Tuesday 5 February 2013

Beyoncé's halftime show was not to blame for Super Bowl stadium


Beyoncé's halftime performance was not to blame for the Super Bowl blackout that brought the NFL game to a shuddering halt on Sunday, officials from the Superdome insisted on Monday after the embarrassing incident.
The superstar had been seen a likely scapegoat since the electricity to power her routine had allegedly blown the electrics twice during rehearsals.
Questions remain over exactly what caused the the New Orleans stadium to plunge into darkness in the third quarter of the game, with officials simply saying that it was due to an 'abnormality' in the power system.
The problem occurred shortly after Beyoncé's electrifying halftime show, leaving many wondering whether its extravagant lighting and video effects were to blame, while others questioned whether New Orleans' infrastructure was still suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
According to USA Today, a fire alarm went off in the press box in the upper level of the stadium shortly after Beyoncé's set, suggesting that her performance was just too much for the stadium to handle.
And in an interview on Monday, WFAN commentator Boomer Esiason said: 'There was this like electrical buzz sound coming from the ceiling. This was after halftime, it was after Beyoncé. And by the way, Beyoncé blew the electric in the Superdome twice, I’m told, during her rehearsals during the week.'
But NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell countered that 'there's no indication at all' that the outage was triggered by the performance'.

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