Beyonce stops show due to scary prop malfunction
The 43-year-old singer was performing the first of her two Cowboy Carter shows at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on Saturday (28.06.25) night when one of her props malfunctioned and began to tilt in mid-air.
Beyoncé - who appeared to be wearing a harness and was holding onto one of the cables attached to the car in a TikTok video of the incident - was singing 16 Carriages while sitting on top of a red convertible when it began to lean at a sharp angle in the air.
She said into her microphone: 'Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop."
The music was cut and the Texas Hold 'Em singer looked down at the ground and up again before smiling to the cheering crowd.
She told them after a few seconds: "Thank y'all for your patience.'
The car was then lowered and stopped tilting as it came closer to the ground, allowing Beyoncé to sit back in her original position as the lights went off.
Beyonce "briefly" left the stage before returning to finish her performance.
She then came back to finish the song and told the crowd: 'If ever I fall. I know y'all would catch me.'
This isn't the first malfunction Beyoncé has experienced during her Cowboy Carter tour.
At the SoFi Stadium in California last month, the former Destiny's Child star was seen looking for her mark before the Cozy segment of the show, in which she is surrounded by gold frames.
But footage shared online showed her spot wasn't visible as she waited for robotic arms to bring the frames around her body and, appearing visibly confused, she was forced to complete her performance while avoiding being hit by the robotic props.
Also last month, Beyoncé's 13-year-old daughter Blue Ivy - who is a dancer on the tour - intervened to unhook an earring that almost got caught in the Crazy in Love hitmaker's hair mid-performance.
And during one of her London shows last month, Beyoncé's golden chaps slipped off as she sang Deada** but she just pulled her outfit up and kept moving.
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