William Beckett to perform benefit show for Andy Mrotek on Stageit
After the recent injuries former Academy Is drummer Andy Mrotek sustained from an assault, ex-frontman-turned-solo-artist William Beckett will be performing a live show via stageit.com with all the proceeds from the show going to benefit Mrotek's upcoming time in the hostpital.
Mrotek was allegedly assaulted while walking in the Humboldt Park area of Milwaukee, WI. According to his tweets, Mrotek got "jumped," which included a vase's getting smashed in his face and kicked in his eyes. The injuries the former The Academy Is... drummer cites are: a broken jaw (in 5 places), fractured orbitals and lacerations that required 25 stitches. He says he will undergo plastic surgery in a week, presumably to fix the facial damage sustained from the injuries.
Read a statement from Beckett below:
"Last week, my good friend and musical brother Andy Mrotek was jumped and attacked by multiple people, leaving him in need of reconstructive surgery. As procedures like this are very expensive, I wa...
