Taylor Swift fans may be relieved to hear the pop queen will perform her concerts in London following alleged planned terror attacks in Vienna.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the UK’s capital will “carry on” with hosting her Eras Tour concerts at Wembley this month after the singer was forced to cancel her dates at at venue in Austria.

On Wednesday (August 7) all three of the Shake It Off singer songwriter’s performances at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium were cancelled and two suspected extremists were arrested by Austrian police.

She had been due at the Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Policing minister Diana Johnson said Scotland Yard will look at “all the intelligence” ahead of Swift’s five dates at London’s Wembley Stadium between Thursday August 15 and Tuesday August 20.

Mr Khan told Sky News today (August 8) that London is “looking forward to welcoming Taylor Swift back” as the capital is “an international city” that regularly hosts major events.

He added: “We have a huge amount of experience in policing these events, we’re never complacent, many lessons were learned after the awful Manchester Arena attack.

“The police work closely, not just with City Hall, but with councils, but also with those who host concerts, like the Taylor Swift concert, coming up over the next couple of weeks.

He added: “I’m sure Vienna has got its own reasons to cancel the Taylor Swift concerts, we’re going to carry on, working closely with police (and) ensuring that the Taylor Swift concerts can take place in London safely.”

On Instagram on Wednesday, Vienna event organiser Barracuda Music wrote that “we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety” as there had been “confirmation from government officials of a planned terrorist attack at Ernst Happel Stadium”.

At a press conference on Thursday, Austria’s interior minister, Gerhard Karner, said “a tragedy was prevented” before referring to the attack on Paris’s Bataclan venue in 2015, the bombing of Manchester Arena during an Ariana Grande concert in 2017, and the Crocus City Hall mass shooting in Moscow in March this year.

He also said that concerts “are often targets” for politically motivated attackers, and threats have “undoubtedly risen” since the escalation of violence against Hamas and Israel in Gaza in October.

Franz Ruf, director general for public security at the Ministry of the Interior, confirmed that two people had been arrested, one 19-year-old suspect in Ternitz, south of Vienna, and a 17-year-old in the Austrian capital.

He also said that chemical substances, liquids and technical capabilities were found at the home of the 19-year-old.

UK policing minister Diana Johnson told LBC: “The UK police will be looking at all the intelligence and making decisions, they risk assess every event that happens in this country, and that’s something for the police."

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “London plays host to a significant number of very high-profile events each year with millions of visitors having a safe and enjoyable experience.

“The Met works closely with venue security teams and other partners to ensure there are appropriate security and policing plans in place.

“There is nothing to indicate that the matters being investigated by the Austrian authorities will have an impact on upcoming events here in London.

“As always, we will continue to keep any new information under careful review.”