Lady Gaga has told Now magazine that at one time she used hairspray as an alternative to pyros when she was working on a tight budget. I'm pleased to report that no-one was killed as a result.
The singer explained: "I started playing out in clubs when I was 15 and was really hustling the New York scene. I used to squirt hairspray on stage and set fire to it because we had no money for pyrotechnics or stuff like that, so we played Black Sabbath songs and did our fire display. Looking back, that was a little dangerous, but I'm still here".