On Sunday, Madonna's European string of gigs for the Rebel Heart World Tour came to a close in an odd fashion. When all power to the Glassgow stage was cut, the pop diva was forced to deliver an arena-wide, microphone-less, sing-a-long version of her time-appropriate hit track, "Holiday."
Instead of ending the gig early and retreating backstage, Madonna, dressed in a Santa hat, decided to dazzle the audience alongside her dancers with one last encore song sans electricity in Scotland's SSE Hydro, Rolling Stone notes.
"We don't stop 'til it's over Glasgow! Don't try to silence the Queen," Madonna posted to her Instagram, trailing her performance of her 1982 self-titled debut album track, "Holiday." Initial rumors circulated that the SSE Hyrdo decided to cut the arena's power after the gig started late and ran past its scheduled ending time, but it seems Madonna's own team may be the culprits behind the power outage.
A similar turn of events occurred during the "La Isla Bonita" singer's Dec. 14 Manchester gig, although her lateness was not well-received by the crowd who began to boo her as she walked on stage, paired with an onslaught of angry tweets form concertgoers.
"Madonna finished her agreed set and then chose to come on for another song," the SSE Hyrdo spokesperson told The Scotsman. "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."
The Rebel Heart jaunt will continue in Mexico City on Jan. 6 before Madonna doubles back to the U.S. to make up for previously postponed gigs that she initially was unprepared for.
After the casualties that occurred in Paris during an Eagles of Death Metal concert, Madonna refused to halt her tour and later took to the streets in Paris to perform live renditions of John Lennon's peace anthem "Imagine," as well as "Like A Prayer."
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