Madonna speaks about Paris attacks at Stockholm concert - VIDEO

Madonna speaks about Paris attacks at Stockholm concert - VIDEO

Instead of cancelling her further performances - like other colleagues did, following the horror of Paris attacks - Madonna dediced to go on and play in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday, November 14. There, Madge delivered a moving, heartfelt and tearful speech about the massacre in the French capital.

She explained the crowd why she decided to perform:

It's been really hard actually to get through the show, because in many ways, I feel torn. Like, why am I up here dancing and having fun when people are crying over the loss of their loved ones? However, that is exactly what these people want us to do. They want to shut us up. They want to silence us. And we won't let them,

And she added:

There are people who have no respect for human life, and there are people that do atrocious, degrading and unforgivable things to human beings. But we will never, ever, ever change this world that we live in if we do not change ourselves. If we do not change the way we treat one another on a daily basis. The way we change the world is not to elect another president, not to kill a hundred more people. The way we change the world is that we change the way we treat one another on a daily basis, in the simplest ways. We must start treating every human being with dignity and respect, and this is the only thing that will change the world.

Following a long moment of silence for those killed in the Paris attacks, Madonna then delivered an acoustic version of "Like a Prayer".