Music legend goes ballistic at SoCal festival after her show continued while womans body lay in park

A legendary musician known as the “Queen of Percussion” blasted a California festival after they continued her performance despite a woman’s body being found in the park.The city of Carson held a music event on Saturday during the ongoing SoCal heat wave, which pushed temperatures over the triple digits.Sheila E., a Grammy Award winner, slammed the city for continuing the festival even as an attendee passed away and her body remained.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story “Production, whoever, the city, the mayor was there.All of you guys should have stopped the festival,” she said in an emotional Instagram video.

“I’m sorry.You should have stopped the festival.”“Carson, you guys have to do better,” she said.

“This was horrible.Horrible.

And I’m so sorry that I played because I would not have gotten onstage knowing that she was still there.”Concerned bystanders found Shari Sanders of Altadena unconscious and unresponsive in the VIP section at Carson’s Anderson Memorial Park, where she was saving seats for her family, the musician said.A doctor at the festival performed CPR on her for 20 minutes but could not revive her.Her family told KTLA Sanders’ death is heat-related, and she had no prior medical history.

After Sanders passed away, her body was covered until it could be picked up at 5 p.m., about a half hour after Sheila wrapped her performance.The musician says she believed “everything was taken care of” and even said a blessing for the woman during her performance.She was unaware her body stayed at the park.“This has never happened to me in my entire career,” the 68-year-old Grammy Award winner said.

“It was devastating.”She believed the festival did not have enough water for attendees, who had arrived there as earl...