It doesn’t take long for Taylor Swift ’s Disney+ docuseries “ The End of an Era ” to get emotional. The first of the series’ six episodes quickly opens a window on something that had stayed publicly unseen until now: just how the pop star reacted behind the scenes to the violence and threat of terrorism that cast a pall on the otherwise joyful experience of the European leg of her Eras Tour in 2024.

The debut episode, which premiered at 3 a.m. ET/midnght PT on Friday morning, gets off to a celebratory start. But it does not waste too much time in getting to a mid-episode segment that documents the tour’s darkest hours. In footage shot at the time, Swift is seen shedding tears and sharing profound anxiety in the wake of two terrifying incidents — a thwarted terrorist plot around her

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