Taylor Swift posted on Instagram to cancel her show on August 8–10. She expressed her gratitude to the Austrian authorities for preventing a potential terrorist attack at her concert in Vienna.
In a heartfelt post on her Instagram, she said, “In summation. We have officially wrapped the European leg of The Eras Tour. With it came the most passionate crowds I’ve ever played for, new traditions in the show, and an entirely new era added in. It was a more hectic pace than we’d done before, and I’m so proud of my crew/fellow performers for being able to physically perform that show and build our massive stage, take it apart, and make magic with so few days in between for recovery and travel.”
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Taylor Swift is very appreciative of her team members, “They’re the most impressive people I know and I’m so lucky they gave The Eras Tour their time, their energy, and their expertise.”
Expressed gratitude to the authorities of Vienna, “Walking onstage in London was a rollercoaster of emotions. 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. But I was also so grateful to the authorities because, thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.”
Swift had been set to perform three concerts in Vienna from August 8–10, with an expected audience of up to 65,000 for each show.
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“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,” Swift writes.
Taylor Swift was extremely concerned about her fans, which is why she refrained from commenting on the matter. “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 writes, “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 is with great relief that I can say we did that. And then London felt like a beautiful dream sequence.”
About Wembley Stadium she writes, “All five crowds at Wembley Stadium were bursting with passion, joy, and exuberance. The energy in that stadium was like the most giant bear hug from 92,000 people each night, and it brought me back to a place of carefree calm up there.”
Taylor Swift recently made history by breaking Michael Jackson‘s record with eight performances at Wembley Stadium.
