This is the horror moment a Spanish glam rock singer in a glittery black catsuit and high-heeled boots falls off a revolving stage during a live performance.
Singer-songwriter and TV personality Mario Vaquerizo ended up in hospital after spinning backwards and hitting his head on the ground, seconds after tripping in 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 remained paralysed’ after leaving Caceres University Hospital near Spain’s western border with Portugal in a wheelchair, wearing sunglasses and a Michael Jackson T-shirt .
Mario, who played himself in an MTV Spain reality series with his famous Mexican-born singer-songwriter and actress wife Alaska, fell into the trap while performing at a festival in Caceres with his group Nancys Rubias, which translates as ‘ Blonde Nancys’.
He is ‘Anorexic Nancy’ in the glam rock and punk rock band, which has released five albums since its formation in 2004 and consists of two men and one woman known by their stage names ‘Nancy O’, ‘Transvestite Nancy’ and ‘ Nancy’. Reagan.’
Singer-songwriter and TV personality Mario Vaquerizo ended up in hospital after spinning backwards and hitting his head on the floor
He stumbled in his platform shoes as he punched the air with his right fist at the end of a song
Mario fell into the trap while performing at a festival in Caceres
Mario revealed after returning to his home in Madrid: ‘I broke two vertebrae in my spine, but what worries me most is my eyesight.
‘The doctors have said that the fall caused a fluid to enter the retina and at the moment everything is blurry and I cannot see anything up close.
‘All the doctors and nurses said I was very lucky.
“A fall like that can kill you or leave you paralyzed.”
He said he ended up unconscious on his back and told a Spanish TV programme: ‘The safety measures taken were in order. It was just bad luck and I tripped and lost my balance.
‘I’ve never been knocked out like that before. I woke up in my dressing room with my friends crying around me.”
Alaska, who has had number one hits in several countries around the world and starred as herself alongside her manger husband in 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) admitted yesterday that he ‘could have died or remained paralyzed’
Mario revealed after returning to his home in Madrid: ‘I broke two vertebrae in my spine, but what worries me most is my eyesight’
She admitted in her first comment yesterday: ‘It was a terrible shock.’
Mario, known in Spain for his brilliant sense of humor, recently admitted in an interview: ‘I planned to be a rock star for a day with my friends, but it ended up being a profession.
‘It started as a hobby and all we wanted to do was have fun. That attitude is what kept the Nancys going.”
Last week, pop star Olivia Rodrigo fell through the stage hatch in a horrific moment during the Australian leg of her Guts tour.
Fans were left shocked as the 21-year-old singer disappeared from view 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: ‘Oh my God! That was fun, I’m doing well! Sometimes there’s just a hole in the stage, okay… where was I?’