The worst things to happen to musicians on stage

In December 2004 Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was shot dead by a fan while performing with his side-project Damageplan. The killer was killed by police afterwards in a shoot-out. Copyright [WENN]

Jackie suffered a heart attack on stage in September 1975 while performing his hit Lonely Teardrops. Sadly, the Reet Petite hitmaker never recovered and he later died in hospital in 1984 aged 49 after spending eight years in a coma. Copyright [Everett Collection/REX/Shutterstock]

The soul star was tragically paralysed from the neck down in 1990 when strong wind pushed stage lighting on top of him during a gig in Brooklyn, New York. He still released music afterwards but couldn’t play the guitar and died in 1999. Copyright [GLOBE PHOTOS/REX/Shutterstock]

The Starman hitmaker suffered an eye injury on stage in June 2004 in Oslo, Norway, when he was struck with a lollipop from the crowd which lodged between his eyeball and eye socket. One week later he suffered a heart attack backstage at a gig in Hamburg, Germany, after cutting the show short. Copyright [Henning Lillegaard/REX/Shutterstock]

Patti broke her neck when she fell off stage onto a concrete orchestra pit during a 1977 gig in Tampa, Florida. She admitted afterwards the incident made her feel like an “a******”. Copyright [Ray Stevenson/REX/Shutterstock]

Jedward’s Edward Grimes had to be rushed to hospital after collapsing on stage clutching his leg during a performance at T4 On The Beach. It later emerged he’d torn knee ligaments and required surgery. The incident was captured on live TV and was broadcast to millions.

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson once got a bucket of urine chucked over his head during a show at New York’s Shea Stadium in 1976.

He’s also been hit by a baseball, and had live ammunition and a used tampon thrown at him on stage. Copyright [James Fortune/REX/Shutterstock]

Iggy took things too far during the Stooges’ final live performance when they first broke up in 1974. The frontman got badly beaten up by a motorbike gang he’d challenged on the radio beforehand. The band were also pelted with urine, beer bottles and eggs and the gig recording was released as an album, Metallica K.O. Copyright [James Fortune/REX/Shutterstock]

Frank was playing a show in London in 1971 when he was pushed into a concrete orchestra pit by a guy who thought the singer was eyeing up his missus. He suffered a crushed larynx and head trauma. The week before an attendee fired a flare gun at his gig in Switzerland and the venue burned to the ground. Copyright [REX/Shutterstock]

Robbie was attacked and pushed off stage during a gig in Stuttgart, Germany, in 2001. A guy, who police said was believed to be suffering from psychiatric problems, charged at him from behind and knocked him five feet into the crowd. Copyright [James D. Morgan/REX/Shutterstock]

When Nirvana played the MTV Video Music Awards in 1992 Krist Novoselic tried his usual party trick of throwing his bass into the air and catching it. Sadly, he missed the guitar and the instrument smacked him on the head resulting in him being carted off to hospital. Copyright [Ian Dickson/REX/Shutterstock]

The heavy metal group cut short their gig in Montreal in 1992 after lead singer James Hetfield suffered second-degree burns to his face, hands and arms after a stage prop exploded. Copyright [Andre Csillag/REX/Shutterstock]

The Mystery Jets’ Blaine Harrison once had an “alcohol-induced fit” on stage at Tokyo’s Club Quattro in 2011 after downing a “f***ed up brand” of alcoholic beverage mezcal, a sort of older and stronger brother of tequila. Copyright [WENN.com]