“Heartwarming Moment: Fans Fill Vienna Streets with Song and Friendship Bracelets – Taylor Swift Touched by the Outpouring of Love!”

Taylor Swift fans, some of whom traveled from thousands of miles away to see the singer perform in Vienna this weekend, gather in the city’s streets to sing and trade friendship bracelets after a foiled terror plot led to the cancelation of all three shows.

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Swift fans posted videos to social media depicting a large crowd of fans gathered in Vienna’s Stephansplatz square on Thursday to sing some of Swift’s songs, including her 2012 hit “I Knew You Were Trouble” and “Long Live,” a cut from her 2010 album “Speak Now,” with many decked out in Swift merchandise.

Swifties also gathered on the Corneliusgasse street in Vienna—which bears resemblance to “Cornelia Street,” a Swift song named after a street in New York—where they gathered to trade friendship bracelets, a tradition observed by fans at Eras Tour shows, and hang them on trees.

A church located in Vienna, Lutherische Stadtkirche, offered fans a place to stay and listen to Swift’s music on Thursday, and one Swiftie shared a video on X of fans sitting in the pews while her hit “Style” plays.

Some fans shared how the cancelation disrupted their travel plans—including comedian Nikki Glaser, who posted a TikTok altering the lyrics to Swift’s “Cruel Summer” describing how she found out the shows were canceled just before her flight to Vienna.

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Fans hung friendship bracelets on a tree in Vienna. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)

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Swifties gathered to sing Swift’s music in Vienna. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)

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