Axl Rose ends Guns N' Roses concert ritual after fan 'hurt' by microphone toss into crowd

Axl Rose is holding on to his microphone, for now.

The Gun N' Roses frontman penned a lengthy statement on Twitter following a report that one fan at a concert in Australia was injured after Axl tossed the mic into the crowd — a longstanding tradition signaling the end of a GNR show.

"It's come to my attention that a fan may have been hurt at r show in Adelaide Australia possibly being hit by the microphone at the end of the show when I traditionally toss the mic to the fans," he wrote.

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After the band's final song, "Paradise City," Rose threw the microphone into the sea of people at Adelaide Oval last week, and allegedly struck Rebecca Howe in the face. Howe said she suffered two black eyes.

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"If true obviously we don’t want anyone getting hurt or to somehow in anyway hurt anyone at any of r shows anywhere," Axl wrote.

"Having tossed the mic at the end of r show for over 30 years we always felt it was a known part of the very end of r performance that fans wanted and were aware of to have an opportunity to catch the mic."

He added, "Regardless in the interest of public safety from now on we’ll refrain from tossing the mic or anything to the fans during or at r performances."

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"Unfortunately there r those that for their own reasons chose to frame their reporting regarding this subject in a more negative n’ irresponsible out of nowhere light which couldn’t b farther from reality. We hope the public and of course r fans get that sometimes happens.

"A BIG THANKS to everyone for understanding."

Hundreds of GNR fans responded to Rose's tweet with dismay. One follower wrote it was "one of the greatest days/nights" of their lives after they caught the mic during a Guns N' Roses show.

Howe told Adelaide Advertiser after the incident, "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."

The band — including Slash, Duff McKagan, Dizzy Reed, Richard Fortus, Frank Ferrer and Melissa Reese — is heading to New Zealand for two more tour stops on their highly anticipated 2020 tour, which was postponed due to the pandemic. They'll end the Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour in London at Hyde Park on June 30, 2023.

Armed bystander in Florida stops attack on pregnant woman

An armed bystander intervened to stop a brutal attack on a pregnant woman at a Publix parking lot in Florida.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said 27-year-old Cole Joseph Danisment became angry with the mother of his unborn child and began brutally beating her in a Publix parking lot Saturday, punching her in the face several times during the attack, according to a report from WFLA.

Danisment continued his attack after the victim, who was 14 weeks pregnant with his child at the time, even after she fell to the ground, stomping on her head and upper body. 

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Police say at the point a witness near the attack believed it was "so brutal in nature" that he feared for the woman's life, spurring him to intervene by pulling out his firearm on Danisment and causing him to stop the attack.

Officers responding at the scene say the attack left the woman "covered in large amounts of blood," and may have resulted in a broken nose.

The victim and Danismen were dating for about a year leading up to the incident and had lived together for about a month, but the was put under a no-contact order after being arrested on a domestic battery against the victim in October and showing a pattern of violence toward her.

Police say Danisment did not deny the attack, instead claiming that he "saw red" and blacked out.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment.