Pharrell Williams angrily stormed off stage in Saudi Arabia after followers started throwing issues on stage.
Pharrell Williams Rips Into Crowd for “Dangerous Behavior” Before Ending Show Early
On Saturday (March 9), Pharrell was set to carry out alongside Alicia Keys and Electronic DJ Martin Garrix on the Formula 1 post-race live performance. While Pharrell did take the stage to carry out his hits “Get Lucky” and “Happy,” The Neptunes producer stopped the present to ask attendees to cease throwing their digital wristbands on the stage, as reported by The Daily Mail.
“This is the liveliest city right now on the planet but we have also got to be the safest,” Pharrell stated. “I know you guys are excited and I know you are wanting to throw your wrist gadgets and lights and all that, but you can’t as the girls are dancing. And me? I love women, how about you?”
The crowd cheered earlier than Pharrell continued.
“We must protect our women so if you want to throw them lights you have to throw them the other way, not at the stage,” he known as out. “Who understands what I’m saying?”
As the wristbands continued to soar to the stage, Pharrell determined sufficient was sufficient and walked off the stage quarter-hour early. “OK, I am going to let you all finish,” he stated earlier than departing.
The tense second got here after Pharrell and Alicia Keys have been already underfire by humanitarian organizations for even agreeing to carry out in Saudi Arabia, which has been accused for years of persecuting girls.
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Pharrell Links With Miley Cyrus For “Doctor (Work It Out)”
The efficiency comes after Pharrell linked with Miley Cyrus for her new track “Doctor (Work It Out), which dropped on March 1. In an interview with Apple Music, Pharrell explained why he’s been in Miley’s corner for a while.
“I’ll always remember simply assembly her at a time the place individuals had pegged her to be one factor significantly,” he said. “She was Hannah Montana on the time, and he or she was rising up and actually eager to expertise life regardless of how far the precipice was, that was her … I simply bear in mind her simply being in a spot the place nobody actually understood what she was, and I acquired it.”
The pair had previously worked together on Miley’s controversial 2013 album Bangerz.
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