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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Elias Visontay

Taylor Swift concerts to go ahead in Sydney despite asbestos testing at Olympic Park precinct

Taylor Swift on stage with a blue guitar
Taylor Swift is set to perform to about 300,000 people in Sydney. Despite park closures across the city due to asbestos found in mulch, the pop star’s Olympic Park shows will go on. Photograph: John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

The New South Wales environment minister has sought to assure Taylor Swift fans that the pop star’s Sydney concerts will go ahead next weekend, amid an asbestos scare at the precinct where she is due to perform.

On Friday, the day after a special taskforce was launched to aid investigations into sites where mulch containing asbestos may be present, authorities have conducted testing at a location at Sydney Olympic Park, where Swift is set to perform to about 300,000 fans over four days of concerts as part of her Australian tour.

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