Madonna Honors Paris Terrorist Attack Victims at Stockholm Rebel Heart Concert : People.com
- 8 years ago
Madonna broke down in tears on Saturday when she stopped her Stockholm, Sweden, concert to honor the victims of Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris.
"It's been very hard for me to get through this show up to this point and not forget about what happened last night, so I need to take this moment to acknowledge the tragedy, the tragic killings, assassinations and the senseless endings of precious life that occurred last night in Paris," the pop star, 57, said in a video posted to YouTube by her manager Guy Oseary.
"Why am I up here dancing and having fun when people are crying over the loss of their loved ones?"
Before playing an acoustic version of "Like a Prayer," a teary-eyed Madonna declared that "only love will change the world," and asked the audience to take a moment of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the attacks.
"It's been very hard for me to get through this show up to this point and not forget about what happened last night, so I need to take this moment to acknowledge the tragedy, the tragic killings, assassinations and the senseless endings of precious life that occurred last night in Paris," the pop star, 57, said in a video posted to YouTube by her manager Guy Oseary.
"Why am I up here dancing and having fun when people are crying over the loss of their loved ones?"
Before playing an acoustic version of "Like a Prayer," a teary-eyed Madonna declared that "only love will change the world," and asked the audience to take a moment of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the attacks.