Soundwave ‘Flare Girl’ Speaks Out

A young girl claiming to be the teenager who was burnt by a flare at Soundwave yesterday has spoken out for the first time on her blog today.

Titled 'Girl With A Pug', the author – whose identity could not be confirmed at this time – wrote that her injuries have been exaggerated and that the injury occurred when the flare landed on her shoulder. She says it was not a result of melted plastic.

The post (which features graphic images) reads, “So yesterday at Sydney Soundwave, during Bring Me The Horizon someone decided to let off a flare in the middle of the mosh, that was all well and good, as I was one person away from the barrier. Until someone decided to throw one towards the stage, this just happening to hit me on the shoulder, realising I'd been burnt, I was then pushed to the ground by the crowd, almost landing on the damn flare.

“Luckily a guy who I didn't even get to see helped me up. I then had to scream at the security at the front to help me out, at which point they couldn't because the crowd was freaking out and I was pinned to the barrier. after finally getting pulled out I was then directed out to go back to the normal crowd, and yelled at by multiple security for heading towards the first aid tent side of the stage, until a whole lot of swearing and trying to get someone to actually stop for five seconds and realise, I was finally sent to the tent.

She continues,“Kudos to the man who looked after me, I don't think there was a whole 60 seconds that he wasn't putting saline on my shoulder and tried to clean it, we then had to walk all the way over to the base camp for first aid, where I basically stood under a shower for ten minutes to clean it a little, my shoulder was then dressed and I was told to go to hospital.

“Due to my living in Newcastle they told us to drive home and go to John Hunter [Hospital]. So after the 20 minute walk back to the car, the two hour or so drive home, I got to Belmont Hospital, where it was poked and prodded to see if they could actually even stitch it up, which luckily they could, so a few stitches later and a 1am trip to work for some dinner, I find myself snuggled in bed with the comfort of my pug.”

She finished with: “I AM NOT DISFIGURED. IT WAS MY SHOULDER. NOT MY FOREARM. IT WAS NOT MELTED PLASTIC. IT WAS THE FLARE ITSELF.”

The internet has been on something of a manhunt today after Soundwave's promoter AJ Maddah raged on Twitter for the identity/identities of the punters who let off the flares. An unverified image of a male letting off a firework is currently being circulated.