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Beyonce's Hair Emergency: Best Response Ever

Beyonce's Hair Emergency: Did she flail her arms and scream? Negative. She played it off like a total all-star and, get this, KEPT SINGING. She didn't miss a beat even as she attempted to unwind her hair from the fan blades.

Alison Alhamed
Alison AlhamedEditor in Chief, MODERN SALON
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July 24, 2013
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On Tuesday, July 23, Beyonce had a 911 on stage when her hair got tangled up in a fan while performing on stage at a concert in Montreal. Oddly enough, the nightmare occured while she was mid-song performing Halo!

Did she flail her arms and scream? Negative. She played it off like a total all-star and, get this, KEPT SINGING. She didn't miss a beat even as she attempted to unwind her hair from the fan blades.

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A staffer came to her rescue with a pair of scissors to set the Queen B free, and, following the show, she poked fun at the situation via an Instagram post with a little re-mix to the song she was singing when the disaster occured.

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