The moment Madonna, 56, falls BACKWARDS down a set of steps after being pulled by dancers at BRIT Awards

Madonna appeared to land on her back with a bang after she fell down a flight of three steps mid-performance. She paused for around a minute where she couldn’t muster the strength to sing.


But the singer dusted herself off, brushed over her hair and stood up to ascend the steps once again without her cape.

Madonna- falls-BACKWARDS

Things started smoothly as the star ascended the stairs for her much anticipated finale performance

Madonna- falls-BACKWARDS

She starts off with composure and then gets pulled off from behind when he cape fails to unravel

Madonna- falls-BACKWARDS

However, when Madonna failed to untie her extra-long cape, she was pulled off the stage with it


Madonna- falls-BACKWARDS

Madonna was forced to pull herself back up as she continued to sing

Madonna- falls-BACKWARDS

The pop superstar was dragged to the ground as she attempted to undo her cape

Madonna- falls-BACKWARDS

She scrunched her face in anticipation on the rough landing, when she realised that she was not going keep her balance

Madonna- falls-BACKWARDS

Madonna- falls-BACKWARDS

Undeterred, Madonna rose to her feet and discarded the offending fashion item

Madonna- falls-BACKWARDS

Madonna brushed down her hair and got back up to carry on with her performance like a trooper

Madonna ended up putting on a performance that was memorable for all the wrong reasons, when she was pulled off the stage backwards as she closed out Wednesday night’s BRIT Awards 2015.

With the final, much-anticipated performance of the night singing Living For Love, Madonna failed to untie her cape in time for her dancers to rip it away as she took to the stage at London’s 02 Arena.


The 56-year-old looked shocked – and briefly stopped singing – after she fell down a set of stairs, but picked herself back up and continued to the end.

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