While Lambert may have said her peace in the moment, the audience had to wait until they got home to say theirs on social media.
“Always in a mood,” one TikTok user wrote. “Fans can enjoy however they want. They paid.”
“But maybe they were taking the selfies or videos to remember the occasion,” another TikTok user added. “I think she was out of line.”
“Man no wonder Blake left her,” another wrote, cruelly referencing Lambert’s 2015 divorce from Blake Shelton.
Of course, many social media users agreed with Lambert’s outburst.
“How can you even disrespect ‘Tin Man’ like this,” commented one TikTok user. “This is one of those songs that have gotten me through the hardest times of my life. Literally. I couldn’t stop crying long enough to even hold my phone if I wanted to.”
Device-ive
The Yondr pouch is used to magnetically lock cell phones and smart watches away during concert performances. (Image: variety.com)A growing number of entertainers, including fellow country star Garth Brooks, are forbidding cell phones at their Las Vegas residencies. Each member of their audience is into which they must insert their phones and smart watches to enter. Manufactured by a San Francisco-based company called Yondr, the pouch is equipped with a magnetic lock that activates once inside a designated “cellphone-free” space.
Performers not only find the use of phones distracting, they don’t want new songs or, in the case of comedians, new bits, being leaked on the internet.
While it is not known whether Lambert will declare her shows phone-free because of this weekend s incident, it’s a good bet that reps from Yondr have already reached out to her people to offer a deal.
