The superstar singer Beyoncé gave thousands of fans a scare during a concert in Houston on Saturday, as a car prop in which she sang high above the crowds suddenly tilted sharply to one side in an apparent malfunction.
The moment, which was caught on video, showed Beyoncé wearing a white cowboy hat with an American flag by her side performing her song “16 Carriages” from the back of a red convertible when it slanted in the air over the crowds.
“Stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop,” the singer calmly announced as she paused the performance over the roaring crowd, which called for her to be brought down.
The car and Beyoncé were harnessed to cables and she could be seen gripping one as the vehicle continued to dangle over concertgoers, who held up their illuminated smartphones like candles.
The singer, 43, was slowly lowered to safety, much to the joy and relief of her fans who cheered her.
“OMG she scared me,’’ one fan shared in a video.
In another clip when she was back onstage, Beyoncé told the crowd, “If ever I fall, I know y’all would catch me.”
It was not clear what led to the mishap. Representatives for the singer and the stadium did not immediately respond to messages on Sunday about the episode.
The concert was held at the NRG Stadium in Houston, her hometown, and was the first of two shows there this weekend.
The concerts are part of her international Cowboy Carter Tour, which opened in April in Los Angeles, to support her 2024 album “Cowboy Carter,” which won album of the year at the Grammys this year.
Johnny Diaz is a reporter for The Times covering breaking news from Miami.
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