Chris Martin honored Taylor Swift during his show in Vienna, after the 34-year-old singer had to cancel her three planned performances there due to terrorist threats.
The 47-year-old Coldplay frontman surprised the audience in Austria with a special performance of “Love Story” for all the Swifties who missed hearing it live. On Wednesday, August 21, Martin addressed the crowd and said, as captured in a video posted on X“If this isn’t good, please, please don’t put it on YouTube because I don’t want to get in trouble with Taylor.”
He continued, “If you could sing with us, that would be wonderful. This is a wonderful song.” Wearing a white and blue T-shirt and black pants, Martin got the whole stadium singing along in chorus as he played the melody on his guitar.
Chris Martin dedicated “Love Story” to all Swifties who wanted to see Taylor in Vienna😭🫶 and in the very stadium where she was supposed to perform pic.twitter.com/jGZUEb9TnJ
— Martyna Eras London (@breakble_heaven) 21 August 2024
His appearance received widespread support online. “Chris is such a good guy,” wrote one user of the platform formerly known as Twitter. wrote.
“I have ALWAYS loved Chris Martin but I can’t believe he dedicated a song to her again and THIS TIME IT’S HER OWN… this makes me cry, I really hope she sees this!” another person added.
A supporter also intervened with several red hearts: “#ViennaSwifties, we love you.”
Taylor Swift was originally scheduled to perform at the Ernst Happel Stadium from August 8 to 10, but the violent terror threats made by two men who were later arrested by the authorities led to the cancellation. According to the Related PressThe two men had “planned to kill as many people as possible outside the concert area.” This naturally caused great concern among Swifties and the world.
On Wednesday, August 21, the “Lover” singer broke her silence on the subject in an Instagram post, writing: “The cancellation of our Vienna shows was devastating. The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear and enormous guilt because so many people had planned to come to these shows.”
She added: “But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them we mourned concerts and not live performances.”
