Beyonce in trouble over shopping spree swindle

Austrians are known for their passion for music, but Beyonce has stirred the less affable kind. Anger.

Currently on tour in that glorious country the sultry chanteuse was offered a personal tour of the ‘Albertina,’ one of Vienna’s most celebrated museums, and widely regarded among the best in the world. Its priceless collection of arts and antiques lures over a million people a year like moths to a flame. The lustrous guest list has even included Brad and Angelina, and Nicholas Cage.

Beyonce, it seems, was not so impressed — She sent a clone to the tour and went shopping instead!

The look-alike was apparently convincing, even managing to get a photo-opp with Museum director Klaus Albrecht Schroeder, a man not usually known for allowing publicity. But once the pictures came out, so did the truth. “What a cheek!” Verena Dahlitz, the museum’s spokeswoman exclaimed to the press. “We were a little doubtful, but weren’t really sure.”

Her bosses are now filing an official complaint with the singer’s reps.

The R&B star is visiting Vienna as part of a tour which may soon be cut short — The reviews have been scathing, and her heavily-publicized Vienna concert played to a house that was not even half-full.

Source: AFP