Red Velvet's Joy And 9 Other Musicians Who Were Injured On Stage
The life of a musician is full of ups and downs, literally. Check out these brave singers who survived some absolutely brutal stage falls!
By Natalya Molok -
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Some of us can barely make it from the kitchen to our bedroom without tripping over our on feet, so we’re endlessly impressed by these performers who get back up on the stage, no matter how many times they end up nosediving in front of a crowd.
These onstage wipeouts were particularly memorable, and prove that falling is basically an occupational hazard when you’re a musician:
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Red Velvet's Joy
A member of popular K-pop girl group Red Velvet had to leave for the hospital an hour into their concert in Singapore.
Member Joy injured her right arm during the performance, which is the group's first solo concert here.
After a short break, Joy emerged from the backstage with her right arm in a sling. In tears, she told the packed theatre in Korean: "I'm really sorry. I really wanted to perform today but I have to go to the hospital now."
The other four members of the group - Irene, Yeri, Seulgi and Wendy - continued the performance.
Madonna
Madge famously ended up on the floor when her theatrical cape failed to properly rip off near the beginning of a 2015 Brit Awards performance.
The musical icon was able to stand back up and finish the song, but she later revealed that the wardrobe malfunction had put her in serious danger of a head injury.
“It was a horrible nightmare, because I like to be amazing,” she added. “Seriously, I rehearse and I rehearse and I rehearse, so that when I do the show it’s effortless and I create magic, and I did the opposite.”
Demi Lovato
Pop star Demi Lovato found out that falling when wet isn't fun while performing at a pool party to promote her single “Cool For The Summer” in some very high heels.
She was a good sport about the fall, quickly jumping into the pool after the tumble and even posting a video of the incident on Instagram with “#NOTCoolForTheSummer.”
When you perform as much as Justin Bieber, you’re bound to have a few falls, so it’s no surprise that the “Sorry” singer has several spills to his name.
One particularly memorable snafu took place on his Purpose tour, when he didn’t notice an open trap door. He seemingly disappeared as he fell through the hole in the stage with an alarming thud.
Ariana Grande
Ariana's ultra high heels may have been her literal downfall during a Toronto concert. After the slip, the star quickly got back to her feet and continued strutting and belting out “Bang Bang.”
Meghan Trainor
At a May 2016 appearance on The Tonight Show, Meghan Trainor collapsed on the floor at the end of her song “Me Too.”
Although she appeared to hurt her ankle on the way down, the singer was in good spirits after the fall, laughing as host Jimmy Fallon joined her on the floor.
The musician took to Twitter to assure her fans that she was okay after the late night blunder.
Ed Sheeran
While opening for bestie Taylor Swift on her 2013 Red tour, the singer-songwriter misjudged his ability to jump onto a piece of sound equipment, and ended up heading for the floor.
The talented ginger launched from the fall into a rather impressive somersault-type move, and continued singing “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You” for his audience.
A pesky set of stairs cost Gomez her first fall of her Revival tour.
The starlet was singing “Kill Em with Kindness” when she went down. “First fall on the whole damn tour. Can you believe it,” she laughed, clearly unfazed by the slip that may have embarrassed us mere mortals.
Pink
A performance in Nuremberg, Germany, became a very scary situation in 2010 when a harness used for one of Pink’s aerial stunts was not properly secured.
The harness launched her into the crowd barricade during “So What,” sending the popstar from the arena to a hospital.
Pink tweeted to her fans on her way to get medical care, and later updated them with the good news that she had not been seriously injured.
Dave Grohl
In perhaps the most serious accident of them all, the Foo Fighters frontman suffered a broken leg after falling from the stage during a concert.
“I think I just broke my leg. I think I really broke my leg,” he told the crowd from the ground.
Amazingly, Dave returned to the stage about an hour later via a stretcher, and proceeded to perform with his freshly broken leg for over two more hours.