Dua Lipa, the British pop phenom behind the hits “New Rules“, “One Kiss“, “IDGAF“, and “Electricity“, was visibly disturbed after watching fans get dragged from her concert in Shanghai, China for waving LGBT Pride flags. The singer addressed the crowd, holding back tears.
Dua Lipa Cried In Shanghai China Tonight pic.twitter.com/Tz17SRGpiH
— Popporn (@958353005) September 12, 2018
Said the singer: “I want to create a really safe environment for us all to have fun. I want us all to dance. I want us all to sing, I want us all to just have a really good time. We have only a few more songs. I would love in these last few songs for us to really, really, really enjoy ourselves. How about that?”
Videos shared on social media showed fans being violently dragged from their seats and roughed up outside the National Exhibition and Convention Center in the city’s Qingpu district.
I just CANT believe it. This is the show of Dua Lipa in Shanghai. All the fans are forbidden to stand out and could only sit on to see the show?!? If you don’t, the guard would use violence to kick u out. It’s unbelievable… #dualipa pic.twitter.com/quITZNLVxU
— 👾 N F T M (@PosthumousMemo) September 12, 2018
Lipa shared a message on social media Thursday morning which read: “I will stand by you all for your love and beliefs and I am proud and grateful that you felt safe enough to show your pride at my show. What you did takes a lot of bravery. I always want my music to bring strength, hope and unity. I was horrified by what happened and I send love to all my fans involved.” She pledged to return to Shanghai “when the time is right and hopefully see a room full of rainbows.”
https://twitter.com/DUALIPA/status/1040215929144193026
More videos of police ejecting fans for waving rainbow flags:
https://twitter.com/dr_jolin/status/1039875308688629760
https://twitter.com/dr_jolin/status/1039881447136346112
One more video…the girl was up on her feet so happy n thought they coming to interact with her, only to be smashed onto the ground and taken away.💔 Not every show in China is like this, it's said @LiveNation instructed them to do so. We're so sorry @DUALIPA had to witness. pic.twitter.com/Eo5XwOpsQY
— dexx (@dexk07) September 12, 2018
