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Friday, February 27, 2015

Madonna Falls at Brit Awards: Watch Video

Variety: Madonna took a nasty spill during her performance at the Brit Awards on Wednesday night.

The 56 year-old pop star fell nearly 10 feet off the stage after one of her dancers pulled her cape from behind, but it failed to unbutton off her neck, sending her plummeting to the ground.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I guess the fact that this post was the first I had heard of this incident really indicates how much of a rock I live under. My own cultural shortcomings aside, though. There were several problems here. First the fact that they performance included dancers (who were not Madonna) pulling a costume piece off her *at her neck* strikes me as very dangerous and asking for problems. There was clearly no pull away safety feature. In addition, this move was being executed on stairs, which adds to the danger of the entire situation. Furthermore, there was no one around to potentially spot her here. The other dancers were so far away that they could only do what they did - look down as she landed at their feet. While this highlights how professional Madonna is, one would think that performances at this level would be a little more vetted prior to going up.