor Swift shows were cancelled "for everyone's safety", as the organisers explained in a statement released Wednesday. For Lauren, whose journey to Vienna was already underway, the news was heartbreaking. "My sister and I found out in line to board our flight from America that the show was cancelled and why.
It was a mix of feelings like being punched in the gut, angry, and heartbroken that someone would choose violence for something so joyous we’d been looking forward to for so long," she reflects. "Cancellation was understandably the only option, but we are still heartbroken." Lauren and her sister booked their tickets to Swift’s global tour last Christmas and they’d been looking forward to the concert ever since.
"We were absolutely ecstatic," she shares. The proud fan has supported Swift since she released her debut album, but this would have been her first time attending one of the singer’s concerts. "I wasn’t able to get in on the presale for the .