Taylor Swift’s touching gesture to families of Southport victims ahead of final Eras Tour show at Wembley
Taylor Swift has reportedly invited the families of the Southport stabbing victims to her final Eras Tour performance at Wembley on Tuesday night.
The 34-year-old Cruel Summer singer recently encountered two young girls who were injured in a stabbing attack during a performance in London.
Bebe King, six, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were killed during a Swift-themed dance class on July 29, while ten others were injured.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, was charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.
Swift reportedly reached out to the families of the Southport stabbing victims before taking to the Wembley stage for her performance on Thursday was called ‘the most difficult concert of her career’ after the murders.
Taylor Swift has reportedly invited the families of the Southport stabbing victims to her final Eras Tour show at Wembley on Tuesday night
Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were killed during a Swift dance class on July 29, while 10 others were also injured (A person lays flowers nearby)
And now GB News reports that the families have been invited to tonight’s concert, where they will meet Taylor.
Tomorrow they will also meet King Charles at Buckingham Palace in London.
MailOnline has reached out to a representative for Taylor for comment.
King Charles visited the deeply affected community on Tuesday to offer his support and condolences.
This came after Taylor met two young girls injured in the Southport knife attack at her last performance.
The Shake It Off singer invited the two young girls backstage and posed for photos before one of her record-breaking shows last weekend.
She reportedly contacted the relatives of the Southport stabbing victim before taking to the stage at Wembley on Thursday to perform was called ‘the most difficult concert of her career’ after the murders.
As she took to the stage – in the UK for the first time since the tragedy – she appeared overwhelmed as she welcomed 92,000 fans to the final European leg of her Era’s World Tour.
Although she did not explicitly mention the stabbing, the three innocent victims were said to have been on Swift’s mind. Swift was said to have been “shocked to her very core” by the incident.
Alice da Silva Aguiar on the day she died next to a cardboard cutout of Taylor Swift – she was ready to go to dance class
Elise Dot, aged seven, was one of the victims of the stabbing in Southport which took place on 29 July
Bebe King, six, was also killed while attending Swift’s dance class
“Taylor may not have spoken about Elsie Dot, Alice and Bebe on stage, but she has reached out to their families,” the insider said. “It’s something that’s weighing heavily on her mind.”
After the tragedy, Swift said she was “at no point in knowing what to do” due to the devastating attack.
“The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is still overwhelming me and I’m just in complete shock,” the singer said after the incident.
‘The loss of life and innocence and the terrible trauma that everyone who was there, the families, suffered, the first reaction.
“These were just little kids at a dance class. I really don’t know how I can ever express my condolences to these families.”
Just days later, Swift was forced to cancel three performances in Vienna after police uncovered a foiled ISIS terror plot.
Swift has not yet publicly commented on the attempted attack, but insiders say she was “shocked.”
It comes after the 34-year-old Cruel Summer singer encountered two young girls who were injured in a knife attack during a recent performance in London