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Pharrell Williamsis all about the safety and wellbeing of his fans.
The musician, 49, stopped his performance multiple times during the second day of theSomething in the Water Festivalon Saturday, after two fans apparently suffered medical emergencies.
D.C. Realtime Newsshared in a tweetthat the concert event was later stopped once more after another patron fell ill. “@Pharrell stop[ped] the show to make sure this individual is attended to. Nothing but RESPECT for doing this,” they wrote.
After the event, Williams thanked fans “for taking care of each other” and shared avideoof himself and the other artists onstage amid the break in performances. “Ain’t that what we do? We lift people up,” the “Happy” singer says in the clip.
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The incidents at the music festival in Washington D.C. come months after10 concertgoers were killedfollowing a crowd surge duringTravis Scott’s set at the Astroworld Festival in Houston on Nov. 5.
In the time since, there has been a renewed focus on concert crowd safety, and stars likeBillie Eilish,John MayerandDoja Cathave stopped performances to ensure the wellbeing of audience members.
Eilish, 20,paused a show in Atlantaearlier this year to help a fan get access to an inhaler, while Mayer, 44,stopped a prior set at the Hollywood Palladiumto allow medics access to a fan who appeared to have fainted.
Doja Cat, 26, meanwhile, alsostopped a show of her own for nearly five minutesback in March when she helped an audience member get aid during her Lollapalooza Argentina set.
“I’m sorry, I can’t keep going if things aren’t good,” she said at the time. “I want to ask you guys a question. Does it matter that everybody here gets home safe? Right? Make noise if everybody who needs to get home safe needs to get home safe. Then you’re on my side, right? That’s all that matters.”
source: people.com
