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Jessica Simpson Meltdown “Trainwreck” Performance Grand Rapids, Michigan

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February 6th, 2009 by Castina

Tagged as: Concerts,Jessica Simpson,Today's New Music

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Jessica Simpson suffered a meltdown and fled a concert in tears after a series of on-stage blunders ruined her opening set for Rascal Flatts at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Thursday night.

One local reporter has branded the embattled star’s performance a “trainwreck.”

Jess’ 38-minute show was riddled with embarrassing errors, beginning with the stage audio.

According to the Grand Rapids Press, Jessica struggled with her in-ear audio monitors throughout the performance and seemed to lose her place in several songs. She even forgot the lyrics to her recent single “Come On Over.”

The star stopped during the intro to her song “Pray Out Loud,” asking her band start over, before mouthing the word “sorry” to the crowd, telling the 8,000-strong audience, “My voice is weak tonight.”

While introducing her closing song, “Do You Know,” Jessica admitted wishing she could “walk off the stage,” she then thanked the band for “having her back,” before appearing to walk off in tears.

One concert-goer tells the Grand Rapids Press, “I felt bad for her tonight. It was uncomfortable to watch.”

“It was one of those trainwrecks that you went, ‘Oh no, I know where this is going and it’s not good,” John Gonzalez of the Grands Rapids Press told Grand Rapids NBC affiliate WOOD TV 8.

“She forgot her lyrics during a couple of the songs including one of her minor hit singles. … She just appeared to be kind of losing it as the show went on — just struggling.”

Nonetheless, John says the crowd was very polite to Jessica, who has become the subject of public scrunity after apparently packing on the pounds in recent weeks: “They applauded mildly — they didn’t boo her, which I was almost surprised that didn’t happen.”


       



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