The arrest yesterday by the Austrian police of two men apparently connected to the Islamic State terrorist organisation has led to the cancellation of three Taylor Swift concerts that were to begin tonight at the city’s Ernst Happel Stadium.
Swift herself might seem to be an unlikely focus of political controversy, much less the potential target of Islamist or any other terrorists. Neither her audience nor her content are exactly in that zone and the closest Swift has come to political commentary lately was stating that she would not be commenting on the situation in Gaza.
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