Austrian police arrested two suspects in connection to an alleged terror plot intended to take place during Taylor Swift ’s Eras Tour concerts in Vienna. Vienna’s State Police Director Franz Ruf and Police Chief Gerhard Purstl confirmed the arrests at a news conference on Wednesday, August 7. One of the men taken into custody was a 19-year-old with alleged ties to ISIS.
Authorities claimed that the teenager and his cohort made specific plans through the internet to carry out an attack during Swift’s three-night residency in the Austrian capital. Police raided the 19-year-old’s home on Wednesday, where they found various chemical substances. Authorities are currently working to determine if the materials could have been used to build a bomb.
Swift, 34, is scheduled to bring her record-breaking Eras Tour to Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday, August 8. The pop star will also perform at the venue on Friday, August 9, and Saturday, August 10. According to NBC News , officers said the threat was minimized and there are no plans to cancel the concerts.
Attendees should, however, expect delays in entering and exiting the stadium. Swift has not publicly addressed the situation. She kicked off her Eras Tour , a three-hour show highlighting all of her past and present albums, in March 2023.
The European leg began in Paris in May and will run through the end of the month. Swift’s Vienna concerts will be her second-to-last stop on the European leg, which closes out wit.