Shocking moment Australian Guns N’ Roses fan is hit by Axl Rose’s microphone and left with two black eyes at Adelaide concert is filmed: ‘Blood everywhere’
An Australian woman has been injured at a Guns N’ Roses concert in Adelaide after being hit in the face with a microphone.
And now footage of the shocking moment Rebecca Howe was hit by lead singer Axl Rose’s microphone has emerged.
In the video, which was obtained by The Advertiser, rock star Axl, 60, tosses the microphone into the crowd then triumphantly raises his arms in the air.
An Australian woman was injured at a Guns N’ Roses concert in Adelaide after being hit in the face with a microphone and now footage of the shocking moment has emerged. Axl Rose is pictured
The moment of impact is not shown, but the video shows a minor kaffle in the crowd – presumably after it was hit.
Rose allegedly punched the woman in the face with her microphone after throwing her into the crowd at the end of the band’s final song.
Ms Howe told the Adelaide announcer the mic hit her on the bridge of her nose, leaving her bloody and hyperventilated.
The moment of impact is not shown, but the video shows a minor kaffuffle in the crowd – probably after she was hit
Pictured after the event, Ms Howe can be seen with severe bruising to her face, under both eyes and on her nose.
She told the publication she was smitten when Axl, real name William Bruce Rose Jr, threw his microphone into the crowd after finishing the song, Take Me Down To Paradise City.
After she was hit, Ms Howe said an off-duty police officer pulled her aside, tended to her and tried to stop the bleeding from her nose.
Rebecca Howe was injured after frontman Axl Rose accidentally hit her in the face with his microphone while throwing it into the crowd at the end of the band’s final song.
“I was in shock and hyperventilating,” Ms Howe said. ‘My mind went, ‘Oh my God, my face fell apart.’
She said she was concerned that other spectators could be injured as Guns N’ Roses continued their tour in Melbourne on December 3.
‘What if [the microphone] was a few centimeters to the right or to the left? “, She said.
“I could have lost an eye…if my head had been turned and it hit me in the temple, it could have killed me.”
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Guns N’ Roses management for comment.
After she was punched in the face, Ms Howe said an off-duty police officer took her aside and tended to her, and tried to stop the bleeding from her nose. Pictured: Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose on stage in California April
It’s not the first time an Australian fan has been injured at a Guns N’ Roses concert.
Perth’s Darren Wright was hit in the mouth causing damage to two of his front teeth during the band’s 2013 tour.
He later used the courts to seek compensation to recover the cost of $5,000 in dental expenses.
As Ms Howe tried to regain her composure, she said nearby concertgoers rushed to claim the microphone which was thrown into the crowd as a memento. 2017 tour in Perth
