Coldplay‘s Chris Martin and Maggie Rogers have covered a Taylor Swift song while performing in Vienna, Austria after the latter’s ‘Eras’ tour concerts in the country were cancelled following a foiled terror plot.
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Earlier this month, all three of Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ shows in Vienna were cancelled after it was revealed that two people had been arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack during the gigs.
“This is something we never do, but we have to do it today,” Martin said on Wednesday night (August 21). “Of course, we haven’t mentioned that Vienna was in the news all over the world for all the wrong reasons. But what reached us was the beauty and the togetherness and the kindness of all of Taylor Swift’s fans.”
Coldplay live at Glastonbury 2024. Credit: Andy Ford for NME
“I don’t want to let you think that we don’t care about Swifties in our band,” he added before joking: “If this is not good, please, please don’t put it on YouTube because I don’t want to get in trouble with Taylor. If you can sing with us that would be wonderful. This is a wonderful song.”
He then proceeded to call up two fans from the crowd and show opener Maggie Rogers onstage as they duetted ‘Love Story’.
Watch fan-shot footage of Coldplay and Maggie Rogers cover Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’ in Vienna below.
Last night (August 21), Swift commented on the Vienna show cancellations and foiled terror plot after her European tour had wrapped: “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating. 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.”
She continued: “I was heartened by the love and unity I saw in the fans who banded together. I decided that all of my energy had to go toward helping to protect the nearly half a million people I had coming to see the shows in London. My team and I worked hand in hand with stadium staff and British authorities every day in pursuit of that goal, and I want to thank them for everything they did for us. 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.”
Chris Martin of Coldplay on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2024.(Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Earlier this month, Coldplay revealed the full tracklist for their forthcoming 10th studio album ‘Moon Music’. Alongside the announcement, the band also shared a snippet of a new track ‘We Pray’, which features Little Simz and Burna Boy, as well as Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna and Argentine artist Tini, and the band gave it its live debut during their headline set at Glastonbury in June, alongside Simz and Elyanna.
In a four-star review of Coldplay’s set at Glastonbury this year, NME said: “With a run of guest turns, some dad banter and an emotional Michael J Fox collab, Chris Martin and co. reach to make their fifth headline set one for the books.”
They added: “There’s a question mark over the future, but tonight was a good crack at making history with a set that felt like home.”
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