Coldplay Performs Taylor Swift Song in Vienna After Thwarted Terrorist Plot

Taylor Swift’s Vienna shows may have been canceled, but Coldplay’s Chris Martin ensured her music still rang through the city.

During a concert at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium on Wednesday, Martin was joined by Maggie Rogers in performing Swift’s song “Love Story,” as seen in a YouTube video capturing the moment.

The tribute came two weeks after three of Swift’s shows at the same venue were canceled. Authorities revealed they had thwarted an alleged terrorist plot targeting one of her concerts.

Speaking to fans, Martin acknowledged that Vienna had made global headlines for unfortunate reasons. However, he emphasized the “beauty, togetherness, and kindness” displayed by Swift’s fans.

“I don’t want to let you think that we don’t care about Swifties in our band,” Martin said before urging the audience to locate the “biggest Swiftie” in the crowd.

He then invited two Swift fans onto the stage while he and Rogers performed “Love Story,” a song from Swift’s “Fearless” album, which is part of her Eras tour.

“We sing this song with so much love for Taylor, with so much love for Swifties, and we sing this song with love for young people who are brainwashed into doing stupid things,” Martin stated, expressing empathy even for those misled into harmful actions.

He also joked, “If this is not good, please don’t put it on YouTube, because I don’t want to get in trouble with Taylor.”

Authorities had reported that a 19-year-old suspect planned to kill “as many people as possible” at Swift’s Vienna show, using bladed weapons and a bomb.

In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Swift addressed the canceled concerts for the first time, sharing her feelings with her fans. “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 said.

Swift, who resumed her tour in London after the Vienna cancellations, explained why she had not previously spoken about the situation. “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.

She continued, “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.”

Source: USA TODAY