This is the horror moment when a Spanish glam rock singer, dressed in a shiny black suit and high-heeled boots, launches herself from a rotating stage during a live performance.
Singer-songwriter and television personality Mario Vaquerizo ended up in the hospital after spinning backwards and falling headfirst to the ground seconds after tripping on his platform shoes while punching the air with his right fist at the end of a song.
The 50-year-old showman admitted yesterday that he “could have died or been paralyzed” after leaving Cáceres University Hospital, near Spain’s western border with Portugal, in a wheelchair, wearing sunglasses and a Michael T-shirt. Jackson.
Mario, who played himself in an MTV Spain reality series starring his famous Mexican singer-songwriter and actress wife, Alaska, fell while performing at a festival in Cáceres with his group Nancys Rubias, which translates to ‘Blonde Nancys ‘.
He is ‘Anorexic Nancy’ in the glam rock and punk rock band, which has released five albums since its inception in 2004 and features two men and one woman known by their stage names of ‘Nancy O’, ‘Travestite Nancy’ and ‘Nancy’. Reagan.”
Singer-songwriter and television host Mario Vaquerizo ended up in the hospital after spinning backwards and falling headfirst to the ground.
She stumbled on her platform shoes while punching the air with her right fist at the end of a song.
Mario fell while performing at a festival in Cáceres
Mario revealed after returning to his home in Madrid: ‘I have fractured two vertebrae in my spine but what worries me the most is my eyesight.
‘The doctors have said that the fall generated a fluid that invaded the retina and at this moment everything is blurry and I can’t see anything up close.
‘All the doctors and nurses have said I was very lucky.
“A fall like that can kill you or paralyze you.”
He said he had ended up unconscious on his back, telling a Spanish TV show: “The safety measures put in place were fine. “It was just bad luck and I tripped and lost my balance.
“I’ve never been knocked out like that. I woke up in my dressing room with my friends around me crying.”
Alaska, who has had number one hits in several countries around the world and played herself alongside her husband/manager on the MTV Spain reality series Alaska and Mario, was in Venice when he was rushed to hospital on Saturday.
The 50-year-old showman (pictured) yesterday admitted he ‘could have died or been paralysed’.
Mario reveals it after returning to his home in Madrid: ‘I have fractured two vertebrae in my spine but what worries me the most is my eyesight’
She admitted in her first comments yesterday: “It was a terrible scare.”
Mario, known in Spain for his brilliant sense of humour, admitted in a recent interview: ‘I had planned to be a rock star for a day with my friends, but it ended up turning into a profession.
‘It started as a hobby and all we wanted to do was have a good time. That attitude has meant that the Nancys have moved on.”
Last week, pop star Olivia Rodrigo fell through a stage trapdoor in a horrifying moment during the Australian leg of her Guts tour.
Fans were left gasping in shock as the 21-year-old singer fell out of sight at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena in front of 14,000 fans.
Fortunately she was unharmed and returned to the stage to reassure the audience: ‘My God! It was fun, I’m fine! Sometimes there’s just a hole in the stage, okay… where was it?