Jess Glynne Refuses To Wear Cape At Brit Awards After Madge Fall

Singer Jess Glynne may see Madonna as a her, but there’s one infamous Queen of Pop moment that Jess is keen to avoid at next month’s Brit Awards.

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Nominated for three Brits, Jess is set to perform at the prestigious ceremony in February, but has issued a self-imposed cape ban in a bid to avoid Madonna’s unfortunate ‘capegate’ from last year’s ceremony.

For anyone who needs reminding, Madonna got the heel of her shoe caught in her huge Armani bullfighter-style cape during a performance of Living For Love at the 2015 Brits and fell backwards down some stairs.

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Understandably, newcomerJess is keen to avoid a similar fate and admitted she was already nervous enough without throwing sartorial missteps into the Brits mix.

She told the Daily Mirror: “I’m already really nervous. No capes,” she revealed during the nominations launch.

“I would never wear a cape anyway.”

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But she’s still not confident that she’ll get through her performance on her feet. Jess, who’s up for British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act and British Single, said: “I mean it’ll probably be me this year.

Jess revealed that she’s a huge Madonna fan and was impressed with how she pulled off her stumble at last year’s ceremony.

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She said: ”Madonna is a massive inspiration. The fact that she fell down and stood straight back up and carried on. Not many people could do that.”

Let’s hope no one has to.