Snipers patrol stadium roof top at Vienna Coldplay concert amid huge police presence at performance days after city's terror cops foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows By Elena Salvoni Published: 10:32, 23 August 2024 | Updated: 10:35, 23 August 2024 e-mail View comments Snipers patrolled the stadium roof during Coldplay 's concert in Vienna amid heightened security after police foiled a possible terror attack on Taylor Swift 's shows in the Austrian capital. Chris Martin and his band took to the stage at the Ernst Happel Stadium on Wednesday night in the first concert to take place at the venue since the Eras tour shows were cancelled. Pictures of a police marksman emerged online, with Vienna cops reassuring the public: 'Our job is to comprehensively secure the concert, including the positioning on the roof.
' 'Don't worry about the police and enjoy the concert instead!' the police force added. Coldplay played Swift's 2008 hit Love Story during their set, with frontman Martin paying tribute to 'the beauty and the togetherness and the kindness of all the Taylor Swift fans.' Pictures of a police marksman emerged online, with Vienna cops reassuring the public: 'Our job is to comprehensively secure the concert, including the positioning on the roof' Armed Austrian police officers patrol outside the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria on August 21, 2024 Coldplay frontman Martin paid tribute to 'the beauty and the togetherness and the kindness of all the Taylor Swift fans' Taylor.