\u201cBasically it\u2019s a weird feeling going into these last five shows in Europe because \u2026 we\u2019ve done 128 shows so far,\u201d she says in the 2024 footage, \u201cbut this is the first one where I feel like I\u2019m skating on thin ice or something. We just had this series of very violent, scary things happen to the tour. We dodged a massacre situation. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere was this horrible attack in Liverpool at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party. And it was little kids that, uh \u2026 \u201d At this, she trails off, unable to complete the sentence and say that three children died after being assaulted by a knife-wielding attacker.<\/p>\n
A message then appears on screen revealing that Swift met with survivors of the Liverpool attack before each of the concerts in London. The film then cuts to Swift sitting alone minutes after spending time with the victims, before she slowly breaks down in tears just moments before she\u2019s due to be onstage.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a moment that mirrors the viral scene from fellow pop star Katy Perry\u2019s documentary where she receives a text from then-husband Russell Brand asking for a divorce before having to swallow her feelings and go onstage moments later.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be fine, because when I meet them, I\u2019m not gonna do this. I swear to God, I\u2019m not gonna do this,\u201d she vows. \u201cI\u2019m gonna be smiling.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAny of this gets out of the way before you ever go upstage. You lock it off for three and a half hours. They don\u2019t have to worry about you. It\u2019s like you\u2019re a pilot flying the plane. And if you were like, \u2018Ooh, there\u2019s turbulence up ahead; I don\u2019t know if we\u2019re actually gonna land in Dallas; I\u2019m gonna try hard, but I don\u2019t know if I can actually figure out how to land through this turbulence,\u2019 everyone on the plane\u2019s gonna freak out.\u201d<\/p>\n
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