Singers Katy Perry, Cheryl and Madonna all appear to have been duped into believing that their songs are being sung from balconies in Italy during the coronavirus lockdown.
Italy is the epicentre of Europe’s coronavirus outbreak and the entire country has been shutdown since last week, with all public gatherings banned and movement curtailed. The restrictions are expected to last until April 3, Italian Premier Guiseppe Conte has confirmed.
Videos emerged on social media over the weekend showing quarantined Italians singing, dancing and playing instruments from their balconies to keep morale up amid strict isolation measures to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
However, other social media users have since dubbed the clips with audio from concert performances of different artists and posted them on Twitter.
Madonna re-posted a doctored video with audio of her track I Rise along with a stirring message, captioning it: “Let Us All RISE UP. Everywhere around the world!!”
Perry, 35, shared a fake video with audio from a live rendition of her 2013 hit Roar, writing: “You cannot break the human spirit. We are one in this.”
Cheryl, 36, also appeared to have fallen for an edited clip which seemed to show Italians singing her debut solo single Fight For This Love.
Empty Europe during Coronavirus – In pictures
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Duomo Square in Milan, Italy,
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Colosseum in central Rome
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The Autobahn 12 is completely empty shortly before the German-Polish border crossing near Frankfurt
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Closed shops following an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brussels, Belgium
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The Malagueta beach is cordoned off in Malaga, Spain
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Deserted Hotel de Ville in Paris, France
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The highway leading to Barcelona is seen empty of cars
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City of Gdansk in Poland is virtually deserted
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Ratusz Arsenal metro station visually deserted, amid coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns, in Warsaw, Poland
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The Royal palace in downtown Madrid, Spain
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St. Peter’s Square, Vatican in Rome, Italy
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The usually busy Larios street remains empty in Malaga
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A view of an empty square in Naples, Italy during a lockdown across all of the country, imposed to slow the outbreak of coronavirus, in Naples, Italy
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Galleria Umberto in Naples, Italy
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A street is almost empty in downtown Naples
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An empty beach in Barcelona, Spain
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Homes and an empty street are seen under partial lockdown as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat the coronavirus outbreak in downtown Ronda, southern Spain
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Restaurants remain closed on a seaside promenade in Valencia in Spain
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A deserted Westland shopping center in Brussels
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A view of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele shopping arcade in Milan, Italy
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An empty street in the Porta Nuova district in Milan, Itlay
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An almost empty Roemerberg square, the main tourist spot in Frankfurt, Germany
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An empty Via Condotti street in Rome, Italy
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Piazza Trilussa in Rome, Italy
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The Louvre Museum
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Musee du Louvre in Paris is closed to the public
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The Eiffel Tower is seen next to a board that reads: “In the context of the COVID-19 the Eiffel Tower closes
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An empty Disneyland Paris
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Old Town area visually deserted, amid coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns, in Warsaw, Poland
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Old Town area is visually deserted, amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) concerns, in Warsaw, Poland
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The Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg Gate is almost empty in Berlin
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The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is deserted
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Barcelona’s cathedral, Spain
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Duomo Square in Milan, Italy,
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Colosseum in central Rome
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The Autobahn 12 is completely empty shortly before the German-Polish border crossing near Frankfurt
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Closed shops following an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brussels, Belgium
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The Malagueta beach is cordoned off in Malaga, Spain
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Vienna, Austria
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Deserted Hotel de Ville in Paris, France
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The highway leading to Barcelona is seen empty of cars
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City of Gdansk in Poland is virtually deserted
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Ratusz Arsenal metro station visually deserted, amid coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns, in Warsaw, Poland
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The Royal palace in downtown Madrid, Spain
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St. Peter’s Square, Vatican in Rome, Italy
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The usually busy Larios street remains empty in Malaga
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A view of an empty square in Naples, Italy during a lockdown across all of the country, imposed to slow the outbreak of coronavirus, in Naples, Italy
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Galleria Umberto in Naples, Italy
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A street is almost empty in downtown Naples
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An empty beach in Barcelona, Spain
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Homes and an empty street are seen under partial lockdown as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat the coronavirus outbreak in downtown Ronda, southern Spain
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Restaurants remain closed on a seaside promenade in Valencia in Spain
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A deserted Westland shopping center in Brussels
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A view of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele shopping arcade in Milan, Italy
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An empty street in the Porta Nuova district in Milan, Itlay
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An almost empty Roemerberg square, the main tourist spot in Frankfurt, Germany
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An empty Via Condotti street in Rome, Italy
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Piazza Trilussa in Rome, Italy
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The Louvre Museum
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Musee du Louvre in Paris is closed to the public
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The Eiffel Tower is seen next to a board that reads: “In the context of the COVID-19 the Eiffel Tower closes
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An empty Disneyland Paris
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Old Town area visually deserted, amid coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns, in Warsaw, Poland
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Old Town area is visually deserted, amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) concerns, in Warsaw, Poland
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“I’m not crying,” she wrote as she shared the video, which has since been deleted.
Fans of all three stars quickly chimed in to point out that the videos were not authentic, but none of them have yet deleted their posts.
Perry is thought to have cancelled a listening party and press interviews during her recent trip to Australia before flying back to the United States.
