From Madonna’s genuinely terrifying Brits tumble to U2’s The Edge falling off the edge, there have been countless incidents of popstars taking a fall during a live show.
But few have dealt with losing their footing with as much grace as Luke Bryan, who stacked it during his set at the Coast City Country Festival in Vancouver yesterday (April 21).
In a widely-shared clip, Luke is seen adjusting his baseball cap before walking across the stage and coming totally a cropper.
Thankfully, Luke seemed pretty unharmed by the incident, as he appeared to channel the WWE’s Undertaker by sitting up almost immediately and laughing off the whole thing.
As many musicians fell over the last couple of decades, the fall was caught on mobile phones by fans in attendance.
NEW: Country star Luke Bryan slips and falls during performance & then tells his production crew to put the fall on the big screen so he could watch a replay of it.
Well played.
Bryan, who appeared to be okay besides a bruise on his elbow, slipped on someone’s smart phone… pic.twitter.com/2xFwIM8EIv
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 21, 2024
Luke even claimed that his fall was caused by a phone, as he got to his feet brandishing the device he fell on, or certainly at least near.
“Hold up,” said Luke once he regained his composure. “Did anybody get that?”
He threw the offending device back to its owner quipping that “my lawyer will be calling” before borrowing another handset from another gig-goer who had filmed the whole thing.
“I gotta see it… let’s zoom in, let’s zoom in, zoom in” he said, watching the footage from the stage.
“Here we go… there it is!” he exclaimed, as the footage was simultaneously being shown on the big screens at the venue.
Luke then posed for the crowd with arms held aloft, totally owning the whole moment with a smile. “Hey, I need some viral, this is viral!”