The performance comes after Swift was forced to cancel tour dates in the city Chris Martin performs on stage during a concert at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria on August 21, 2024. Tobias Steinmaurer/APA/AFP/Getty Images ‘s always acts in the name of love. And he did just that during his latest tour stop in Vienna, Austria when he sang a cover of ‘s “Love Story” with opener .
He dedicated the song to Swift and her fans following the forced cancellation of her shows in the city earlier this month after an attempted terror plot. “Of course, we haven’t mentioned that Vienna was in the news all over the world for all the wrong reasons. But what reached us was the beauty and the kindness of all of Taylor Swift’s fans,” Martin said, addressing Ernst Happel Stadium, the same one Swift was set to play two weeks prior.
On August 7, the day before Swigt’s three-night stint was set to start in Vienna, after Austrian police thwarted a planned terrorist attack targeting concertgoers. The next day, Swift’s dedicated fanbase, aptly named Swifties, made headlines as in Vienna, where they hosted an impromptu gathering where they sang Swift’s songs and traded friendship bracelets. “I don’t want to let you think that we don’t care about Swifties in our band,” Martin continued just before orchestrating his own sweet moment.
With help from the crowd, Martin found the biggest Swifties he could and brought them onstage so they could have a front row seat to.