Sabrina Carpenter runs screaming off stage after close call with fireworks at Outside Lands Music Festival

Alexandra Bellusci
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Sabrina Carpenter didn’t let a little on-stage nonsense stop her.

The 25-year-old was dancing on a platform during her headlining set at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival on Saturday when she suddenly screamed and jumped forward after a stray firework came close to hitting her. The clip has gone viral.

Carpenter then looked back as the pyrotechnics continued to go off. She shrieked again before covering her mouth and escaping the stray sparks on the Golden Gate Park stage.

Sabrina Carpenter was performing at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival on Saturday when a stray firework came too close to her. Outside Lands Festival
Sabrina Carpenter was performing at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival on Saturday when a stray firework came too close to her. Outside Lands Festival
Sabrina Carpenter shrieked before covering her mouth and escaping the stray sparks on the Golden Gate Park stage. Outside Lands Festival
Sabrina Carpenter shrieked before covering her mouth and escaping the stray sparks on the Golden Gate Park stage. Outside Lands Festival

After finishing her set, Carpenter addressed the audience, saying, “Thank you, Outside Lands. I’m going to go to bed. Bye!”

Elsewhere during her performance, the “Please Please Please” artist brought out Kacey Musgraves for a surprise duet of Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.”

Carpenter also teased her upcoming record, “Short n’ Sweet,” by having a man come on stage with a scroll during her “Nonsense” outro.

“Soon cometh my album so exciting. My heart doth pound beneath my chest, so mighty,” she sang, per a social media clip. “Outside Lands, it’s like thou art inside me.”

After finishing her set, Carpenter addressed the audience, saying, “Thank you, Outside Lands. I’m going to go to bed. Bye!” Outside Lands Festival
After finishing her set, Carpenter addressed the audience, saying, “Thank you, Outside Lands. I’m going to go to bed. Bye!” Outside Lands Festival
Sabrina Carpenter isn’t letting a little spark stop her from hitting another huge stage: the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11. Outside Lands Festival
Sabrina Carpenter isn’t letting a little spark stop her from hitting another huge stage: the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11. Outside Lands Festival

Carpenter took a moment to reflect on her time during Outside Lands but did not mention the exploding fire on social media.

“headlined @outsidelands :o,” she wrote on Instagram Sunday. “thank you to everyone who came. special thank you to the angel that is @spaceykacey for coming out to sing and dance to Nancy Sinatra with me :’) and thank you to my whole team and crew. all the talented people who made this show happen on and off stage, i love you all so much.”

Meanwhile, Carpenter isn’t letting a little spark stop her from hitting another huge stage — the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11.

The star is set to perform at New York’s UBS Arena and is one of the most-nominated artists of the night, coming in with six nods.

Sabrina Carpenter made no mention of the exploding fire on social media but instead took a moment to reflect on the time she had during Outside Lands. Outside Lands Festival
Sabrina Carpenter made no mention of the exploding fire on social media but instead took a moment to reflect on the time she had during Outside Lands. Outside Lands Festival

The accolades include Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for her hit “Espresso.”

But fans won’t have to wait long for new music from Carpenter, as she is set to release “Short n’ Sweet” — her sixth studio album — less than two weeks before the award ceremony on Aug. 23.

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