Disappointed Swifties tried to lift their spirits by gathering at Vienna’s Corneliusgasse — dear to Swift’s fans for its resemblance to her hit “Cornelia Street” — to chant the pop star’s songs and exchange bracelets with each other, an Eras Tour tradition among fans.
Knife tragedy
Tragedy struck when three girls were killed in a stabbing in the northwest English town of Southport at a dance class themed around Swift on July 29.
“The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is washing over me continuously, and I’m just completely in shock,” Swift wrote in an Instagram post, ahead of a concert in Warsaw, Poland.
Swift met two survivors of the attack during her August shows in London, with a mother posting pictures on TikTok of the girls backstage with Swift after a concert, Rolling Stone magazine reported.
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Her fans raised nearly £400,000 for the victims under the banner “Swifties for Southport”.
‘Tay-gating’
Ticketless fans dressed up and exchanged bracelets as they listened to concerts from outside stadiums in a practice known as “Tay-gating”.
In Madrid, Swift noted around 50,000 “people came out and listened to the show” from a nearby hillside on both nights, “participating in the show from afar”.
Fans of US mega-star Taylor Swift, so-called “Swifties”, walk along Olympic Way outside Wembley Stadium in London on August 15, 2024. (Image: Henry Nicholls/ AFP)
Officials in London and Amsterdam warned fans not to gather outside venues though, citing disruption to local residents.
The rest of Taylor Swift’s upcoming 2024 Eras Tour dates can be found here.
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