Fergie, due to play a concert with The Black-Eyed Peas in El Salvador on the weekend, came down with a dose of food poisoning just before the show. And like the storm trooper that she is, she decided that the show must go on, even if she was going to launch projectile chicken soup all over the front row of fans.
We don't know if she was coming the raw prawn, but she did come onto stage in tracky dacks, baseball cap and hangover shades, to tell the crowd all about her food poisoning. At great length. And she was obviously buttressed by the support of thousands of people, who cheered at her comments that she wasn't quitting because of "exhaustion".
Then, to chunderous applause, she decided to launch into an acapella version of Big Girls Don't Cry. You could hardly call it the peak of her career - she sounded for the most part like a drunk karaoke singer at a football match - but the crowd seemed to love it, even if they ended up singing the last chorus themselves.
While the mind boggles about how you could risk thousands of dollars worth of equipment to sing a crap version of one song, she clearly doesn't mind much about ruining things for the sake of her art - there is practically a library dedicated to her bespoiling designer outfits with sweaty armpit rings.
And engendering the love and support of her fans forever more, the Dutchess not only promised to follow her one-song performance with a free show when she felt better, but refrained from vomiting until she got off stage. Now that's pure royalty.
Copyright : MTV Australia
