Miranda Lambert Fans Walk Out Mid-Concert For Alarming Reason

Miranda Lambert

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are divided after the country singer came under fire for a tense interaction during her Las Vegas residency. So what made the superstar break out? On July 15, Lambert abruptly stopped her performance to berate a group of

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for taking selfies while she sang a particularly emotional song. In a fan video posted to TikTok, the country legend is seen performing his heartbreaking 2017 song, "Tin Man," which contains lyrics warning the Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz" about the dangers of having heart. After singing the first lines, Lambert saw the criminals in the crowd and stopped the show. "These girls are worried about their selfie and not hearing the song.

It's pissing me off a little bit." Lambert attempted to bring the crowd back into the moment and restarted the song, but the commotion continued in the crowd. In the video you can see people leaving the cinema. An exiting audience member can be heard saying, "Come on. Come on. Don't do that to the fans." Many

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goers cheered Lambert after the incident, while others defended the country singer online due to the emotional nature of the song. But others disagreed. One person tweeted: "Going to a

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is about creating an experience and a memory. If someone wants to take a photo to document that memory, they should be able to." Another joked: "Girl, at least they didn't throw your phone at you for this." The "Mama's Broken Heart" singer joined the Las Vegas Strip lineup with her Velvet Rodeo residency in September 2022.

When crafting the set list for her months-long production, Lambert assured Vulture that she would consider which tracks from their discography were fan favorites. . He explained: "I realized that part of this Vegas show is 'giving the people what they want'. I mean, they come to see you because they've been fans for a while and it's a staple in their journey. I know that there are songs that I'm tired of that have to be in the set. This onstage controversy comes at an inopportune time for Lambert, as her Velvet Rodeo residency is about to go on hiatus. The residency was originally supposed to last until the end of 2022, but 16 shows were added for 2023.

According to her tour website, the singer will perform shows at the Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood on July 19, July 21 and July 22 before. she will take a month-long break until the end of November. Her residency is scheduled to last until December 16. But in the wake of this selfie incident, some fans are voicing their opinions on social media, with some reconsidering her attendance altogether. One fan wrote in the comments of Lambert's backstage video on Instagram: "I just got a refund for my tickets. I won't be seeing you after you embarrassed those girls for no

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. They paid for those tickets." Of all Lambert's songs, "Tin Man" doesn't seem like the type to spark a confrontation.

Maybe the audience members were taking advantage of the low-tempo moment to take photos of her? Since its release on her 2016 album, "The Weight of These Wings," fans believe that "Tin Man" was inspired by the emotions Lambert felt during her divorce from country star Blake Shelton in 2015. While it has not Revealing the song's true backstory, the "Hell on Heels" singer divulged in a 2017 interview with Taste of Country that the album was a "diary of the last two years" of her life. And Lambert explained in a conversation with Sounds Like Nashville in 2017: "I think that by going through many moments where I felt empty, I understood a whole new meaning.

Everyone knows what the Tin Man represents: cold, empty, lonely and heartless. And it opened my eyes even more, going through the pain, you know, kind of an epiphany." The singer performed an acoustic version of "Tin Man" at the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards, and Kelly Clarkson performed her own performance of the song during her 2019 tour. Will this #selfiegate incident now be part of the legacy? from "Tin Man"?