Madonna accuses theater of censorship after stagehands drop the curtain on her show
“F*ck you motherf*ckers, censorship, motherf*cking censorship, artists are here to disturb the peace,” Madonna declared before launching into her encore number, the Pride anthem “I Rise.” Her backup dancers also brandished a Pride Flag for the number.
Madonna herself later elaborated on the incident on Instagram. “It was 5 minutes past our 11:00 curfew – we had one more song to do and The Palladium decided to censor us by pulling down the metal fire curtain that weighs 9 tons,” she wrote. “Fortunately they stopped it halfway and no one was hurt. Many Thanks to the entire Audience who did not move and never left us. Power to The People!!”