Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour on Friday, June 21, 2024 in London. Image: Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP Two weeks after organizers scrapped Taylor Swift ‘s concerts in Vienna, Austria amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellations. “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” she wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on Wednesday.
“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 Swift said she waited to speak until the European leg of her Eras Tour concluded to prioritize safety, as she profusely thanks police authorities. “Thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives,” she wrote.
“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. In the wake of the cancellations, Swift’s representatives did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The Associated Press and other news organizations and her social media pages had gone dormant. “In cases like this one, ‘silence’ is actually showing restraint, and waiting to express yourself at a time when it’s right to.
My priority was finishing our European tour safely, and it’s with great relief that I can say we did that,” she added. A post shared by Taylor Swift (@ta.