Never undervalue the determined vengeance of a Jay-Z fan.
Kidding by, Oasis guitar player and honcho songwriter Noel Gallagher was admitted to a hospital in Toronto Sunday night after a man rushed the stage and attacked the British rocker, departure him with a perchance fractured costa and suspected ligament damage.
The incident took place at Toronto's 2008 V Festival, in the middle of the group's performance of "Morning Glory."
As caught on video, a man rushed up from the back up of the stage and pushed a clearly unsuspecting Gallagher downcast onto his sound equipment.
The man then made a lunge toward Noel's bandmate and brother, Liam Gallagher, but is caught by security in front he's capable to make contact.
Liam Gallagher attempted to reciprocate the attack on his and his sibling's behalf, simply was held back, and the assaulter dragged backstage, before he could do so.
According to the band's official site, Noel "fell heavily onto his proctor speakers" as a result of the attack.
After the incident, the performance was halted and the stage cleared. About 15 minutes later, the band returned to the crowd of 25,000 to finish out their set, with the injured Gallagher tattle the audience that the attack had added "a little hullabaloo" to the night.
The musician was taken to the hospital immediately after the concert, one of the last on their today potentially truncate North American tour, and the attacker, a man in his 30s whose name has not been released, was taken into police custody and is expected to be charged with assault.
A festival spokesman called the incident a "security breach" and a spokesman for the band seemed extremely accepting of the event.
"Oasis understand sometimes these things happen," he said.
It has, in fact, happened before.
Back in 1994, Noel was punched in the face during a gig in Newcastle when a dissatisfied fan jumped onstage. The night concluded with a full-blown hearing riot.
Just deuce dates on the face of it remain on Oasis' North American duty tour, with the next show scheduled to take place in London, Ontario, on Tuesday night. While the band has not yet cancelled the show, they have informed fans to keep tabs on their website, where they will announce whatever change of plans.
The wooden leg officially wraps in New York on Friday in front returning to the U.K.
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