America pop-star Taylor Swift has canceled her performance at the 2019 Melbourne Cup after receiving backlash from animal rights activists. Earlier, the controversial Australian horse racing event announced that the 29-year-old Grammy winner would be headlining in early September but later they revealed on Saturday that she pulled out.

The Love Story singer's decision of not performing comes after animal rights activists criticized her on social media for endorsing animal abuse by agreeing to perform, reported Fox News.

Michael Gudinski from the organizing committee said in a statement online, "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."

Victoria Racing Club (VRC), Chief Executive Officer Neil Wilson added, "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."

After Swift's name was attached to the event, animal rights group, Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, took to Twitter asking her to cancel her performance with its #NupToTheCup hashtag. Have a look at the tweet right here:

Please Sign & Share@taylorswift13, please cancel your Melbourne Cup performance and instead use your voice to take a stand against animal abuse and say #NupToTheCup https://t.co/oKDtqiwkYt