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‘We’re taking care of our people’: Billie Eilish pauses concert to give fan an inhaler

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Billie Eilish halted her live performance in Atlanta over the weekend to assist a fan within the crowd get an inhaler, in response to a number of movies shared on social media.

The 20-year-old singer was acting at State Farm Area on Saturday on her “Happier Than Ever” world tour when she seen a fan in want of assist.

“Do you want an inhaler? Who wants it?” she stated on stage pointing into the gang.

She then addressed her stage crew, “Do now we have an inhaler? Can we simply seize one?”

Moments later she stated, “It’s OK, you bought one. Guys, give it a while. Don’t crowd,” as she reassured the gang that every one was properly.

“We’re caring for our individuals, maintain on. I watch for individuals to be OK till I preserve going,” she stated in a single clip, inflicting the gang to erupt in cheers.

Her tour had simply kicked off Thursday in New Orleans, adopted by the second cease in Atlanta.

NBC Information has reached out to Eilish’s group for remark.

In wake of the Astroworld tragedy, Travis Scott’s November 2021 pageant in Houston the place 10 individuals died, together with a 9-year-old boy, resulting from a horrific crowd surge, a number of artists have paused concert events to test on the well-being of their followers. 

Later that very same month, SZA paused a live performance after somebody fainted throughout a present in Salt Lake Metropolis. She requested staffers at hand out water and likewise addressed the Astroworld incident, saying, “Some might imagine, ‘Hey individuals cross out on a regular basis.’ However individuals don’t die at concert events on a regular basis.”

Supply: NBC Information