First concert after terror threat: Taylor Swift sings with Ed Sheeran in London

After the three canceled concerts due to a foiled terrorist attack in Vienna, Taylor Swift (34) returned to the stage in London yesterday evening (August 15). At Wembley Stadium, the pop star played the first of five more concerts in front of an audience of around 92,000 people – and got some very special support on stage.

Star power at Taylor Swift’s show in London

While Swift was performing the guitar part of her “Surprise Songs”, which are part of every show on the Eras Tour, singer Ed Sheeran (33) suddenly joined her on stage with his own guitar. The singer introduced him as a “second brother” before they sang a mash-up of three songs together: Swift’s “Everything Has Changed” and “End Game” as well as Sheeran’s hit “Thinking Out Loud”.

While this is not the first time Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran have appeared on stage together, it is the first time in several years. Over the years, the two have recorded several songs together, including “Everything Has Changed” for the 2021 album “Red (Taylor’s Version)” and Sheeran’s song “The Joker and the Queen” from 2022.

There were also a number of stars among the more than 90,000 Swifties. Among others, actor Idris Elba (51) and his wife Sabrina (35) were seen in the crowd, as well as YouTube star Amelia Dimoldenberg (30), actress Ambika Mod (28) and presenter Jameela Jamil (38).

First of five more shows in London

For Taylor Swift, Thursday evening’s show was the fourth concert in London since the start of her Eras Tour. The singer had already played three sold-out shows in the British capital in June. Yesterday’s show and the four other concerts (16, 17, 19 and 20 August) mark the end of the European leg of her Eras Tour, which has been running since March 2023. Afterwards, she will return to North America for more concerts.

At the same time, the performance was the first since Swift’s three concerts in Austria’s capital Vienna had to be cancelled last week (8th to 10th August) due to an increased threat of terrorism. The authorities had arrested several young people beforehand who had apparently planned a terrorist attack on the concerts. Taylor Swift has not yet commented on the cancelled shows, and the singer did not say a word about them on stage in London either.