From tweets to dedications, the musicians mourn the victims of the Orlando shooting.
A gunman, carrying an AR-15 type rifle and a handgun, opened fire inside Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL, early Sunday (June 12). With 50 dead, including the killer, and 53 more people in the hospital, it was named the largest mass shooting in US history.
Both President Barack Obama and Florida Governor Rick Scott called the shooting "an act of terror."
The music community joined the rest of the world in mourning the victims of the shooting. While the Tony Awards dedicated the entire show to Orlando, Meghan Trainor dedicated her performance at DC Pride.
.@Meghan_Trainor dedicates performance to #OrlandoNightclubShooting victims. #DCPride2016 pic.twitter.com/uRyH8hYImu
— Ben Bell (@BenjaminBell) June 13, 2016
Adele broke down as she dedicated her show in Antwerp, Belgium, to the victims:
"I would like to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everybody in Orlando and at Pulse nightclub last night. The LGBTQ community, they’re like my soulmates since I was really young so I’m very moved by it," she said.
See messages from Pharrell Williams, Madonna, Elton John and more below:
Our hearts go out to all the families and loved ones of those lost in Orlando. #prayfororlando #loveisthecure pic.twitter.com/nyfzJiyPma
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) June 12, 2016
I will never understand why people hate. No words can express how sad my heart feels about the tragedy in Orlando #EqualityMeansEverybody
— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) June 12, 2016
What has happened in Orlando is Devastating. My heart Goes Out to all the Victims of the...https://t.co/oQC1Hoqj7T pic.twitter.com/tNkhYj8AVE
— Madonna (@Madonna) June 12, 2016
I pray for all the victims families 🙏🏽 during this shooting epidemic. That their pain be met with compassion and support from the world.
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) June 12, 2016
It's a traumatizing & emotional time for a many people. I dream of the world reflecting on what we can do to change this violence. #Orlando
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) June 12, 2016
Love is the only answer. #prayfororlando
— Usher Raymond IV (@Usher) June 12, 2016
Tinley Park was with you tonight Orlando ...sending love and light 🕯 xx pic.twitter.com/KLV22rIrj4
— florence welch (@flo_tweet) June 13, 2016
#Orlando #ChristinaGrimmie pic.twitter.com/eSZDx5FN1q
— Debbie Harry/BLONDIE (@BlondieOfficial) June 12, 2016
Waking up to news about the shootings in Orlando has me in tears.
— Laura Jane Grace (@LauraJaneGrace) June 12, 2016
Just now catching up on the tragedy in Orlando... Sickening. Praying.
— Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) June 12, 2016
Heart broken for the victims and the families of the #Orlando club attack last night. Enough is enough. 😪😪 pic.twitter.com/amoXzsQyUt
— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) June 12, 2016
My heart goes out to those affected by the horrific shooting in Orlando... I am devastated. Let's just love and nothing else.
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) June 12, 2016
Our Hollywood bowl set tonight is dedicated to the entire #LGBTQ community and the innocent lives we lost in Orlando. Our love is > hate.
— Janelle Monáe, Cindi (@JanelleMonae) June 12, 2016
this is just too much. 2 shootings in 2 days, hate crimes, ppl ruled by hatred... the state the world is in is overwhelmingly sad
— Camila Cabello (@camilacabello97) June 12, 2016
Crying as I read about Orlando. I can't believe it. I don't understand. And especially at such a happy place!? Feeling sick.
— KACEY MUSGRAVES (@KaceyMusgraves) June 12, 2016
How how how how can one have so much hate ????? My heart...... is so broken. Praying for the families of the Orlando victims. I am so sorry.
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) June 12, 2016
Love and hate aren't the same as light and darkness. Darkness and light need each other to exist.
— Jack Garratt (@JackGarratt) June 12, 2016
Love can thrive without hate.
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Vigil right now at Stonewall #NYC #loveislove pic.twitter.com/s6dtjC4scR
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) June 12, 2016
