Taylor Swift has broken her silence on the alleged terrorist plot thwarted at her canceled Vienna shows earlier this month. The pop star, who performed her last of five shows at London's Wembley stadium Tuesday, paid tribute to the end of the European leg of her Eras Tour in an Instagram post Wednesday and let fans know that it was for their safety that she waited until this moment to address the Vienna situation. "Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating.
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," Swift wrote in the caption. "But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives." She continued: "I was heartened by the love and unity I saw in the fans who banded together.
I decided that all of my energy had to go toward helping to protect the nearly half a million people I had coming to see the shows in London. My team and I worked hand in hand with stadium staff and British authorities every day in pursuit of that goal, and I want to thank them for everything they did for us." "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," she wrote.
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