Madonna 'devastated' by stage construction death

Madonna 'devastated' by stage construction death
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One person was killed when stage being built for Madonna concert collapses

Accident happened Thursday afternoon in southern French city of Marseille

Another two people, one British and one American, were severely injured

Madonna due to play first of five concerts in city for "Sticky and Sweet" tour Sunday

(CNN) -- Madonna was "devastated" to hear that a man was killed in an accident during construction for her upcoming concerts in Marseilles, France, a representative said Thursday.


A 53-year-old French man was killed when a stage being built for the concert collapsed, a fire department spokesman in the southern French city said.

Another two people, one British and one American, are severely injured, and four are lightly injured, officer David Goddin told CNN.

"At this point we don't know how it happened, but we are confident no one else is still under the rubble," Goddin said.
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Madonna devastated by stage construction death

McCain campaign doesn't know Madonna is not on Obama Campaign?

Madonna is not on Obama's campaign. All they managed to do was call attention to Madonna and whine about what she said. When will the two people who want to run this country, get back to us? McCain is trying to drag a very positive, hopeful outlook for America into the bowls of hell and when Obama does fight back, the pundits complain that Obama has gone negative. Now it looks like citizens cannot voice their opinion either. No one needs any of what we saw with the 507's attacking the campaigns of either man when they are doing such a good job of it themselves. This is nothing new. Look back in history and see some of knock down attacks made since the beginning. Every time you have someone trying to focus on us, someone came along and made sure the attention was taken off us and focused on crap.

We have serious problems in this country. Men and women who serve this country need the help of the country to heal from the two occupations the politicians sent them to and veterans from past wars who are still trying to find the help they need to heal. How many posts do you have to read to understand how serious this all is but attention from the media is diverted onto personal attacks on both men. That's the job for the rest of us to do as citizens. It's the media's job and responsibility to focus on what matters to all of us. Why aren't they doing it? Have you heard any substantial discussions on any of what is going on? Pick a station you'll find a political topic that has nothing to do with what either man can do to solve our problems. It's always about nothing that will solve anything.

Madonna will not be able to save the life of a single veteran or ease the burdens on families as we suffer. She has no power to do much at all but she does have attention. I wouldn't have had a clue what she said or even cared if the media didn't focus on it and the McCain campaign didn't point it out to whine about it.

McCain camp lashes 'outrageous' Madonna

Aug 24 08:45 PM US/Eastern

John McCain's campaign hit back at Madonna on Sunday after the pop diva kicked off her world tour with a concert that bracketed the US presidential candidate with Adolf Hitler.

McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds angrily condemned the segment of Madonna's concert in Cardiff on Saturday that appeared to draw a comparison between McCain, Hitler and Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe.

"The comparisons are outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time," Bounds said in a statement reported by Fox News.
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