Miranda Lambert Stops Song Over Fans Taking a Selfie: ‘Pissing Me Off’

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Miranda Lambert called out a group of concertgoers for taking a selfie — and then fans turned on her.As seen in a TikTok video shared on Sunday, July 16, the country star, 39, was gearing up to perform her emotional hit “Tin Man” when she noticed fans taking selfies in the crowd.“You shouldn’t spend your whole life wishin’ / For somethin’ bound to fall apart,” Lambert crooned on the first verse of the song, interrupting herself — and her accompanist — to tell off the concertgoers.“I’m gonna stop right here for a second, I’m sorry,” she said into the mic. “These girls are worried about their selfie and not listening to the song.

It’s pissing me off a little bit. Sorry, I don’t like it. At all.”As her reaction was met with cheers from members of the audience, Lambert added, “We’re here to hear some country music tonight.

I’m singing some country damn music.”When Lambert started the song over, some fans were appalled at her response to the audience members taking photos. “Let’s go.

Come on. You don’t do that to fans,” one person said as they led a line of several fans exiting their seats.Lambert previously opened up about the meaning behind “Tin Man” in a June 2017 interview with iHeartRadio.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“I guess going through a lot of times where I felt pretty empty, I understood a whole new meaning,” she explained at the time of the 2016 tune, which was initially inspired by Kenny Chesney’s “The Tin Man.”“I mean, how many times have we seen The Wizard of Oz?