Taylor Swift pulls out of Melbourne Cup appearance

Pop star Taylor Swift has announced she is cancelling her planned appearance at this year’s Melbourne Cup due to a change in her Asian tour.

Pop star Taylor Swift has cancelled her planned appearance at this year’s Melbourne Cup. According to a statement from Mushroom Events and the Victoria Racing Club, a recent change to her Asian promotional tour means she will no longer be able to perform at the spring carnival event.

Michael Gudinski from Mushroom Events said: “Regrettably, Taylor is no longer able to make it to this year’s Melbourne Cup. Changes to her Asian promo schedule have made it logistically impossible for her to be here. To all of Taylor’s fans, we hope to see Taylor in Australia in 2020.”

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VRC Chief Executive Officer Neil Wilson said: “The VRC has learned that Taylor Swift is now unable to make the trip to Australia and therefore cannot be with us on Melbourne Cup Day. Obviously, this is disappointing for everyone. We understand how important the pre-Cup entertainment is and we look forward to providing an update shortly”.

The cancellation follows an online campaign from animal rights activists urging Swift to pull out from the racing event.

Activist fans took to Twitter to applaud today’s announcement.

“Very considerate of her, regarding the ongoing animal abuse,” one wrote.

“Taylor sees everything online and made the right decision to back out,” wrote another.

Swift came under fire last week from the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, who urged the pop superstar to pull the pin on her Cup Day performance.

“Taylor Swift, please cancel your Melbourne Cup performance and instead use your voice to take a stand against animal abuse and say #NupToTheCup,” the group had posted to their Facebook page.

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