Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts were cancelled this week after Austrian authorities foiled a terrorist plot. However, Disney+ has now teamed up with national broadcaster ORF to air her concert movie, The Eras Tour, for free over the weekend. The film was screened on ORF 1 last night with a total of three shows cancelled to keep everyone safe. Disney+ has also announced a free seven-day trial subscription for a limited time for anyone who missed the broadcast in Austria and Germany. The promotion will run until August 12.
Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the foiled plot. The main suspect – who has not been named in line with Austrian privacy rules – fully confessed to planning an attack and had reportedly wanted to use knives or self-made explosives outside the Ernst Happel Stadium to kill as many people as possible. He has pledged an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State group.
He is said to have planned to “kill himself and a large crowd at the concert either today or tomorrow”, according to Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, head of the Directorate of State Security and Intelligence; adding that the 19-year-old was “clearly radicalised in the direction of the Islamic State and thinks it is right to kill infidels”. Two other people were also arrested – a 17-year-old Austrian, who was working at the concert venue days before the event was cancelled, and the other with North Macedonian roots.
Following the incident, Scotland Yard revealed they are monitoring the situation and making decisions about the upcoming Taylor Swift shows at Wembley Stadium. Taylor Swift played three sold-out nights at the London venue back in June, and is set to return to the UK capital later this month for five more shows featuring support from Paramore.
Authorities had expected the Vienna shows to bring in roughly 65,000 concertgoers per day with an additional 10,000 to 15,000 fans outside of the area before cancelling them. As of writing, Swift and her team have not released any statements regarding the incident or any changes to the London gigs
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