Watch the Moment 2 Taylor Swift Fans Got Engaged in Vienna Following Eras Tour Show Cancellations
In spite of Taylor Swift canceling her Eras Tour stop in Austria due to the discovery of a terrorist plot targeting the concerts, two fans were able to find a moment of joy when they got engaged in Vienna among a huge gathering of Swifties Thursday (Aug. 8).
In clips captured by fellow fans who gathered in the city streets to trade friendship bracelets and sing the pop star’s songs in place of attending the canceled shows, a swarm of Swifties applauds as one man slides a ring on his partner’s finger, wiping tears from his eyes. After popping the question, he and his new fiancée hold up hand-hearts to the onlookers, most of whom immediately reciprocate.
According to fans online, the moment occurred as the crowd was singing “Love Story” — a song that has soundtracked countless other Swiftie proposals at the 14-time Grammy winner’s concerts over the years. “Marry me, Juliet, you’ll never have to be alone/ I love you and that’s all I really know,” Swift sings on the 2008 hit, which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. “I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress/ It’s a love story, baby, just say, ‘Yes.'”
The sweet exchange happened on the same day Swift had been scheduled to take the stage at Ernst Happel Stadium for the first of three back-to-back nights in Vienna. The shows were canceled one day before kickoff as authorities took two teenage Austrian citizens into custody for allegedly planning to “kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue” with knives or homemade explosives. One 19-year-old suspect had previously pledged allegiance to the Islamic State after being radicalized online, according to officials.
The next day, a third suspect — an 18-year-old man — was detained in connection to the terrorist plot. Swift and her team have not yet issued a statement on the situation.
See the moment two Swifties got engaged in Vienna below.
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