Patti LaBelle is whisked off stage by security following ‘bomb threat’ at concert venue in Milwaukee, where crowd was ‘safely evacuated’ but investigation is ‘ongoing’
- Patti LaBelle was taken offstage by security mid-show after a reported ‘bomb threat’ at Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater where she was singing Saturday
- In a video shared by a concertgoer, the legendary singer, 78, is seen speaking to the crowd moments before two security guards stormed the stage
- LaBelle says to the men, ‘Wait, hold up!’ before one of them whispers something to her that quickly changes the singer’s demeanor from laidback to panicked
- Two security guards help her offstage, sending the crowd into an uproar, with many screaming loudly towards the stage and others expressing confusion
- According to a reported statement made by Milwaukee PD , the audience was ‘safely evacuated’ from the venue and the investigation is ‘fluid and ongoing’
Patti LaBelle was taken offstage by security mid-show after a reported ‘bomb threat’ was made at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee where she was performing on Saturday night.
In a video shared by a concertgoer, the legendary singer, 78, is seen speaking to the crowd just moments before two security guards stormed the stage and physically removed her.
According to a reported statement made by Milwaukee PD, the audience was ‘safely evacuated’ from the venue and the investigation is ‘fluid and ongoing.’
Officers were said to be ‘clearing the facility at this time.’
Patti LaBelle was taken off stage by security mid-show after a reported ‘bomb threat’ was made at the Riverside theater in Milwaukee where she was performing on Saturday night
The unnerving clips starts off calm with LaBelle speaking to a fan in the audience while carrying a rose bouquet.
She has her back turned away from stage left as two security guards clad in all-black suits grab ahold of her from behind.
LaBelle says to the men, ‘Wait, hold up!’ before one of them whispers something to her that quickly changes the singer’s demeanor from laidback to panicked.
In a video shared by a concertgoer, the legendary singer, 78, is seen speaking to the crowd just moments before two security guards swiftly motioned her off stage
According to a reported statement made by Milwaukee PD , the audience was ‘safely evacuated’ from the venue and the investigation is ‘fluid and ongoing’
LaBelle then drops the bouquet from her hands and shakily tries to put her microphone back on the mic stand, a job that is taken over by a security member that emerges from stage right.
Two other security members place their hands behind LaBelle’s back and work together to get her out of sight.
The singer’s band swiftly abandon their stations to follow behind LaBelle and her security team.
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This sets the crowd in total uproar, with many screaming loudly towards the stage and others expressing confusion to one another just before the video ends.
A separate video taken outside the theater shows concertgoers standing on the sidewalk and spilling into the street, talking loudly among themselves.
The woman who filmed the clip and posted it to Twitter said that ‘all of the participants are waiting outside’ after being evacuated.
‘We do not know if we go back inside to the venue. It is up to the Riverside Theater if we can go back inside,’ she added in the video, which she tweeted at 9:49pm Milwaukee time. ‘But right now, everything’s on halt.’
‘Everything’s on halt’: A separate video taken outside the theater shows concertgoers standing on the sidewalk and spilling into the street, talking loudly among themselves