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A 5 Seconds Of Summer fan was injured by a flying drumstick at the band's concert on Saturday (01.08.15).
The fan, who uses the name Mady Joe on Twitter, took to the social media website to reveal she was left with a gash to the head after being hit by the stick drummer Ashton Irwin hurled into the crowd during the show.
Along with a photo of her injury, she tweeted: "When you get hit in the face with Ashton's drumstick @Ashton5SOS (sic)"
Mady required stitches to close the wound but despite her injury she had a great time at the gig.
Ashton saw the tweet and the response of concerned fellow 5SOS fans and took to his own Twitter account to apologise for hurting her.
He wrote: "Apparently a girl got hit by a drum stick tonight ... I can not express how incredibly sorry I am... I am so sorry 🙁 (sic)"
Perhaps the rowdiness of the crowd at the show inspired Ashton to hurl his drumstick as he revealed on Twitter the crowd at the concert when Mady's injury occurred had "rocked the hardest ever".
He wrote: "You gave us your whole heart and soul tonight twin cities and we can't thank you enough, you rocked the hardest ever ... Thank you (sic)"
The injury suffered by Mady is the latest medical emergency to occur on the group's 'Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour'.
5SOS guitarist Michael Clifford was burned by pyrotechnics during the band's concert at London's SSE Wembley Arena in June and at first he was scared he would lose the sight in one of his eyes.
Michael said: "It was so scary. I walked into an open flame. It was huge and Callum (Hood) got burned as well. At first I couldn't open my eye. I thought I'd lost my sight."

Corey Taylor thinks pop music is "insulting to musicians".
The Slipknot vocalist is annoyed that artists with "more talent" who get "less attention" are not getting the credit they deserve for their work, while pop musicians "let a computer do all the work for them" and has compared it to "listening to a f***ing piece of wood".
He said: "It's so auto-tuned, it's so beat-corrected, it's so canned and processed and lifeless... I mean, you might as well be listening to a f***ing piece of wood at that point."
He added: "To watch these people basically let a computer go through the motions and do all the work for them, it's insulting to everyone out there who has more talent and less attention."
The 'Wait and Bleed' rocker feels so passionate about his music that he says he literally "bleed and dies for it every night" and puts everything he has into being the best he can.
He told Kerrang! magazine: "It bothers me, because I put so much into everything I do, I put so much into my music - I bleed for it and die for it every god damn night, you know?"

The Faces are reuniting for a one-off charity show.
Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones have announced they will headline the Rock 'n' Horsepower event at Hurtwood Park Polo Club in Surrey, south-east England on September 5, marking their first performance since the death of keyboardist Ian McLagan aged 69 in December.
Kenney - who helped organise the third annual event - said: "This is the third Rock 'n' Horsepower we've put on for Prostate Cancer UK and it's shaping up to be the biggest yet.
"The years of The Faces were some of the best of my life and I'm so proud to have been a part of the band. I'm unbelievably excited to have the opportunity to get up on stage with Rod and Ronnie again."
The band reformed for a string of dates with Simply Red's Mick Hucknall on lead vocals instead of Rod Stewart in 2010 and 2011 and although a full reunion had been teased for some time, Ronnie previously blamed Rod's management for the delay.
The 'Stay With Me' hitmakers - whose bassist Ronnie Lane passed away in 1997 - were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 where they were set to reunite but Rod pulled out of the performance due to illness.

