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Madonna won’t be silenced, even by her own people
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 22 December 2015
Madonna has hit out at those who try to silence her. Specifically those who try to silence her by cutting off the power at her shows. And even more specifically, those who try to silence her by cutting off the power at her shows in Glasgow.
The singer was performing in the city on Sunday night, and after another late start, found the power to the stage shut off before she’d decided that she’d finished singing. And so she led an a capella singalong in the dark to close her performance.
She then posted on Instagram yesterday: “We don’t stop till it’s over Glasgow! Don’t try to silence the Queen”.
By the Queen, she means herself, not the Queen, despite the capitalisation. But who was silencing her? It certainly sounds like the venue shut her down after she went on too long, doesn’t it? But a spokesperson for the Hydro Arena told the BBC: “Madonna finished her agreed set and then chose to come on for another song. By that stage, all the power and control equipment had already been disconnected by her own production engineers. I would stress that this was not a venue decision”.
Earlier this month, at a show in Manchester, Madonna referred to fans who were annoyed that she’d been an hour late on stage due to technical problems as “diva bitches”.
