Friday, December 5, 2025

Leona Lewis’ girl given her purpose in music again

Leona Lewis feels she has a purpose in the music industry again since becoming a mom. The 40-year-old singer...

Latest Posts

Rock star whose band supported Oasis dead at 40

Justin Baren, whose band The Redwalls opened for Oasis, has passed away at age 40. The rock musician was...

Bruno Mars nearly scrapped smash hit Lady Gaga duet Die With A Smile

Bruno Mars nearly pulled the plug on his and Lady Gaga’s hit Die With A Smile. His collaborator, James...

Alex Warren and Gigi Perez unite on new version of Eternity

Alex Warren has joined forces with rising star Gigi Perez to deliver a powerful new rendition of Eternity. The...

Ed Sheeran has ‘one more big tour in me’ before settling down

Ed Sheeran admits he's got "one more big tour in me". The Shape of You hitmaker, 34, is one...

Marilyn Manson refused to use Dave Grohl’s throne

Marilyn Manson refused to use Dave Grohl’s throne after getting hurt on stage.

The shock rocker was hospitalised in 2017 when a stage prop – a pair of giant pistols – fell on top of him at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom, and left him having to cancel several gigs.

Speaking on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music show, Manson said: "So I’ve 10 titanium pins on my leg. Right here ten, just goes from here to here and they’re still there.

"They’re going to be there forever, but I had to do a year and a half of rehab while on tour. I did a tour with it.

"Then Dave Grohl and Axl Rose graciously offered their chairs. And I said no and I found this electric wheelchair that rose up. And I tried to make it into part of the show and it was not a fun time at all."

The throne in question was first used by Foo Fighters frontman Dave after he broke his leg in 2015, and Guns N’ Roses legend Axl borrowed it when he did the same the following year.

The ‘Tainted Love’ singer opted against using the prop though, and he insisted his leg "doesn’t bother" him anymore.

He added: "It doesn’t bother me now. It’s actually more of a bionic leg and it doesn’t go off at airports either, which is strange. If anyone’s heavy metal it’s my leg, it’s full heavy metal."

The 51-year-old star also opened up on how he avoided taking painkillers after the accident, and explained his reasoning after taking them "recreationally" in the past.

He said: "I didn’t take them. I mean I did initially while I was in the hospital, so in the operation.

"But being that I had taken them in the past which increased it to recreational use I didn’t want to fall prey to that. So I just didn’t do it.

"I mean it hurts, but once your pain receptors in your brain, it changes the way you think all your cortisol, the dopamine, everything in your brain it changes."

Latest Posts

Rock star whose band supported Oasis dead at 40

Justin Baren, whose band The Redwalls opened for Oasis, has passed away at age 40. The rock musician was...

Bruno Mars nearly scrapped smash hit Lady Gaga duet Die With A Smile

Bruno Mars nearly pulled the plug on his and Lady Gaga’s hit Die With A Smile. His collaborator, James...

Alex Warren and Gigi Perez unite on new version of Eternity

Alex Warren has joined forces with rising star Gigi Perez to deliver a powerful new rendition of Eternity. The...

Ed Sheeran has ‘one more big tour in me’ before settling down

Ed Sheeran admits he's got "one more big tour in me". The Shape of You hitmaker, 34, is one...

Don't Miss

The Last Dinner Party’s guitarist Emily Roberts reveals how George Harrison inspired her

The Last Dinner Party's Emily Roberts has revealed how late Beatle George Harrison inspired her writing. The 26-year-old...

Jessie J details ’emotional and celebratory years of my life’ on new album Don’t Tease Me With A Good Time

Jessie J has released her long-awaited new album, Don't Tease Me With A Good Time, her first full-length project in almost eight...

JoJo Siwa unwraps new holiday single Message to the World (Little Drummer Girl)

JoJo Siwa is ringing in the festive season with the release of her brand-new holiday single, Message to the World (Little Drummer...

Ronnie Wood leads lineup for Jools Holland’s Hootenanny 2025

Jools Holland’s annual Hootenanny is set to ring in the New Year with a star-studded lineup, led by Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood.

Nikki Sixx ‘proud’ of Vince Neil for having the ‘courage’ to return to stage after stroke

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx has praised frontman Vince Neil for having the "courage" and determination to return to the stage after suffering...

Stay in touch

To be updated with all the latest news, offers and special announcements.