Taylor Swift says her silence in regards to the bombing plot at her Vienna live shows was a part of a coordinated effort with police to maintain London followers secure — however now she’s revealing the dread she’s felt since then.
Taylor spoke out Wednesday — the day after ending the European leg of her “Eras” tour — and says she was devastated the three exhibits in Vienna needed to be canceled, and “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows.”
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Nevertheless, she says it was heartening to see how followers within the Austrian metropolis banded collectively after studying 3 suspects allegedly deliberate to set off bombs within the stadium and commit mass stabbings and chaos exterior of it — and that is when she turned her focus and concern to defending followers at her subsequent tour cease … London’s Wembley Stadium.
TS says the truth that almost half 1,000,000 followers had been planning to attend, “My team and I worked hand in hand with stadium staff and British authorities every day in pursuit of that goal.”
As we reported, though safety was extremely tight and it took followers longer to enter the stadium … all 5 nights went off with no hitch, and Taylor thanked the authorities for making that occur.
She additionally defined why it took her 2 weeks to say this — “Let me be very clear: I am not going to speak about something publicly if I think doing so might provoke those who would want to harm the fans who come to my shows.”
Taylor expressed “great relief” they had been in a position to finish the European exhibits safely.
