Fans gathering at Wembley Stadium in London said they trusted British security officials to keep them safe.
When Taylor Swift canceled three concerts in Vienna last week after officials there foiled a terrorist plot, Swifties soon expressed fears about the pop star’s next shows, in London.
Would Swift go ahead with the concerts at the 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium? Given the pop star once said that her “biggest fear” was a terrorist attack on one of her shows, some fans had doubts. Was it even safe to attend those London dates?
When Swift didn’t comment on the thwarted attack in Vienna or the upcoming London gigs, fan anxieties only grew.
Yet at Wembley Stadium on Thursday afternoon before the first of five concerts there, worry seemed to have given way to excitement at the chance to see Swift perform the latest leg of her globe-spanning Eras tour.
In interviews, over a dozen fans, including many from the United States, all said that they felt safe attending the event. Kyle Foster, 46 — wearing a Kansas City Chiefs jersey like Swift’s partner, Travis Kelce — said he had flown from North Carolina with his partner and two daughters for the show. “We didn’t think twice about coming,” he said, adding he felt confident that security would “be on high alert.”
Maya Arbad, 18, who had traveled from Dubai, said two friends had decided not to attend the concert because of the foiled attack. “Their families were just too anxious to send them here,” Arbad said.
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