news of the weird ...

Taken from a Rolling Stone news article ... Be careful kids. One of my friends almost broke his nose when he headbanged his face right on to the railing in front if him at the Metallica / Guns n' Roses tour, but this is serious stuff.

KORN'S DAVIS NEARLY DIES OF HEADBANGING

After KORN singer JONATHAN DAVIS was forced to pull out of a performance at England's Download Festival -- the band was backed instead by guest vocalists from SLIPKNOT and AVENGED SEVENFOLD -- the frontman revealed that he has been diagnosed with the blood disorder immune thrombocytopenic purpura, which he detected when he noticed bruises all over his body. Doctors have instructed Davis not to perform for several weeks, forcing Korn to cancel their European tour. Davis stated on Korn's Web site, "If I continued to headbang onstage, I could have had a brain hemorrhage and dropped dead on the spot."

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Also, before I forget -- Ladytron, The Social, Sept. 21. Yeah.