May 13, 2008 • 1 min read

Madonna swears and demands entourage food at Radio 1 One Big Weekend

Madonna swore on stage at Radio 1's One Big Weekend and reportedly demanded a helicopter and let her entourage eat other artists' food, according to The Mirror.

Madonna set a bad example for her newly adopted son at Radio 1's One Big Weekend on Saturday by swearing on stage, making ridiculous demands and allowing her entourage to eat food meant for other artists.

During her six song set at the free event, which was broadcast live on Radio 1 and BBC 3, the singer told the crowd: "You guys are going to have to start fucking it up out there 'cos I need to feel some love. I'm going to do an old song. But not too old. Fuck the present. Let's live in the past".

Presenter Zane Lowe was the forced to apologise. Although, given that Madonna has a bit of a history of swearing on live TV, people probably shouldn't have been surprised.

However, this wasn't the only thing that got people's backs up. According to The Mirror she demanded to be flown to Mote Park in Kent, where the event was held, by private helicopter, despite it only being 37 miles from her London home, and had a 70-strong entourage, who ate all the food meant for other artists on the bill.

Jon Fratelli of The Fratellis told the paper: "Who does Madonna think she is? I'm not into all this - we're here to perform together. What happened to rock n' roll? Why is she even here? Everything has been changed around just for her and her ridiculous entourage".

Madonna wasn't the only person in people's bad books, though. Usher also managed to annoy the Maidstone audience by arriving on stage and shouting, "Hello Manchester!"

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