Current:Home > StocksColdplay perform Taylor Swift song in Vienna after thwarted terrorist plot -Edge Finance Strategies
Coldplay perform Taylor Swift song in Vienna after thwarted terrorist plot
View
Date:2025-04-19 08:30:17
Taylor Swift's Vienna shows may have been canceled, but Coldplay's Chris Martin is ensuring her music is still played in the city.
During a concert on Wednesday at Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium, Martin was joined by Maggie Rogers to perform Swift's song "Love Story," as seen in a YouTube video of the moment.
The tribute came two weeks after three of Swift's shows at the Ernst Happel Stadium were canceled as authorities said an alleged terrorist attack on the concert had been thwarted.
Speaking to fans during Wednesday's performance, Martin addressed the fact that Vienna "was in the news all over the world for all the wrong reasons" recently but said the band was touched by the "beauty and the togetherness and the kindness" Swift's fans have showed.
"I don't want to let you think that we don't care about Swifties in our band," Martin said before asking fans to find the "biggest Swiftie that you know" in the crowd.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
The singer then brought two Swift fans onto the stage while he and Rogers performed "Love Story," a song which is a part of Swift's "Fearless" section in the 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 (expletive)," Martin said. "We send them our love, too."
Taylor Swiftterrorist threat suspect confessed he intended to kill fans: Officials
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."
Coldplay tribute comes as Taylor Swift breaks silence on canceled Vienna shows
Authorities said a 19-year-old suspect intended to kill "as many people as possible" in an attack on Swift's Vienna show involving "bladed weapons as well as the construction of a bomb."
Taylor Swiftbreaks silence on 'devastating' alleged Vienna terrorist plot
On Wednesday, Swift addressed the canceled Vienna shows for the first time in an Instagram post, telling 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."
Swift, who continued her tour in London after the Vienna shows were canceled, also explained why she had not previously addressed 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. "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."
veryGood! (7)
Related
- Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas
- Shohei Ohtani gifts manager Dave Roberts toy Porsche before breaking his home run record
- Lance Bass, Robin Thicke, more went to this massive billionaire wedding. The internet was enraged.
- Cinco de Mayo 2024 food and drink specials: Deals at Taco Bell, Chipotle, TGI Fridays, more
- Krispy Kreme offers a free dozen Grinch green doughnuts: When to get the deal
- I-95 overpass in Connecticut scorched during a fuel truck inferno has been demolished
- The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. Here’s how to see it
- Gypsy Rose Blanchard Responds to NSFW Question About Ken Urker After Rekindling Romance
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Warren Buffett’s company rejects proposals, but it faces lawsuit over how it handled one last year
Ranking
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
- A boy gave his only dollar to someone he mistook as homeless. In exchange, the businessman rewarded him for his generosity.
- Former Lakers Player Darius Morris Dead at 33
- Alabama Supreme Court declines to revisit controversial frozen embryo ruling
- North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
- TikToker Jesse Sullivan Shares Own Unique Name Ideas for His and Francesca Farago's Twins
- Anna Nicole Smith's 17-Year-Old Daughter Dannielynn Looks All Grown Up at the Kentucky Derby
- Morgan Wallen's next court appearance date set in Nashville rooftop chair throwing case
Recommendation
'No Good Deed': Who's the killer in the Netflix comedy? And will there be a Season 2?
The 2024 Met Gala Garden of Time Theme and Dress Code, Explained
Jury foreperson in New Hampshire youth center abuse trial ‘devastated’ that award could be slashed
Biden has rebuilt the refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year?
Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
MLS schedule May 4-5: Lionel Messi, Inter Miami vs. New York Red Bulls; odds, how to watch
Academics and Lawmakers Slam an Industry-Funded Report by a Former Energy Secretary Promoting Natural Gas and LNG
Former President Donald Trump shows up for Formula One Miami Grand Prix