Taylor Swift has broken her silence on the foiled plot to attack her concerts in Vienna earlier this month. The singer offered an explanation as to why she chose to wait to speak out, explaining she did not want to “provoke those who would want to harm the fans”. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Major update on Taylor Swift concert terror plot.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Three sold-out concerts were cancelled because of the plot , devastating Swifties from across the globe, many of whom had dropped thousands of euros on travel and lodging in Austria’s expensive capital city to attend the Eras Tour shows at the Ernst Happel Stadium. The post, to her Instagram on Thursday morning, was to wrap up the entire European Leg of her The Eras tour. “Walking onstage in London was a rollercoaster of emotions.
Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” she wrote. “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. “But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.
“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,” she went on. “My team and I worked hand in hand with stadium staff and British authorities every da.