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‘Safer than ever’: Swifties gather at Wembley for first concert since foiled Vienna plot


Fans in sequins and cowboy hats arrive undeterred at first of five Taylor Swift concerts in London

Thousands of fans have arrived at Wembley stadium in London to see Taylor Swift perform for the first time since her shows in Vienna were cancelled after a foiled terror attack. Photograph: Zainab Haji/The GuardianSwift’s three concerts in Vienna were cancelled last week after the arrest of three teenagers by Austrian authorities in connection to an alleged plot to attack one of the singer’s events. Photograph: Toby Melville/ReutersAustrian police reported that one of the suspects admitted to planning an attack aimed at causing mass casualties outside the Vienna concert venue, where up to 35,000 people without tickets were expected to gather.

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