"I don't know if anybody was told anything," she said.

Asked if she felt responsible for the safety of the fans given the heavy equipment on stage, she said, "I don't feel it's my responsibility or my management's responsibility to evacuate the fans in case of danger. Do I care about their safety? Absolutely."

Nettles appeared taken aback when she was asked by Allen whether she blamed her fans for waiting.

"No. Of course not," she said.

She said she thought it was the responsibility of the promoter to delay the show. Asked who she meant by the promoter, Nettles said "the promoter being the fair."

Nettles also said that Rollens told her about 90 minutes before the scheduled start of the show that there was weather in the area, but said she wasn't specifically told it was a severe thunderstorm. Nettles said that she relies on Rollens and others to alert her about such things.

Sugarland spokesman Allan Mayer said Monday that Nettles and Bush say they were never asked to delay the show.