1 Dead After Stage for Madonna Show Collapses

Marseille show canceled after construction calamity
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 16, 2009 1:08 PM CDT
1 Dead After Stage for Madonna Show Collapses
Madonna performs on stage, during her Sticky and Sweet tour at London's O2 arena, July 4, 2009.   (AP Photo)

One person was killed and six injured today when a stage being built for a French stop of Madonna’s tour collapsed, the BBC reports. Construction workers were assembling the stage at a Marseille stadium when it “started shaking and collapsing,” allowing most of the workers to get clear, a city councilman said. The concert, planned for Sunday, has been canceled. (More Madonna stories.)

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