DALLAS - A light truss above the stage caught fire near the end of [Saturday's] Rihanna concert at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The small fire was extinguished after a few minutes, but the building was evacuated as the air filled with smoke. There were no injuries, according to media reports. The fire began more than an hour into the show right after Rihanna sang “California King Bed,” during which sparks shot down from above the stage. The remainder of the concert was canceled.
It's not the job of WWCD to fact check, or even read the article linked and referenced above, so we will assume that the American Airlines Center, with all of it's patrons and possessions, perished over the weekend in a horrific, fiery explosion during a Rihanna "concert," the likes of which the building hasn't seen since the '06 NBA Finals. While it's certainly sad to have lost the Championship banner before that new banner smell even wore off, it doesn't look like we will miss anything else, if the average fan who follows Rihanna's Twitter page represented the bulk of the crowd.
From her Twitter feed Saturday night...
“DALLAS!!! We set the stage on FYAH tonight!!! LITERALLY!!! I’m so pissed, I was havin so much fun wit yall too!!! I gotta come back man!!”
Damnit. Just God Damnit. Anyone who feels the need to trick up "fire" with "fyah" should be suspended from Twitter for one month. And thanks for the "literally." I didn't get the metaphor myself, and it's MUCH funnier if you have to lead me to your "punchline" like an ex-boyfriend's punches to your face.
By the Way - I know the story link is to Dallas' Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Newspaper. Who the hell else would cover this??
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