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Two injured at St. Louis concert by fireworks
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ST. LOUIS - Two people injured when pyrotechnics went awry at Beyonce Knowles' concert in St. Louis received a surprise emergency room visit from the singer.
The accident happened Sunday night, just as the R&B star's concert began. A spokeswoman for Scottrade Center didn't return phone calls seeking comment, but broadcast reports said pyrotechnics meant for the stage accidentally spilled into the front row.
Two concertgoers were taken
to Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Spokeswoman Kathy Holleman wouldn't release their names but said the injuries were minor. Both were expected to make a full recovery.
Collette and her band, The Finish, were among the acts that appeared Saturday at the Sydney edition of Live Earth, the global concert series that aimed to raise awareness about global warming.
Soon after the concert, Knowles arrived at the hospital, said head nurse Darryl Williams.
"She was just very concerned about the people injured in the audience," Williams said. "It was unannounced and we kept it very low-key so that she could spend time with them."
Collette was nominated for an Academy Award in the best supporting actress category for her role in 1999's supernatural thriller "The Sixth Sense," and her more recent roles include a mother in the dysfunctional family comedy "Little Miss Sunshine."
It will be the first child for the 34-year-old Australian actress and her musician husband, Dave Galafassi.
Knowles, 25, met with the fans for about 45 minutes. "I just thought it was a great thing for someone of her stature to do," Williams said.
A spokesman for Houston-based Music World Entertainment, which represents Knowles, declined comment.
— Toni Collette had been leaning toward motherhood roles, and now she thinks she knows why: The Oscar-nominated actress confirmed Monday that she's pregnant.
"It is strange the last three films I've done I have been pregnant," said Collette, who is currently in Sydney with her side project, a rock'n'roll band that includes Galafassi on drums.
Beatles monument to be built in Hamburg
'Sixth Sense' actress Collette pregnant SYDNEY Australia
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Knowles' world tour opened in April in Tokyo and runs through early September. Other stops include New Orleans, Dallas, New York City, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
BERLIN A monument to the Beatles will be constructed in Hamburg, where the Fab Four launched their international career 45 years ago.
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"I'm just like, what is the universe trying to tell me?" she said. "But I think everything happens when it's meant to."
Radio station Oldie 95, the organizer, says the $625,000 steel monument will be built on a corner of the St. Pauli district near clubs where the Beatles played songs such as "Love Me Do" in 1962.
SYDNEY, Australia
Beyonce Knowles performs during the Essence Fest in the Superdome in New Orleans on Friday. Two people injured Sunday night when pyrotechnics went awry at a Beyonce's concert in St. Louis received a surprise emergency room visit from the singer.
The monument will represent Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and early Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe, who died in Hamburg in 1962, the radio station said Monday.
Construction is expected to begin this year.
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