– It should be safe, but you are left with a bad feeling in your stomach, says Karoline Pedersen. She is a Norwegian Swiftie who is flying to London next week to see Taylor Swift perform in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley. But after the Vienna concerts were canceled due to terrorist planning, she has become uncertain. – I am considering whether I should go at all, and am waiting to see if the organizers say anything, she says. Karoline Pedersen (right) with her friends Kristine Eriksmoen and Karen Reistad outside the Friends arena in Stockholm. Photo: Privat Pedersen bought a ticket a few days ago, and is going to go to a new city all alone. Now she has yet another moment of stress: – The experience has been a bit ruined for me. It is not pleasant to have to look over your shoulder. It angers me that a concert like this, where millions of girls have said they actually feel safe, should be turned into a place of fear. Karoline Pedersen refers to Swift’s concerts as a place where you feel safe. Photo: ANDRE DIAS NOBRE / AFP Scotland Yard makes risk assessment According to the plan, Taylor Swift will play five concerts at Wembley in London from next week. On Thursday, Scotland Yard came out and said that British police should assess the security surrounding the concerts. They have now done that, and concluded that the events in Austria will not affect the concerts in London. The assessment comes after the threat of terrorism which led to the cancellation of concerts in Austria this week. Both chemicals and other objects connected to the terrorist plans have been found at the home of the arrested 19-year-old in Austria. The Austrian police accuse him of having sworn allegiance to IS, and are looking for several possible people involved in the case. Wembley Stadium is the next stop on Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. Photo: Thomson Reuters (Do not use this version of the picture) – I think it will be sharper Swiftie Marie Molund Lexow is also going to the concert in London, but is not particularly worried. She believes the organizers will be well prepared. – I think it will get tougher. Because of everything that is happening in England and the cancellations in Vienna, I’m guessing extra security has been set up, she says. Lexow has not considered the idea of staying at home. – We have booked brunches and dinners and have the outfit ready, she laughs. Lexow when she was at a Taylor Swift concert in Stockholm earlier this year. Photo: Private Published 08.08.2024, at 13.57
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