Taylor Swift's three-night concert in Vienna this week were canceled after the government confirmed a planned attack at the stadium, the organizer announced late on Wednesday (August 7), and Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer said "a tragedy was prevented."
"Thanks to the intensive cooperation of our police and the newly established DSN with foreign services, the threat was identified early on, combated, and a tragedy prevented," Nehammer said in a post on social media platform X. DSN is Austria's Directorate for Security and Intelligence.
Austrian police on Wednesday detained two people suspected of plotting attacks on concerts, Franz Ruf, director general for public security, said at a news conference on Wednesday evening.
Three Taylor Swift concerts were scheduled to take place at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna from Thursday (August 8) to Saturday (August 10). Police had been expecting around 65,000 attendees at each show, as well as up to 15,000 people outside the stadium without tickets, which fed security concerns.
The shows were to be part of the record-breaking Eras Tour by the American singer-songwriter which started on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona, U.S., and is set to conclude on Dec. 8, 2024, in Vancouver, Canada. -Report from Reuters
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