We've asked this before, but we'll ask it again: Why is Akon still allowed to perform at concerts!?
This time, while performing in Melbourne, Australia, last night the konvict singer decided to leap into the crowd to stop a brawl that had broken out between rival gangs.
Idiot!
Akon's promoter says of Akon's heroic act: “One of the things people should take note on is an artist didn’t have too much concern for his own safety to go down and try and make things better.”
How could a celebrity leaping into a crowd of brawling concertgoers make things better?
The promoter blabs on, fully soaking in his time in the spotlight: “The thing that I saw, and I was standing right next to him … He walked to a girl (involved in a fight) and walked to her and held her face and said, ‘You’re better than that’.
We don't think Akon should be walking up to any girl after what happened the last time!
Nine people were taken to the hospital following the so-called "blood bath" and so far six have reported being assaulted.
By the way, it's taken Akon two years of convincing authorities to allow him to perform in Oz again due to his criminal convictions. Doubt they'll be inviting him back after this!
Stripped away of everything but just her voice and an acoustic guitar accompaniment, Kylie Minogue does an exquisite rendition of her hits Wow and Red-Blooded Woman (above).
While appearing on a reunion special of Australian TV show Hey Hey It's Saturday, Harry Connick Jr. became offended by a skit of men performing in blackface (above).
The skit, which was a parody of the Jackson 5, called themselves the Jackson Jive, which was performed 20 years earlier on the show.
Harry, who was judging the performance, gave them a score of 0 out of 10.
Later, the shows host Daryl Somers could tell that the singer was offended and apologized. After the apology Connick, Jr. said:
“Thanks Daryl, and I just wanted to say on behalf of my country, I know it was done humorously, but we’ve spent so much time trying to not make black people look like buffoons, that when we see something like that, we take it really to heart. I know it was in good fun, and the last thing I want to do is take this show to a down level – because you know how much I love this show and this country – but I feel like I’m at home here, and if I knew that was going to be part of the show, I probably – I definitely wouldn’t have done it. Thank you for the opportunity, I’ve got to give it up because [I spoke to] Daryl at the break, and he said ‘Man, you need to speak up as an American – not as a white American or a black American, but as an American’. [I felt] I needed to say that, so thanks for giving me the opportunity, I appreciate it. You’re a good man for letting me do that.”
The skit was distasteful, tacky and too soon to be doing that kind of Jackson 5 "tribute".