<p>Los Angeles: US pop megastar Taylor Swift revealed on Wednesday that a "new sense of fear" came over her after authorities uncovered a plot to attack her Vienna concert venue as well as guilt for letting down fans by canceling her three shows in the city.</p><p>The singer also applauded authorities for foiling the plan to cause mass harm at Ernst Happel Stadium, the venue where she was scheduled to play.</p><p>"Thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives," Swift said on Instagram in her first public comments since news of planned attack surfaced two weeks ago.</p><p>Police in Austria arrested a 19-year-old man who they said confessed to wanting to cause a "bloodbath" at Swift's Eras Tour shows.</p>.Taylor Swift ends European leg of Eras tour with surprise-packed show.<p>"Having our Vienna shows canceled was devastating," Swift said. "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."</p><p>Swift said she decided "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."</p><p>The London dates took place without incident and concluded on Tuesday, ending the European leg of the record-breaking Eras Tour.</p><p>The singer said she had not commented earlier because she did not want to risk provoking harm at future concerts.</p><p>"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," Swift wrote. "In cases like this one, 'silence' is actually showing restraint."</p><p>The Eras Tour, the highest-grossing concert tour in history, is now on a scheduled break. It will resume with final dates from October through December in the United States and Canada.</p>
<p>Los Angeles: US pop megastar Taylor Swift revealed on Wednesday that a "new sense of fear" came over her after authorities uncovered a plot to attack her Vienna concert venue as well as guilt for letting down fans by canceling her three shows in the city.</p><p>The singer also applauded authorities for foiling the plan to cause mass harm at Ernst Happel Stadium, the venue where she was scheduled to play.</p><p>"Thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives," Swift said on Instagram in her first public comments since news of planned attack surfaced two weeks ago.</p><p>Police in Austria arrested a 19-year-old man who they said confessed to wanting to cause a "bloodbath" at Swift's Eras Tour shows.</p>.Taylor Swift ends European leg of Eras tour with surprise-packed show.<p>"Having our Vienna shows canceled was devastating," Swift said. "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."</p><p>Swift said she decided "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."</p><p>The London dates took place without incident and concluded on Tuesday, ending the European leg of the record-breaking Eras Tour.</p><p>The singer said she had not commented earlier because she did not want to risk provoking harm at future concerts.</p><p>"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," Swift wrote. "In cases like this one, 'silence' is actually showing restraint."</p><p>The Eras Tour, the highest-grossing concert tour in history, is now on a scheduled break. It will resume with final dates from October through December in the United States and Canada.</p>