Taylor Swift's Concerns About Concert Safety Reemerge Following Vienna Cancellations

VTaylor Swift's Concerns About Concert Safety Reemerge Following Vienna Cancellations

The Grammy-winning artist's three Eras Tour concerts in Vienna were suddenly canceled on August 7

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After two suspects were arrested for allegedly planning a terrorist attack on the events.

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FOn Wednesday, August 7, Austrian police announced the arrest of the two individuals suspected of plotting ...

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the attack at the Ernst Happel Stadium. This threat led Barracuda Music, the concert promoters,

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to cancel the shows that were set to take place from August 8 to 10.

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Swift's reflections on this very fear were penned in a 2019 article for Elle, where she candidly discussed her anxiety

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and the mass shooting at Las Vegas' Route 91 Harvest Music Festivaabout performing live

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in the wake of the 2017 ISIS bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester,l.

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