Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2018 reputation Stadium Tour in Chicago, Illinois. Photo / Getty
Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2018 reputation Stadium Tour in Chicago, Illinois. Photo / Getty
Taylor Swift has carried Army-grade wound dressings since the Manchester Arena attack because she is worried about similar terror attacks happening at her concerts.
The pop star, 29, said that ever since the 2017 attack, her "biggest fear" is not being able to protect her fans if the same happenedduring her arena tours.
The devastating bombing at an Ariana Grande concert filled with young pop fans killed 23 people, including the attacker, and has changed how music stars prepare for tours, Ms Swift said.
Floral tributes adorn St Ann's Square on the first anniversary of the Manchester terrorist attack on May 22, 2018 in Manchester, England. Photo / Getty
"After the Manchester Arena bombing and the Vegas concert shooting, I was completely terrified to go on tour this time because I didn't know how we were going to keep 3 million fans safe over seven months," she told Elle Magazine.
The star continued: "There was a tremendous amount of planning, expense, and effort put into keeping my fans safe. My fear of violence has continued into my personal life. I carry QuikClot army grade bandage dressing, which is for gunshot or stab wounds."
Ariana Grande is set to return to Manchester to perform again this year for the annual Pride celebrations.
She has said she is "thrilled" to be returning to the city which "means so much" to her, after revealing that she has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder since the attack.
She said last year: "It's hard to talk about because so many people have suffered such severe, tremendous loss. But, yeah, [PTSD is] a real thing."
"I don't think I'll ever know how to talk about it and not cry."
In the wide-ranging feature she wrote for the magazine, Ms Swift also hinted she planned to help with a campaign against Donald Trump during the next election.
Grammy winner Taylor Swift took the European leg of her blockbuster The RED Tour show to Berlin's, O2 World playing to a huge crowd. Photo / Getty
She said: "I'm finding my voice in terms of politics. I took a lot of time educating myself on the political system and the branches of government that are signing off on bills that affect our day-to-day life. I saw so many issues that put our most vulnerable citizens at risk, and felt like I had to speak up to try and help make a change.
"Only as someone approaching 30 did I feel informed enough to speak about it to my 114 million followers. Invoking racism and provoking fear through thinly veiled messaging is not what I want from our leaders, and I realized that it actually is my responsibility to use my influence against that disgusting rhetoric. I'm going to do more to help. We have a big race coming up next year."
