Chinese singer Jason Zhang Jie had a fall after the mid-rise platform structure he was on malfunctioned. He continued to bear the pain and completed the concert for his audience despite suffering back and hand injuries.
When the concert footage revealed the extent of his injury, his fans reacted with shock and worry. Zhang Jie was preparing to go on stage on his Oct 15 concert when the descending platform structure he was standing on suddenly malfunctioned, causing him to fall and land on his back.
The singer instinctively moved to a safer platform by the side but appeared to remain on the floor for a few moments due to the pain.
The 38-year-old did not stop his performance to seek medical treatment but got up after a few minutes, reported Jayne Stars.
He only stepped offstage to bandage his injured hand after belting out two more songs as scheduled. Zhang Jie then went on to finish the three-hour-long concert, while concerned fans rushed to the singer’s personal Weibo page and his studio’s page, to remind Zhang Jie to get his injuries thoroughly checked.
Two days later, Zhang Jie updated his fans on social media, apologising for making his fans worried and revealed that he had stitches done on his hand, in addition to a “light fracture” of his lumbar traverse (a part of the vertebrae), which could be completely healed with just three months of rest, according to the doctor.
The singer felt regretful for the less-than-perfect performance, and he thanked his fans for their support and concern. The production unit blamed “continuous days of rain” for the malfunction, and acknowledged that more care should be taken in future.
Zhang Jie is best known for songs like Love of the Dipper and This is Love.
He has attended international awards ceremonies such as Korea’s Mnet Asian Music Awards as well as American Music Awards. /TISG