Liam Payne thinks One Direction "needs a little bit of a break".
The 21-year-old singer has hinted the band plan to take some time off following the release of their fifth studio album later this year.
He said: "You know, I think everyone needs a little bit of a break now, and a sit down and a stop, to kind of take in all the great things that've happened."
The news comes just two months after several publications reported the group - also featuring Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson - would be taking some time away from the band, which Liam actively denied at the time.
He told BANG Showbiz: "We won't be going anywhere for a while, so I don't know where that's brewed from."
But the 'Steal My Girl' hitmakers seem to have had a change of heart, and Liam - who is dating his childhood friend Sophia Smith - wants to write music for other artists and spend some time back at home.
Asked what he wants to do during their time off, he said: "There's loads of things. I've been writing a lot on the road at the moment, not for me, just for other people. I've been doing a lot of things, you know trying to get into the producing side of it which is pretty cool.
"I guess I'm going to go home and chill for a little bit. Everyone's asking if I'm gonna go away on holiday, but I've been everywhere, so I kind of just wanna go home! I honestly do miss living in Wolverhampton."
Nevertheless, the group - who premiered the first single 'Drag Me Down' from their fifth studio album last week - are excited for the release of their next LP, which they have only recently completed work on.
Liam told Free Radio host Adam Wilbourn: "The album was recorded, we finished two days ago, which has taken like a month to record and a month or so to write."

Justin Bieber has pulled out of his headline slot at Fusion Festival.
The 21-year-old singer was set to perform his first UK show in two years at the Birmingham-based festival - which is raising money for youth charity the Prince's Trust - later this month, but has axed his set due to "an unforeseen issue".
He wrote on Twitter: "To all my UK beliebers...Due to an unforeseen issue I will be unable to perform at the Fusion Festival on August 28th. I support the Prince's Trust wholeheartedly and I am deeply disappointed I won't be able to perform. I look forward to the opportunity to give my UK beliebers a great show in the near future, and hope to honor my commitment to Trust at that time. (sic)"
In subsequent tweets, the 'Boyfriend' hitmaker - who will release his new single 'What Do You Mean' on August 28, the same day he was scheduled to perform in England - insisted it wasn't a decision he had taken "lightly" and promised he would return soon.
He added: "And now the Uk press will start to tear me apart. Comes with the job. Love u guys regardless and I will make this up to you.
"I do want to thank the prince's trust for their understanding and I don't take moving any show lightly. I will see u soon UK.
"Back to the studio. Need to finish this album. Might have a name (sic)."
Other acts still scheduled to perform at the three-day event at the end of the month include Tinie Tempah, Rudimental, McBusted, Rixton, Clean Bandit, Labrinth, Ella Henderson, DJ Fresh, Dappy and Sigma amongst others, with organisers working to "secure another exciting act" to replace Justin.
They wrote on Facebook: "We are now working hard to secure another exciting act for the festival and will hopefully have some news shortly."

Lenny Kravitz's trousers split open on stage on Monday (03.08.15), exposing himself to the crowd.
The 51-year-old rocker was left red-faced following his performance in Stockholm, Sweden, when his leather trousers ripped open along the crotch revealing he was wearing no underwear and showing his bare genitalia to thousands of fans.
The 'Fly Away' hitmaker quickly realised he had accidentally flashed the crowd and rushed off stage to change into a new pair of trousers while a producer apologised for the delay in the concert.
One fan who was at the gig told local newspaper Expressen: "The producer stepped up and said that they had 'some problems on stage'. A bit later Kravitz came out wearing other trousers. He said 'Sorry, I ripped my trousers'.
"It was insane, I killed myself laughing. And then I called my mum who was there at the show as well. Her reaction was the same and she almost killed herself laughing too."
However, Lenny - who has 26-year-old daughter Zoe Kravitz - has since made light of the incident on Twitter by posting a screenshot of a message from Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler about the incident along with the hashtag "#penisgate".
In the message, Steven wrote: "Dude... No underwear and pierced. F**k me.. You never showed me that s**t."

