Tonight’s concert is bound to be emotionalpublished at 14:03 British Summer Time
14:03 BST
Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent reporting from Wembley
It’s the first time Swift has performed since her shows in Vienna were cancelled due to a security threat.
It’s also her first date in the UK since a knife attack at a dance workshop themed around her music in Southport – which left three children dead and nine more injured.
There’s a lot of speculation she’ll address the events, providing a moment of unity and catharsis for her fans.
If she does, it’s most likely to take place during the acoustic section at the end of her show – where Swift takes to the stage alone and plays two “surprise songs” every night.
As is often the case, the star might let her music do the talking.
When a fan died of cardiac arrest following an Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro last year, Swift did not address the incident at her next show – saying on social media that she was “overwhelmed by grief when I even try to talk about it”.
However, fans interpreted her choice of the song Bigger Than the Whole Sky as a tribute to 23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides Machado.
“Did some bird flap its wings over in Asia?/ Did some force take you because I didn’t pray?” Swift sang.
“Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye/ You were bigger than the whole sky.”
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