A woman has suffered nasty facial injuries after allegedly being hit by a microphone by Gun N' Roses frontman Axl Rose.
The incident took place during a recent concert at the Adelaide Oval in Australia, where music fan Rebecca Howe was one of the thousands in attendance to see the legendary rock band perform.
However, Howe's evening out took a painful turn when, at the end of the band's set, 60-year-old Rose tossed his microphone into the crowd - inadvertently striking Howe in the face.
Speaking to 10 News First, Howe recalled the agonizing moment, saying: "The last song was 'Paradise City', and [Rose] bowed to the crowd and chucked - or launched - the microphone into the crowd.
"It hit me on the bridge of the nose and it felt like I'd been hit by a truck. And I instantly put my head down and my hands in my face [...] my brain was like, 'Oh my god, my face has been caved in and my nose has been broken'".
She said that he "didn't see it coming" due to the bright stage lights obscuring her vision.
"If it hit me in the eye, I could have lost an eye," Howe said - while sporting two black eyes. "I still can't believe it. Out of 20,000 people, it was me."
Howe also told the Adelaide Advertiser that the after she started bleeding from the impact, she started to hyperventilate and had to be pulled to the side by an off-duty police officer.
And after Howe's story trended on social media, Rose personally responded to the incident, saying: "It's come to my attention that a fan may have been hurt at our show in Adelaide, Australia possibly being hit by the microphone at the end of the show when I traditionally toss the mic to the fans."
"If true obviously we don't want anyone getting hurt or to somehow in anyway hurt anyone at any of our show anywhere.
'Having tossed the mic at the end of our show for over 30 years we always felt it was a known part of the very end of our performance that fans wanted and were aware of to have an opportunity to catch the mic.
"Regardless in the interest of public safety from now on we'll refrain from tossing the mic or anything to fans during or at our performances."
Rose was also sure to stress that there was no negative intentions behind the mic throw, and that this incident was simply an unfortunate accident: "Unfortunately there are those that for their own reasons chose to frame their reporting regarding this subject in a more negative n' irresponsible out of nowhere light which couldn't be farther from reality.
"We hope the public and of course fans get that sometimes happens."
