Ow! Singer Grimes almost got ‘electrocuted’ on stage in Dublin
Grimes's gigs are generally full of electronic dance madness, but there was a bit too much electricity even for her last night.
The Canadian singer was at Dublin's Olympia Theatre for the (sold-out) final leg of her European tour, but unfortunately had to cut out much of her set due to severe technical issues.
Within minutes of kicking off, the singer, real name Claire Boucher, had to stop mid-song, explaining that her PA and sound equipment had malfunctioned.
Loud blasts of sound – and possibly electricity – coming through her earpiece meant she couldn't continue and had to stop during various tracks to try to fix the issue.
Like a true professional, she powered on through, and luckily the crowd didn't seem too bothered, even giving her a rendition of Happy Birthday after she revealed during one gap in her set that her birthday was in fact on St Patrick's Day.
So @Grimezsz is having technical difficulties so while we wait the crowd @olympiatheatre are singing Happy Birthday to her!
— 8Radio (@8RadioIreland) March 15, 2016
@Grimezsz you killed it tonight girl no matter what happened you still nailed it thank you for an amazing show and happy birthday again
— Niuffff (@NiamhB926) March 15, 2016
While Grimes did tell the crowd at various points that she was being "electrocuted," Twitter's vocab pedants have stepped in to set the record straight:
*pulls out pedant soapbox*
Electrocution is death by electric shock. If she didn't die, she wasn't electrocuted.
*steps off soapbox, gurns*— Dave O'Shaughnessy (@ogoknessy) March 16, 2016
Electrically shocked – yes. Electrocuted – no (thankfully).
Having lost half of her equipment at Heathrow Airport before her 2012 gig at Electic Picnic, poor Grimes doesn't have a great track record with Irish gigs, but she doesn't seem to have shunned the Emerald Isle just yet.
She was hanging out in the Phoenix Park yesterday and has promised she'll be back to "visit castles" soon:
@LaurenceMackin hell yah, I need to come back any way to visit castles… If y'all will have me back I badly wanna play a proper set
— Grimes (@Grimezsz) March 16, 2016
Here's hoping her next trip over here goes heaps more smoothly.
