Taylor Swift was set to play three sold-out shows at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria, this weekend when they were cancelled due to asuspected terrorist attack plot.
Kiwi Anna Hill, who is based in Barcelona, planned on taking her two daughters, Saskia, 12, and Estée, 8, to the third night of the Austrian leg of shows after they failed to secure tickets to see Swift during her last tour in Aotearoa.
“We had promised our oldest daughter Saskia that the next time Taylor Swift toured, we would try to get tickets as she was too young for theReputation tour in Auckland,” she told the Herald.
Managing to nab the highly coveted tickets a year before the concert, Hill says they felt “lucky” considering how in-demand Swift’s Eras Tour has been.
In the year that followed, she says the family had been listening to songs, outfit planning and “dreaming of receiving the 22 hat”, a tradition Swift has started during the tour, in preparation for the singer’s extravaganza show.
But the excited build-up to the big event made the cancellation even more shattering.
Taylor Swift fans without tickets dance in front of the Veltins Arena during the pop singer's July concert in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Photo / Getty Images
“Knowing we were going to the concert has got Saskia through some really tough times, so telling my daughters Saskia and Estée was devastating, lots of tears and grief”, she told the Herald.
One person wrote on the post: “Honestly as sad as I am about this, I would rather have all the swifties Taylor and myself safe from any harm. The world is a scary place. This really sucks, but it’s the right call.”
Another said: “This is so horrific. So happy everyone is ok and this was stopped!”
Those set to attend the shows at Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday, Friday and Saturday have been offered full refunds within 10 business days.
Two suspected extremists were targeting the Taylor Swift tour, police say, and were detained in Austria.
