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Madonna honored the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting with an emotional tribute during her Miami Celebration Tour concert on Tuesday.
The pop icon, 65, branded the attack - in which gunman Omar Mateen murdered 49 people and wounded 53 others in a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida - as 'the biggest terrorist attack on America after 9/11' during her concert at the Kaseya Center.
In a TikTok video captured by a fan, Madonna said: 'I want to draw attention to that moment because nightclubs and music and dance are what bring us together.
'They shouldn’t be places or things that we do that bring us sadness and tragedy and murder and death and pain and suffering and trauma. But unfortunately, human beings are still stuck in some kind of a rut.'
The star, who is an LGBTQ+ icon, said she would 'always stand for the gays' because 'the gays have always stood for me.'
Madonna honored the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting with an emotional tribute during her Miami concert on Tuesday (pictured last year)
The pop icon, 65, branded the attack - in which gunman Omar Mateen murdered 49 people and wounded 53 others in a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida - as 'the biggest terrorist attack on America after 9/11 ' during her concert at the Kaseya Center (Pulse pictured)
'People getting together to dance in a club that was inclusive and full of love. It was Latin Night, people were dancing to Latin music, and some motherf****r came in there with two guns and started shooting at people.
'I’m very emotional about this. I make dance music. My job is to bring people together, to make people dance, to make people happy, to not judge. This s**t is not supposed to happen. Don’t forget about it.'
The star invited survivors of the shooting and loved ones of the victims to the show - taking a moment to acknowledge them in the crowd.
On June 16 2016 Mateen shot more than 100 people with an AR-15 assault rifle and handgun on the dance floor at Pulse.
Thirty-nine of the dead were killed at the club, and 11 people died at hospitals, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said.
Pulse, which described itself as the most prominent gay club in Orlando, urged party-goers to 'get out and keep
