injury
Ozzy Osbourne postpones all tour dates after serious injury
Ozzy Osbourne has shared that he will have to postpone all forthcoming tour dates as he recovers from a recent injury. In a tweet from the rocker’s Twitter page, it is revealed that all shows will be rescheduled beginning in February 2020. Read more: Myspace songs from 2008 to 2010 recovered by internet superheroes Additionally, the […]
Foo Fighters explain injury that led to rescheduled tour dates
A little over a week ago, Foo Fighters announced that some of their tour dates would have to be rescheduled following a “band member injury.” However, Dave Grohl has come forward and clarified the injury in question. According to Billboard, a conversation between Grohl and Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino reveals that the Foo Fighters […]
Foo Fighters member injured, shows rescheduled
Due to a “band member injury,” Foo Fighters are rescheduling their shows at the Fillmore in New Orleans, originally tabbed to take place later this month. The rockers took to Twitter on Monday to update fans and concertgoers of the development. Now postponed until mid-May, the dual February concerts—first slated for Feb. 15 and 16—were […]
DGD's Tilian Pearson unable to perform due to injury
Dance Gavin Dance frontman, Tilian Pearson, was unable to perform with his band last night following a concussion he had suffered earlier in the day. Read more: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor roasts Adam Levine for “rock music is nowhere” comment The band are currently on tour with Underoath, and were set to play Milwaukee’s The Rave […]
Every Time I Die's Andy Williams currently touring with ruptured bicep
Every Time I Die is currently doing a run for their 20 years as a band, but it appears as though their guitarist Andy Williams has had a bit of bad luck on the tour. Revealed in an Instagram post yesterday, the guitarist ruptured his bicep earlier in the month, but that hasn’t stopped him from […]
Lawsuit for injuries sustained at Cannibal Corpse show denied
[Photo by: Alex Morgan] A lawsuit for injuries sustained at a Cannibal Corpse show has now been shut down, following an overturned decision by the Alabama Supreme Court. Read more: Cannibal Corpse vocalist speaks out on NFL players taking a knee In 2014, Jordan Taylor Pardue attended a Cannibal Corpse show at the Soul Kitchen […]
The Word Alive's Telle Smith also broke his knee during onstage accident
[Photo by: Telle Smith/Instagram] Talk about a disappointing development: Not only did the Word Alive vocalist Telle Smith suffer a compound fracture in his right leg during an onstage accident last month, the musician just found out he also broke his knee. Read more: The Word Alive's Telle Smith suffers compound fracture “So I finally […]
The Word Alive's Telle Smith suffers compound fracture—here's how you can help him out
[Photo by: telletwa/Instagram] At last night's show in Los Angeles, the Word Alive's vocalist Telle Smith suffered a compound fracture during the band's last song. He has six weeks recovery ahead of him, and in an effort not to miss any shows, he's planning to perform while sitting down for the remainder of the band's tour with I Prevail, […]
Girl loses four teeth in mosh pit, is super chill about it
[Photo by: Twitter] At this year’s Sound And Fury music festival, which took place June 9 and 10, one fan lost four teeth and broke her jaw during Vein’s set, and her response—as well as the band’s support—has been phenomenal. Mary Reily has been going to shows for years now, and she tells Alternative Press […]
The Damned postpone shows due to Captain Sensible's injury
On the Toronto date of tour, the Damned's Captain Sensible fell off stage and broke a rib. Due to these injuries, three of the band's shows have been postponed. First, the Montreal date was postponed to May 23 and the Boston date was posted to May 24. “Ladies and Gentlemen….How do.” As I’m sure you’re […]
Here are some of your favorite guitarists' worst injuries
[Photo credits: Alexey Makhov (Frank Iero), Kara Smarsh (Laura Jane Grace), Kelly Hamilton (Tony Perry), Natalie Bisignano (Awsten Knight)] Being onstage every night is a gnarly enough experience of its own, let alone all the crazy disasters than can happen. From wayward crowdsurfers to bloody fingers, here are some of your faves’ craziest injuries. Check out our […]
Trap Them vocalist to continue touring with two broken feet
[Photo credit: @st_math] While performing at Bloodshed Fest in Eindhoven on Oct. 16, Trap Them vocalist Ryan McKenney took a leap into the crowd and probably suffered a worst-case scenario. Just 10 minutes into their 45-minute set, he took off from a speaker cab and fell around 15 feet, leaving him with two broken heels and […]
Emmure's Frankie Palmeri advised to not scream for at least two weeks after major vocal cord tear
Earlier this week, Emmure were forced to cancel two shows on their current tour with Suicide Silence due to frontman Frankie Palmeri suffering a “major tear” in his vocal cords. Palmeri has taken to the band's Facebook to update fans on his condition, in which he claimed that after visiting a doctor in Des Moines, Iowa, an ENT specialist advised him […]
U2 singer involved in "high energy bicycle accident" resulting in five hours of surgery
A few weeks ago, U2 frontman Bono was involved in what doctors have referred to as a “high energy bicycle accident,” which resulted in five hours of surgery. Following the incident, he was taken to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center's Emergency Department. Bono suffered a multitude of injuries, including fractures to his eye, left shoulder blade and left humerus […]
This symphonic metal band's bassist ruptured his testicle mid-set and finished the show
Dutch symphonic metal group Delain had a very unique stage mishap while they were on tour in the UK last week. During their show in Birmingham, bassist Otto Schimmelpenninck was struck in his genital region by a streamer cannon at an extremely close range. Despite the growing sense that he was bleeding and almost falling unconscious, Otto managed […]
A Day To Remember show evacuated after fan falls from balcony
A member of the crowd was injured after falling from a balcony during A Day To Remember's concert at the Guildhall in Portsmouth, UK earlier tonight. According to Portsmouth News, the band had been performing for about 30 minutes when they abruptly stopped playing. This was followed by an announcement saying that the concert was over, and the […]
Kings Of Leon involved in bus accident; forced to cancel more than two weeks of current tour
Kings Of Leon were on their way back to their hotel following a performance in Massachusettes on August 9, when a pedestrian leaped in front of their bus, causing the vehicle to stop abruptly and injure drummer Nathan Followill. Followill has released a video message (which you can view below) from the hospital where he is being […]
Man gets brain injury from headbanging to Motörhead
German doctors say they have treated a 50-year-old man who suffered a brain injury from headbanging. The patient, complaining of “constant, worsening” headaches, had no prior history of head injuries or substance abuse problems but had recently been headbanging at a Motörhead concert with his son. Doctors ultimately pinned the injury on his headbanging habit. […]
Set It Off's Cody Carson injured at last night's show
At last night's show in Pensacola, FL with the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Set It Off frontman Cody Carson injured himself while performing, stating that he hit his head on a guard rail. AP reached to Carson for comment, who described the entire situation for us. “There was a two foot gap from the stage to the […]
The Lead: The Ecstasy Of The Agony: When Musicians Get Hurt (Too)
Musicians constantly injure themselves while going haywire onstage, but we’re here today to celebrate those who soldiered through the pain and persevered. Whether they broke bones and finished the show or retooled their instrument to fit their injury without stopping a tour, we’d like to salute the following seven rockers for showing some serious dedication […]
