Fred Durst Says Seven Stitches Were No Big Deal

12/02/2003 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is finally talking about the recent incident when was hit in the face with an unidentified object on November 21 while performing at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Durst was hit so hard it took seven stitches to close the gash.

However, at the band's official website, Durst posted a message downplaying the event, saying: "Oh my gosh! Stop the press! Headlines are coming! Fred Durst has a weeeeee cut on his chin! Must have been some fan/band violence eh? Come on now. I went into the pit in NY and climbed onto a railing and was in the line of fire when an unknown object hit me in the chin. As I kept singing I felt a hot gush of something running down my neck and onto my hand. I looked down and sure enough I was bleeding like mad."

He added that the onsite paramedics suggested he should get stitches, but since the band still had five more songs to do he soldiered on. He claims the paramedics cleaned the wound and a doctor gave him seven micro stitches following the show. He also noted, "When the show was over there was no trip to the hospital as I've heard... The next evening I had a tetanus shot in my arm that hurt like a motherf--ker! My arm was sore for two days!" The stitches were removed on November 28.

Limp Bizkit finished up the Back2Basics tour with Korn in Toronto last Friday (November 28). On Wednesday (December 3), the band will kick off a series of shows in Japan and Thailand.

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