Karleusa at Lugner City: video shows security and children
The singer performed with her OK Band at a Vienna shopping center, and children joined her on stage. A video with security staff, according to Telegraf, is circulating online.
Jelena Karleusa performed with the OK Band at the Lugner City shopping center in Vienna, and on October 12 a video from the show began circulating online. According to Telegraf’s description, it shows the singer in a confrontation with a security guard. She returned to Belgrade on Sunday, October 11.
Telegraf reports that the shopping center was packed and that at one point children joined her on stage.
What does the video show?
According to Telegraf, the video shows security guards pushing back children who had flooded the stage in one hall of the shopping center. Karleusa reacted immediately and got in the face of a man from the security team. After he answered her, she stepped between him and the children.
Telegraf does not say what was actually said. The description of the confrontation, including the claim that the children were being pushed, comes from that outlet, which credits the photo accompanying its story to the social network X.
One user wrote under the video: “Bravo, Jelena, that is how you protect the people who come to listen to you.”
What did the shopping center post about the concert?
Lugner City described the performance in a post on its official Instagram profile, which Nova reports:
“What a special evening at our Lugner City! Jelena Karleusa and the OK Band put on an unforgettable live concert! Among those present were Jacqueline Lugner, Leo Lugner and Gerald Fride, who made the evening even more special. Thank you to everyone who spent this evening with us”
That part of the post says nothing about an incident with security. It names three guests but does not say how many people were in the audience.
Shopping center gigs and earlier big concerts
Nova writes that footage of the performances also went viral on TikTok, and that many people commented that performing in shopping centers does not suit the singer. The same outlet recalls that Karleusa had earlier said she had not performed for seven months because of political pressure.
As for large ticketed solo concerts, Nova reports that over a career of more than thirty years she has held two, both in Belgrade: at the Belgrade Arena in 2010 and at Usce on June 15, 2013, under the name “Viva la Diva”.
Karleusa spoke about her work on Gordana Uzelac’s morning show on Pink, which Nova also reports:
“What means a great deal to me and what is my life is music. I love to sing and to be on stage. I am slightly withdrawn, I do not go out, I do not socialize, I do not have many friends, but when I am on stage, that is really me, and my greatest success is certainly longevity”
