5 Mishaps at Shows & Festivals
Total Point Urgent Care wants you to know mishaps can happen anytime, whether you’re hanging out at home or blowing away stadium crowds. For instance, in 1992 at the MTV Video Music Awards, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic tossed his instrument into the air, only to have it land not in his hands but on his head. Krist stumbled off stage where his cranial wound was bandaged rudimentarily and he was handed a glass of champagne. Thankfully, he was fine – but the famous string-plucker could have undoubtedly benefited from a quick-acting, high-quality resource like Total Point, as we all can. Here are five more examples of onstage mishaps that prove accidents don’t discriminate.
1. Dave Grohl breaks his leg in front of 52,000 fans:
In the summer of 2015 – only two songs into the Gothenburg, Sweden stop of their Sonic Highways World Tour – Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl tripped, stumbled, and tumbled over the lip of the stage, badly breaking his right leg in the process.
Grohl, repeatedly dubbed “the nicest guy in rock,” remained in good spirits, even apologizing to the 52,000 hopeful yet hesitant fans looking on.
“I think I just broke my leg,” the “Everlong” singer announced into the microphone, surrounded by medics and late bandmate Taylor Hawkins. “I think I really broke my leg.”
Still, despite the would-be definitive injury, Grohl went on to promise the crowd that he would return to finish the show…and that he did – seated in a school chair, guitar in hand, against the medics’ advice.
Throughout Grohl’s recovery, he performed from a massive custom throne sprouting guitar necks, a relic which he later lent to Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose who took a similar spill the following year.
2. Lady Gaga gets cracked in the cranium by a big pole:
During Lady Gaga’s 2012 Born This Way Ball in Auckland, New Zealand, the singer was accidentally struck atop the head by a large pole, forcing her to momentarily evacuate the stage. The incident resulted in a confirmed concussion.
The weapon in question – a stage prop meant to aid the singer’s eclectic “Judas” performance – was wielded by one of her world tour backup dancers who was trying, unsuccessfully, to remove the item from center stage. Instead, he managed to render Mother Monster momentarily speechless as the dizzied singer recoiled, seemingly seeing stars.
Despite her injury, Gaga returned to the stage moments later to perform another 16 songs, but not before simultaneously informing and reassuring her audience.
“I want to apologize,” she told the crowd. “I did hit my head and I think I may have a concussion but don’t you worry, I will finish this show.”
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