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Man sentenced to 15 years over Taylor Swift concert attack plot

Taylor Swift’s Austria concert was cancelled after terror attack scare

Ariha Fatimah Arain

Man sentenced to 15 years over Taylor Swift concert attack plot

Taylor Swift’s Austria concert was cancelled after terror attack scare

Man sentenced to 15 years over Taylor Swift concert attack plot
Man sentenced to 15 years over Taylor Swift concert attack plot

Taylor Swift’s Vienna concert, which was abruptly cancelled after terrorist attack scare, has reached a legal decision.

A 21-year-old Austrian man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for plotting an attack targeting the concert during the singer’s Eras Tour.

The man, who has been identified as Beran A in line with Austrian privacy laws, was found guilty of a string of other terrorism-related offences.

Following a tip-off from the CIA, police arrested him shortly before the pop star’s scheduled performances at Ernst Happel Stadium, leading to the cancellation of all three sold-out shows.

Taylor spoke about the incident in her Eras tour documentary which came out in December 2025, a year after she wrapped her record-breaking tour.

She described how she narrowly “dodged a massacre situation”. She learned about the threat while she was on her way to Austria for the European leg of her tour.

The pop star said the incident filled her with fear and the cancelled shows left her with “tremendous amount of guilt”.