Kanye West breaks down on stage

 

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Only a week after his mother's death, Kanye West returned to the concert stage Saturday night in Paris, only to dramatically break down in tears, audience members tell PEOPLE.

 

Nearing the end of the more than 60-minute performance, with the riff of "Hey Mama" beginning, West attempted to introduce the tribute to a sold-out crowd at Le Zénith in Paris, saying "this song is for my mother...." and could get no further.

 

"He just cracked," one attendee tells PEOPLE, "He was at the end of his concert and had just started to dedicate the song and then he just lost it completely, crying onstage for five minutes."

 

"He said the word, 'Mother' and just couldn't go any further," Le Parisien journalist Meddy Magloire said. "A back-up singer, the DJ and a guitar player came over to console him. It looked like he might collapse. He just couldn't continue. He just stood there in a spotlight, crying while the band continued playing."

 

After a few moments of stunned silence, Magloire says, the audience of 5,000 reacted by offering calls of encouragement, which grew into applause.

 

Trying to recover onstage, West restarted the song but was unable to finish. He left the stage, returning after 10-15 minutes to conclude the concert with a rousing performance of "Stronger."

 

"He was very nervous, seemed to have gathered himself up, and had a lot of energy," Magloire says. "He kept shouting out to the audience, 'I need you... I need you right now.' and the public was screaming back. It was magic.

 

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That's really sad, I feel for him :(

He shouldn't have even been performing. :( Was very sudden and i'm not suprised he broke down.

 

Shows he's loyal to his fans though.

That's awful :( I didn't even know that she died.

 

You could always tell she was such a big influence on him though, it is must be so hard for him.

:(

 

Poor Kanye

As much of a c*nt he is, I feel bad for him.

 

Poor Kanye.

Aww losing someone like that is awful.

 

I feel for him.

I can't stand the guy, but I do feel bad that he lost his mother. :(

How Awful! :o :(

He lost his mother in a freak plastic-surgery-gone-wrong accident aswell apparently. I feel for the guy.

He shouldn't have even been performing. :( Was very sudden and i'm not suprised he broke down.

 

Shows he's loyal to his fans though.

 

I agree..after only a week he got back performing. I think he should have taken some more time off :cry: this is so sad :cry:

really sad :( :cry:

I don't see why he was back performing (especially that particular song) so quickly? :( It would take me MONTHS to feel ready to work again, and I'm not in that sort of spotlight at all.

 

It's really nice of his fans to encourage him along though, to cheer and applause. I can imagine some t**** getting annoyed and starting to boo after a few minutes.

If this had happened to me, I would probably drop the whole project for a couple of months. You have to give him credit for trying though...

poor Kanye :cry: Losing your mum is hard, really hard, I feel for him, I really do. :(