Do it like a trouper! Jessie J soldiers on to perform at Summertime Ball despite badly injuring her foot in rehearsals

By Donna Mcconnell and Jody Thompson


Tough cookie: Jessie J played the Capital Radio Summertime Ball at London's Wembley Stadium tonight despite being in agony after she ruptured tendons in her foot rehearsing yesterday


She'd been left in excruciating pain just 24 hours earlier after falling from a platform and tearing tendons in her foot while rehearsing for the show at London's Wembley Stadium - but nothing was going to stop Jessie J performing tonight at her biggest gig to date.

The Do It Like A Dude star had been putting the finishing touches to her routine for tonight's Capital Radio Summertime Ball when she slipped and ended up in hospital.

But the 23-year-old showed she was made of tough stuff tonight and walked onstage heavily bandaged up, before singing the rest of her set while sat on a throne.

Smiling through: Even though she was close to tears with the pain, Jessie was in fine voice as she performed for 75,000 at Capital Radio's Summertime Ball

Wearing a black knitted bejewelled bodystocking, she managed to stand unsupported to sing Do It Like a Dude, before holding onto the throne and finally giving in and sitting down on it.

She explained to the 75,000 music fans crammed into the stadium for the Capital Radio organised show: 'I fell off the stage and mashed up my foot - I ruptured all tendons in it.

'I was told to stay at home. But I said are you crazy? I'm not letting down my fans. I did ask for a crystal sock (to cover the bandage) but this is all they had.'

On the throne: The star had tried to stand up at the start of the show but was too much in pain so sat on her rather fancy chair

Having a ball: It was the first time that Jessie had played Wembley Stadium and she says she couldn't have missed it


Despite the untimely accident the London-born singer was in fine voice as she gave a stunning rendition of new single Nobody's perfect.

Clearly in a lot of pain. She looked close to tears however as she said: 'Sometimes its best to follow the doctors orders. Why couldn't I be an artist who just wears trainers?!'

She confessed to the crowd: 'I wanna do the next song but I'm scared,' before pausing for a drink of water, then launching into emotional ballad Who You Are.

She wrote on her Twitter afterwards to her fans, who she calls Heartbeats: 'Wembley stadium #STB #heartbeats I love you. Most amazing moment in my life. Bruck (sic) up foot and all.. Thank you. Thank you for it all. Thank you for supporting me :) I am truely (sic) touched.'

Hospital dash: Jessie J, seen here at the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards 2011 in London earlier this week, was rushed to hospital tonight


The accident happened yesterday, as the singer revealed on her Twitter She wrote: 'Just want to let my #heartbeats (ones waiting outside wembley) know that I have been taken to hospital after falling off a platform.

'I have ripped a main ligament in my foot and have been put on crutches and told to rest. Im in a lot pain :( so please dont wait in the cold for me.. #sorry! :`(

Earlier, she'd said that the prospect of playing the concert was 'an overwhelming thing.'

Talking backstage to the radio station during her soundcheck before she hurt her foot, she said: 'My wishlist is becoming my reality and it's an amazing thing to be experiencing.

'I just think I am showing these thousands of people that watch me that dreams do come true because I never dreamt in a million years that I'd be singing at Wembley Stadium so early on in my career.'

She also admitted: 'I don't think it's going to hit me until I've stepped off stage and I'm done.'

Stylish: The star, who picked up the Woman Of Tomorrow award at Tuesday's Glamour Women Of The Year Awards, showed off a softer more feminine style


It's fairly certain the star wasn't expecting to step off stage quite like she did last night, however.

Other stars on the bill of tonight's mammoth pop extravaganza Summertime Ball included Jennifer Lopez, LMFAO, Cee Lo Green, Nicole Scherzinger, JLS, Enrique Iglesias, The Wanted, Ne-Yo, Katy B and Example.



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Jessie J takes her roadshow to Canada with another raunchy television performance

By Marcus Barnes


Let me hear you: Jessie J beckons the audience on the Toronto television


Jessie J continued to bring her unique brand of Essex-bred talent to northern American and Canada, landing in Toronto on the latest leg of her tour.

The 23-year-old dropped in to New.Music.Live on Much Music in the Canadian city to a rapturous reception.

In what's become par for the course for the Essex-born singer, she strutted her stuff in a one-legged Lycra catsuit for the performance.

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Tour continues: Jessie J flashes a grin as she poses for a photograph on Much Music's New.Music.Live show in Toronto, Canada


Her guest spot on the show, which has played host to the likes of Lady Gaga and Rihanna, was a precursor to her concert played in the same city.

She later played an exclusive show to press and fans who won tickets through competitions on local radio.

By all accounts she rocked the show at the DOM Club.

On the music show, Jessie sang Price Tag, Nobody's Perfect, Do It Like A Dude and Mamma Knows Best - delivering both in pitch perfect fashion.

In video footage taken by a member of the audience, the screams of her fans are so loud that her vocals are inaudible, drowned out by chants of 'We love you Jessie'.

Sing it loud and proud: The Essex-born singer performs live in Concert at MOD Club which only a few lucky fans who had won tickets from radio stations got to attend


During her interview on the show she made a plea to Rihanna to perform her Number One hit Do It Like A Dude with her.

Jessie wrote the song for the RnB star, but decided to keep it for herself.

However, she told the show's host: 'I wanna ask her, I really wanna ask her if we can perform it together.. either on her tour or at V Festival or one of the big festivals. I definitely think that she would kill it.'

She also revealed her ambitions to record with some of America's biggest stars, including 10-year-old Willow Smith.

Jessie said: 'I'd definitely want to work with Aretha Franklin, Prince and Beyonce. I recently spoke with Jasmine Sullivan on the phone, I definitely want to get in the studio with her.

Do It Like A Brother: Jessie performs in Toronto before heading off to Montreal continuing her tour across the Atlantic


'I want to work with Willow Smith I think she's incredible. It's a very humbling situation when an artist wants to work with you and you get the opportunity to work with them.'

But, elsewhere, she has played down comparisons to Lady Gaga.

Jessie said: 'She set the bar so high style-wise and conceptual ideas-wise that, now, if someone's wearing shoulder pads they're being Lady Gaga. That's the only frustration, people don't own things - I don't own this haircut - if someone else wants to do it, cool, it's a haircut.

'I think she's amazing, I don't think anyone else can ever pull off the things she does. I don't think I would ever turn up somewhere in a meat dress.'

Shop til you drop: Jessie hits a grocers in Toronto


Despite her hectic tour schedule Jessie has been making regular updates via her Twitter page to keep her fans, or Heartbeats as she calls them, updated on her progress.

In the most recent she posted photos of herself shopping in a grocery store and cooking a meal - which, she noted, was the first time in months she'd had the opportunity to do so.

She tweeted: '4 hours sleep a night takes its toll. I'm in desperate need of a lay in.'

And her latest tweet simply read: 'Back at the airport. #stompstompinmontreal #toronto you rocked.'

Montreal is the singer's next destination as she continues to whip up a storm across the pond.




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