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Madonna's Marseille show fatality, show canceled
By April MacIntyre Jul 17, 2009, 6:34 GMT
A handout photograph released by Marine Pompiers de Marseille of members of a rescue team at the Stade Velodrome, in Marseille, France, 16 July 2009, after a structure collapsed killing one person and injuring at least six, two of them critically, while they were working to set up the stage for US singer Madonna\'s concert to be performed on 19 July. Stade Velodrome, with a capacity for 60,000 seated spectators, is France\'s second largest stadium. Some 50 technicians were working to set up the structure when it collapsed. EPA/MARINS POMPIERS DE MARSEILLE
A fatal mishap has struck the Madonna Sticky and Sweet tour.
The Associated Press reports that in Marseille, France, at the venue where Madonna was to perform, a stage roof collapsed Thursday, leaving one worker dead and six injured.
The incident happened at the Stade Velodrome stadium, as the roof reportedly fell on top of several workers.
One worker was killed and two were injured in very serious condition, said Maurice Di Nocera, Marseille city councilor in charge of major events, reported on France-Info radio.
Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour was set for Marseille on Sunday, but the concert was canceled because "rebuilding a stage, it's not possible," Di Nocera said.
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