He wasn’t on cue
68歳の米シンガー・ミートローフがカナダ・エドモントンでのライブ中にステージの上で倒れてしまったそうです。
Singer Meat Loaf collapses during concert in Canada
EDMONTON, Alberta — Rock singer Meat Loaf collapsed on stage during a concert in Edmonton, Alberta, on Thursday night and was taken to a hospital in unknown condition.
The 68-year-old had canceled two other concerts in recent days — in Moose Jaw on Saturday and in Calgary on Tuesday — citing ill health.
A video of the performance at Edmonton’s Jubilee Auditorium showed the singer dropping his microphone and falling to the floor amid a performance of his classic “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).” Musicians went to his side to help, and the music eventually stopped.
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Attendees were asked to vacate the arena, concertgoer Mikey McBryan said.
Meat Loaf had appeared to be struggling earlier in the performance, McBryan, 33, said.
“It was him forgetting words, he wasn't on cue, but it was forgiveable,” he said. “We’re all loving it and going crazy, and then it just took a turn for the worst.”
“he wasn’t on cue”を取り上げます。『ジーニアス英和辞典』によると“(right) on cue”で「予定通りに」「思っていた通りの時に」という意味がありました。LDOCEでは‟happening or done at exactly the right moment”と定義されています。「思いがけないときに言葉につまったりしていたが許せるものだった。」と訳せるかと思いました。約10年間、様々な病気を患っており、ステージでは以前にも何度か倒れたことがあったようです。(lua)
