Patti LaBelle was rushed off stage in the midst of a Milwaukee show Saturday night after the venue was hit with a bomb threat.
The unsettling moment on the Riverside Theater was captured on camera, showing two men rush onto the stage and grab the mic stand from LaBelle as she was clutching a bouquet of flowers and talking to the group.
“Delay. Wait!” LaBelle cries as one in every of the boys grabs her by the arm and forces her to drop the bouquet. One other man in black runs from stage right and snatches LaBelle’s free arm.
The audience’s laughter quickly turns to confused coos as the boys escort LaBelle offstage and the musicians abandon their stations to run after the Godmother of Soul.
Authorities evacuated everyone from the theater and are investigating the threat, in response to a police release shared by a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter.
One other video taken outside the theater shows the patrons waiting on the road for an update on the situation.
“We have no idea if we are able to return inside to the venue,” the girl taking the video said. “It will be as much as the Riverside Theater if we are able to return inside but now every part’s on halt.”
