Coldplay and Maggie Rogers Pay Tribute to Taylor Swift Again in Vienna With ‘The 1’ Cover

Gil Kaufman
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Coldplay closed out their four-night run at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium on Sunday (August 15) with yet another tribute to Taylor Swift. Performing in the same venue that Swift had to abandon earlier this month after local police uncovered an alleged terror plot to attack Swifites, Coldplay singer Chris Martin and opening act Maggie Rogers paid homage to Swift with a meditative song from the singer’s 2020 pandemic album Folklore.

Again posted up on the smaller satellite b-stage in the midst of the audience on the stadium floor, Martin played piano on the “beautiful song” co-written by Swift and producer Aaron Dessner. “I’m doing good, I’m on some new s–t/ Been saying yes instead of no/ I think I saw you at the bus stop, I didn’t though,” Martin sang in a fan video of the performance.

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The 65,000-plus fans were remarkably hushed during the quiet, keyboard-and-voice cover, with Rogers coming in to sing the refrain, “I guess you never know, never know/ And if you wanted me, you really should’ve showed,” before the two singers joined voices for the wistful chorus, “But it would’ve been fun/ If you would’ve been the one.” As usual, Martin brought a pair of fans up on stage for the tribute, one of whom was rocking a Coldplay concert tee along with a colorful sign that read: “Dear Chris, Swifties Will Remember You. Thank you!”

The thanks came after Coldplay opened their run last Wednesday with a cover of Swift’s “Love Story,” and then performed “Shake It Off” twice, once with the band on Thursday and a second time with two fans on Saturday.

Swift wrapped up her five-show run at London’s Wembley Stadium last week, bringing a close to the European leg of her Eras Tour. The triumphant final run came after officials in Vienna said they’d arrested three suspects in the alleged plot to attack the stadium during what was planned to be a three-show run by Swift in an effort to “kill as many people as possible.”

The main 19-year-old suspect, reportedly radicalized online, had allegedly pledged fealty to the Islamic State, while a another suspect, an 18-year-old man, had also allegedly pledged allegiance to the terror group ISIS. A 17-year-old young man who has been detained was reportedly hired by a company providing services to the venue for the shows just a week prior. None of the men have been formally charged yet.

Watch video of Martin and Rogers performing “The 1” below.

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