Why Anita Baker Kicked Fans Out of Her Houston Concert

OXON HILL, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 05: Singer Anita Baker onstage during 2019 Urban One Honors at MGM National Harbor on December 05, 2019 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

If you're headed to one of the final dates of Anita Baker's anniversary tour, don't whip out your phone during her set!

The "Sweet Love" songstress went so far as to have one audience member removed for the infraction during her Houston stop on Friday, Dec. 15, after the fan, seated in the front row, apparently brought their camera a little too close for comfort.

Of course, the whole thing was caught at several angles by other folks in the crowd, the clips of which have made their way to social media.

In one video, uploaded to TikTok, the singer interrupted herself during "Feel the Need," ultimately—and "chaotically," as many commenters observed—altering her own lyrics to request the people directly in front of her quit recording and give her a little space.

“Early in the morning, late in the evening, baby,” she sang, adding, "Turn off the camera, baby; I don’t know who you are, move back!” She continued, "Get'em back, I don't know who that is."

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In another video, she called for security multiple times, eventually requesting that the crew "help them out." She continued, "And I mean out of my front row.”

Over the weekend, she took to Twitter with an apparent response to the viral snippets, sharing that "the REAL News" is the fact that her tour "is a Record Breaking SOLD OUT, Success..."

She followed up with a quote from Beyoncé's "Heated" when she wrote, “Lyrics?? I'm as petty, as you are #AnitaBaker.”

In the same tweet, she questioned, “When they realize, they can't Stop Your Blessings?... they simply Lie. As in, Liability?? Screenshots? Are 4Ever.”

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