Taylor Swift has reportedly reached out to the families of the victims of last month’s stabbing attack in Southport, England, ahead of her defiant return to the London stage.
The 14-time Grammy Award winner, 34, resumed her sold-out Erasus tour in London on Thursday night, kicking off a five-night run that marked the final European leg of her world tour.
The concert was said to be the “most painful concert of Swift’s career” following the murder of three young girls at a dance class inspired by Swift’s music.
Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Stancomb, 7, and Bebe King, 6, were killed when a man with a knife entered their dance studio on July 29. Ten others were seriously injured.
Although she did not speak about the heartbreaking tragedy onstage, Swift reportedly contacted the victims’ families before taking to the stage at Wembley Stadium.
“Taylor may not have spoken about Elsie Dot, Alice and Bebe on stage, but she did reach out to their families,” the source said. He told The Sun“It’s something that weighs heavily on her mind.”
The Washington Post has reached out to Swift’s representatives for comment.
The day after the tragedy Swift released a statement She said she was “totally shocked” by the news.
“The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport continues to haunt me and I am in complete shock…,” the “Fortnite” hitmaker wrote on July 30.
“Lives and innocent people were lost and it caused terrible trauma to everyone who was there, their families and emergency responders.”
“They were just little kids going to dance class,” Swift continued in a message to her 283 million Instagram followers.
“I really don’t know how to convey my condolences to the families.”
Following the horrific attack, Swift’s fans raised thousands of dollars for the victim’s family.
The singer, who sang her hit “So Long, London,” was forced to cancel three shows in Vienna after a terror plot was thwarted.
On August 7, local authorities in Vienna announced the arrest of three teenagers who had pledged allegiance to ISIS and were allegedly “planning to carry out an attack” outside the Ernst Happel Stadium in order to kill “as many people as possible.”
The suspects, aged between 15 and 19, are said to have planned to use homemade explosives and knives in the attack.
