Colorado fans rip Madonna over gun skit

Some Colorado fans are upset after music superstar Madonna used guns during a performance in a community that is still raw from a mass shooting at a local theater and a violent summer that includes the unsolved slaying of a 10- year- old girl.

Madonna’s second act at her show Thursday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver featured the singer using a fake gun to shoot a masked gunman and images of blood splattering on a large screen behind the stage. She used the set for her performances in other cities for the song “Gang Bang,” which includes the lyrics “shot my lover in the head.”

Mile High Sports Radio Denver personality Peter Burns said the people around him began murmuring when the song came on.

“It was little bit unsettling,” Burns said. “I saw two or three people get up and grab their stuff and actually leave their seats.”

The scene reminded some concert- goers of the July 20 shooting at an Aurora theater where a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door and opened fire with a semi- automatic rifle and pistols, killing 12 people and injuring at least another 58. Madonna’s press agent, Liz Rosenberg, said Friday that there was no way to eliminate the scene, because it is a core part of the show.

“It’s like taking out the third act of Hamlet,” she said.