Some Colorado fans are upset after music superstar Madonna used guns during a performance in a community that is still raw from a mass shooting at a local theatre and a violent summer that includes the unsolved slaying of a 10year-old girl.
Madonna's second act at her show Thursday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver featured the 54-year-old singer using a fake gun to shoot a masked gunman and images of blood splattering on a large screen behind the stage. She used the set for the song Gang Bang.
"We're dancing and all of a sudden people started realizing what the song was," said concert-goer Aaron Fransua, 25.
"We all just stood there. Everybody who was around me all had shock on their face."
The scene reminded some concert-goers of the July 20 shooting at an Aurora theatre, which killed 12 people.
Madonna's press agent, Liz Rosenberg, said Friday there was no way to eliminate the scene, because it is a core part of the show. "It's like taking out the third act of Hamlet," she said.
Rosenberg said Madonna's style is to shake things up.
