Axl Rose Injures Fan At Adelaide Guns N’ Roses’ Show

Frontman of Guns N Roses, Axl Rose, has left a fan injured after throwing his microphone into the crowd at a gig in Adelaide on Tuesday night. 

Rebecca Howe spoke to the Adelaide Advertiser, telling the story of how she got hit. 

“I was in Diamond Standing, so it wasn’t even right at the front, and it was the very last song, Take Me Down To Paradise City,” Ms Howe said.

“He took a bow, and then he launched the microphone out to the crowd … and then bang, right on the bridge of my nose.”

“My mind went, ‘Oh my God, my face is caved in,” she said.

Another fan scooped up the microphone while Howe went into a state of shock, fearing her nose had been broken by the impact. 

“There was this huge kerfuffle as this man tried to get the microphone … he held it up like a victory, ‘I got it, I got it’, while I was trying to keep my composure,” she said.

“An off-duty police officer pulled me to the side because I was in shock and hyperventilating, my mind went, ‘Oh my God, my face is caved in’.

This is not the first time that the trigger-happy frontman has caused an injury to an audience member.

In 2013, Perth man Darren Wright launched legal action to pay for $5000 in dental costs after a flying microphone damaged his two front teeth during Guns N’ Roses’ Australian tour opener.

While Ms Howe escaped serious injury, she said she is concerned for others’ safety as the band continues its run of shows across the country.

“It worries me, they’re going to Melbourne on the 3rd – what if he throws the microphone again into the crowd and something worse happens?” Howe said.

“What if it was a couple of inches to the right or left? I could have lost an eye … what if it hit me in the mouth and I broke my teeth? If my head was turned and it hit me in the temple, it could have killed me.”

It's unclear at this stage if Ms Howe is taking legal action.