Those slips on stage (which smell like marketing)
The last one, in chronological order, was Laura Pausini. The voice of “La solitude” was performing on the stage of the Assago Forum in Milan last November 28th, when at a certain point, going down the steps, she tripped and fell. Perhaps also due to the long dress and boots. The pop star from Romagna is no stranger to “on stage” incidents. Remember the accident during a concert in Lima, Peru, ten years ago? Perhaps due to the many changes of clothes, Pausini found herself singing the last song in the setlist in a bathrobe and a jaunty gust of wind “betrayed” her: “If she’s seen herself, she’s seen her.
I have it like all the others,” she said nonchalantly. The video made the rounds on social media and the web more generally and that.wardrobe malfunctionjust as sexy incidents relating to clothes are defined across the Channel and overseas, was talked about for weeks. The video of the fall on stage in Milan continues to bounce on social media after days: Pausini continued to sing as if nothing had happened, in pure “the show must go on” style. A similar thing happened to Angelina Mangowho slipped during the performance of the Sanremo 2024 final: he nonchalantly recovered and continued singing.
Scenes that closely resemble those of similar incidents that have occurred in recent weeks to international pop stars such as Chris Martin, Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish. What happens? Is there a curious paranormal phenomenon whereby the force of gravity suddenly disappears beneath the stages of stars’ concerts? Or are we facing a new marketing frontier?
Among the artists mentioned, the first to somehow become the protagonist of a slip on stage, during her concert, was Olivia Rodrigo. Last October 13th the pop star was performing with his “Guts World Tour” in Melbourne, Australia, when at a certain point she fell through a trap door on the Rod Laver Arena stage while she was singing. The former Disney star herself shared the clip of the accident: “I’m fine.” The singer-songwriter then made it known that she also went to the hospital to receive medical treatment: “Nothing happened, but they just wanted to make sure I didn’t have a concussion.”
Five days after Olivia Rodrigo’s accident, on October 18th she fell on stage Billie Eilish. On stage at Madison Square Garden in New York with the tour linked to her latest album “Hit me hard and soft”, the pop star she “stumbled” and ended up on her face while going down the steps that divided the stage from the parterre. Like Rodrigo, Eilish also shared the clip of the accident on her social networks, also publishing a photo of a large bruise on her thigh sustained during the fall. Billie Eilish is no stranger to slip-ups on stage. In the 2019while she was performing at the i-Days in Milan, the “Bad guy” voice suffered a bruised ankle when jumping on stage and was forced to interrupt the concert for a few minutes to receive treatment backstage.
Shortly afterwards she returned to the stage to continue the show from a sitting position: “I’m sorry I can’t give 100% today,” she said. Only a month earlier the singer-songwriter had sprained her other ankle for the same reason: “I’m devastated, angry, sorry, all of this is a nightmare for me. I never thought I’d have to carry out a concert with the brace, but I’m doing everything I can to resist and finish it.” In the .2022instead, stumbled onto the Coachella stage. It was the fault of the stage lights, which – according to the pop star – were insufficient to illuminate the stage: “I’m fine. It was dark and I tripped over this damn fire thing,” Eilish said after the crash.
The dynamics of Olivia Rodrigo’s fall was the same as the one he suffered last November 3rd Chris Martin. The Coldplay frontman, on stage at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne with the record-breaking “Music of the Spheres World Tour”, just like the voice of “Drivers license” he fell into a trap door on the stage: “This was not expected – the 47-year-old singer-songwriter joked about the affair – thanks for helping me”. It’s a sin to think badly, but faced with an increase in episodes of this kind, it is legitimate to ask ourselves whether these are genuine slip-ups or a social trend.