Britney Spears' producer thinks it is "better" when pop stars mime.
Chris Braide, 42, worked with the 'Pretty Girls' singer on 2013 LP 'Britney Jean' and has defended the use of backing tracks during live performances.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz, Chris said: "Proper pop was much better when people mimed. As a producer, you spend weeks and weeks trying to make this thing sound absolutely perfect for people to listen to and love and then the poor artist goes on TV and is meant to sing it live in one take at nine in the morning. It's nonsense.
Britney, 33, is currently midway through a two-year-residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and Chris says the focus should be about putting on an amazing show.
He said: "Even Michael Jackson had things on track. It's about a show you know. It annoys me when people attack pop-stars. Pop stars are not there to be Mario Lanza (an American tenor), they're there to be a fantastic pop star."
Chris - who released his LP 'Universal Mind' with his band This Oceanic Feeling on music streaming service Spotify last month - added that he is proud of his work producing the "best vocals" the star has ever done at his Los Angeles studio.
He said: "We spent a day in the studio and the rest of the time I was editing and working back at my place. She was really sweet and really hard working. She stayed for hours giving me what I wanted and I put her through her paces, and I really do think I got one of the best vocals out of her that she's ever done.
"I was really proud of it. It was a lot of hard work, I spent five or six days just on the vocals, but I wanted to show everybody that she can really sing this."

Jimmy Cregan wants to show the south coast is a "haven for bada*s business" with his new hip-hop track.
The Jimmy's Iced Coffee founder has created a rap song, 'Keep Your Chin Up', which is inspired by Bournemouth, the place he has launched his business, and also stresses his desire to spread positive energy across the world.
And Jimmy had a great time filming the video for the track.
He said: "We wanted to show everyone across the planet that the UK, especially the South is a haven for badass business and what better way to throw that message out there than creating a sick hip hop track.
"Not only does it big up the south coast, it shows that we're an iced coffee company doing great stuff and that I can prove that I look like a complete idiot in a bandana."
Jimmy is so confident about the excitement his home region brings, he has even invited one of his fellow rappers to enjoy the delights.
He added to BANG Showbiz: "I would love to take Snoop Dogg for a sticky-icky-mister-whippy on Boscombe pier. Bring it!"
Jimmy felt recording the track and making the video would be much more fun than filming an advert for his company.
He said: "It was once said with great power, comes great responsibility. To this end, we are all about having a good time, all the time, so rather than pump our money into a TV ad, we wanted to pop a cap this summer with our own video to stay true to our hood. And true to form, me and the KYCU crew had a mother iced great time making this. We hope you enjoy!"
Jimmy's Iced Coffee is known for its three deliciously smooth and refreshing flavours: Original, Skinny and Mocha.
To watch the video for 'Keep Your Chin Up', visit www.jimmysicedcoffee.com/KYCU.

Cilla Black is set for a posthumous UK chart hit with 'Anyone Who Had A Heart'.
The Liverpool-born singer first released the cover of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's song in 1964, but it has reappeared in the midweek UK Singles Chart since her sudden death in Spain last weekend due to a Facebook campaign started by her fans.
The Facebook group is called 'Get Cilla Black Anyone Who Had A Heart to UK No 1' and was created last Sunday (02.08.15) soon after the news of her passing came out.
The group now has over 3,000 likes on the page, and the track has been downloaded thousands of times already.
A message on the Facebook page reads: "Buy the track, stream the track, let's get the track back to No1 for our lost national treasure."
Cilla - who was 72 when she died at her villa in Estepona, near Marbella - had 11 Top 10 hits throughout the 60s, including two number one singles with 'Anyone Who Had a Heart' and 'You're My World' in 1964.
She went on to become the country's most loved female TV presenter, fronting popular shows such as 'Blind Date' and 'Surprise Surprise', however, singing was Cilla's first love and the part of her career she was most proud of.
In a statement, her friend and Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney described Cilla's voice as "fine and distinctive".
He said: "Such a shock to hear about Cilla's passing. She was a lovely girl who infected everyone with her great spirit.
"From first meeting her as a cloakroom girl at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, to seeing her many times since, she always had a fun loving dignity that made her a great pleasure to be around.
"She had a fine distinctive voice and was always a bit of a laugh. It was a privilege to know and love her."