Taylor Swift will reportedly be joined on stage at Wembley by pal Ed Sheeran on Thursday, with a source calling her final show of the Eras Tour “the most difficult gig of her career”.
The 34-year-old singer was forced to cancel three concerts in Last week in Vienna, due to a foiled terrorist attempt, Shortly after three young women were murdered in a Taylor Swift themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside.
Wembley will be Taylor’s first show since both incidents, which reportedly left her “shaken to the core”, and she will be supported by her long-time friend Ed, 33, with whom she has written many songs.
It has also been claimed that the singer is probably planning to give a speech on stage in an attempt to “unify” her fans.
Narration The sun: ‘Everything Taylor does is for her fans and she will put on the show of her life when she returns to Wembley.’
Taylor Swift, 34, will be joined on stage at Wembley by pal Ed Sheeran, 33, on Thursday, with a source saying her final Eras Tour show was “the hardest gig of her career”.
The singer was forced to cancel three concerts in Vienna last week due to a foiled terror plot, shortly after three young people were murdered at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside.
“Hate never wins and Taylor stands by it wholeheartedly. Her shows are about love, unity and acceptance and that is a message she will always want to convey.”
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Taylor and Ed for comment.
Taylor had been scheduled to perform in front of an estimated 170,000 fans on August 8, 9 and 10 at Vienna’s Ernst-Happel-Stadion, which was set to be reinforced with additional security measures before all three shows were cancelled.
“Taylor is devastated by this. She is devastated for the fans who have been waiting for years to see her,” a source told The Associated Press. Mirrorin the first hint of Swift’s reaction to the news.
“But the thought of what might have happened if the concerts had been the target of a terrorist attack is horrifying, and she would never risk the safety of her fans.
“The memory of what happened at Ariana Grande’s Manchester concert is still very much in everyone’s minds. But the singer has told her team that she wants to try to return to Vienna as soon as possible in the future. She is well aware of how disappointed her fans in Austria are.”
The assassin has not made any public statements since the alleged plot was uncovered.
The arrest of a third suspect was announced last week.
Wembley will be Taylor’s first show since both incidents, which reportedly left her “shaken to the core”, and she will be supported by her long-time friend Ed, with whom she has written many songs.
It has also been claimed that the singer is probably planning to give a speech on stage in an attempt to “unify” her fans.
Taylor was scheduled to perform in front of an estimated 170,000 fans on August 8, 9 and 10 at Vienna’s Ernst-Happel-Stadion (pictured) before all three shows were cancelled.
The teenager, like the two others arrested earlier, was reportedly radicalized by the Afghanistan-based ISIS-K.
Police say the prime suspect, a 19-year-old man, planned to attack the tens of thousands of Swifties who gathered outside the Ernst Happel Stadium with knives and machetes.
The suspect is also believed to have armed explosives to “kill as many people as possible,” authorities said.
“The group is considered the largest external terrorist threat to the continent,” said Vladimir Vorokov, the UN’s undersecretary for counterterrorism, who said the group had increased its recruitment efforts on the continent, according to ABC News.
The singer previously posted an emotional message today following a knife attack at a dance class themed to her songs that left three children dead and six others in critical condition.
A 17-year-old boy remains in custody charged with murder and attempted murder and is being questioned following the incident in Southport, Merseyside, on Monday.
Eight other children were injured, five of them, aged between six and 11, in critical condition along with two adult women who “bravely tried to protect them”.
The singer previously posted an emotional message today following a knife attack at a dance class themed to her songs that left three children dead and six others in critical condition.
The attack occurred at a Taylor Swift-themed yoga and dance workshop.
The American singer wrote on Instagram: ‘The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is constantly washing over me and I am in complete shock.
‘The loss of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families and the first responders.
“They were just little kids in a dance class. I don’t know how to convey my condolences to these families.”
A JustGiving page set up by Taylor Swift fans has already raised almost £50,000 to help the families affected by the tragedy and pay for the two funerals.
