24 hours after the Essence Fest crowd sat in anticipation of Janet Jackson’s appearance, a packed Superdome waited (and waited, and waited) patiently to see what Alicia Keys and her baby bump would look like in person. One week after a five-months-pregnant Keys shocked a national television audience by jumping on top of a piano during a Prince tribute at the BET awards, she took to Essence Fest with similar bravado.
That lasted all of 30 seconds as
Keys took an awkward tumble during her opening “Love Is Blind” song. She stumbled backwards, then fell head over heels with her legs in the air. Though she bounced right back up, the crowd let out an audible gasp and the Superdome became full of concern for the rest of her set.
http://www.offbeat.com/2010/07/04/es...-knight-soars/
