A Terrorist Plot Canceled the Show. But We Swifties Found Each Other on Cornelia Street.

Swifties gather in Vienna, after the Austrian leg of the Eras tour was canceled. (Photo by Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images)
I went to Vienna to see the Eras tour with my 13-year-old niece. When she heard Taylor Swift wouldn’t be playing, her response was awe-inspiring.
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In her song “Cornelia Street,” Taylor Swift describes a nascent relationship on the brink of failure because neither party is willing to take the first leap: we were card sharks, playing games. She is about to end things, when all of a sudden, he proclaims his love—or, as Swift puts it, you showed your hand.
In Vienna, Austria, where Taylor Swift was to …
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