November 27th, 2024

Taylor Swift calls cancellation of Vienna shows ‘devastating,’ explains silence

By The Associated Press on August 21, 2024.

Fans pose by a Taylor Swift portrait painted on a stairway at Wembley Stadium in London, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, ahead of a series of Taylor Swift concerts starting Thursday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

LONDON (AP) – Two weeks after organizers scrubbed Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellation.

“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.”

She thanked authorities and said she waited to speak until the European leg of her Eras Tour concluded to prioritize safety.

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