SLASH ATTACKED ON STAGE DURING CONCERT!

Rocker Slash has laughed off a stage invasion during a concert in Milan, Italy on Thursday night, insisting he's fine but his guitar was broken in the fracas.

The guitar great was forced to halt his show when an over-zealous fan climbed onstage and tackled him as he started up a rendition of Guns 'N Roses anthem Sweet Child O' Mine.

The burly fan almost knocked the rocker over as he lunged at him and then was tackled off the stage by security.

Slash composed himself and tried to play on, but realized his guitar neck had been snapped and had to call for a replacement instrument.

After the show, the Velvet Revolver star said, "It was a rowdy crowd, for sure, but amazing. The guy who nailed me didn't take me down but he busted my poor guitar. Ah well... it was a kick-ass rock show."

RAPPER X-RAIDED STABBED IN PRISON!

Incarcerated rapper X-RAIDED has been hospitalised in California after he was stabbed seven times by a gang of fellow inmates, according to reports. The hip-hop star - real name Anerae Brown - is serving a 31-year sentence for his part in a deadly shooting in 1992 which left one woman dead, but he has managed to release 13 albums since he was jailed. The rapper is said to have been targeted by three men armed with crude home-made weapons at Pleasant Valley State Prison in California. The trio allegedly stabbed him seven times after Brown refused to produce an album for them, according to Allhiphop.com.

A source tells the website, "They wanted him to produce and release their rap album. We're talking about inmates serving life without the possibility of parole. (They wanted) to be rap stars, and (felt) so rejected to the point of wanting to kill him in an attempt to gain some fame. It's absurd." The rapper was airlifted to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno , California. His condition is currently unknown, while the men allegedly involved in the attack have reportedly been charged with attempted murder.

Pearl Jam bassist attacked outside Southern Tracks.

Police confirmed Wednesday that Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament was assaulted and robbed recently in the parking lot of a Clairmont Road recording studio in the Atlanta area.

A police report was not made available Wednesday night, but Rolling Stone magazine reported the incident occurred April 27 outside Southern Tracks, where the Seattle-based band is completing its ninth studio album.

According to the magazine, Ament and another man were jumped by three assailants waiting in the woods.

Wearing black masks and brandishing knives, the attackers smashed the windows of a rented Jeep and demanded money. Ament was robbed of $3,000, his passport and $4,320 worth of goods, the report said.

The bassist attempted to run away but was knocked to the ground, sustaining a cut on the head that did not require hospitalization. The robbers drove off in a black Nissan Maxima.

A surveillance camera captured the assault but no arrests have been made.

Southern Tracks is the home base of famed producer Brendan O’Brien, who is collaborating with Pearl Jam for a second time. Several major artists have recorded with O’Brien in his Atlanta studio, including Bruce Springsteen (2002’s “The Rising” and 2007’s “Magic”).

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SINGER PATRICK WOLF ATTACKED AT MADONNA CONCERT!

Singer PATRICK WOLF has accused security staff at a recent MADONNA concert of assaulting him and his boyfriend for sharing a kiss in public. The gay British star claims he was handcuffed and "beaten up" by bouncers outside London's Wembley Arena after they threw him out for smooching his partner while watching Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour in September (08).
And Wolf, who was bedridden and forced to take painkillers while he recovered, insists the alleged attack was committed because of the pair's sexuality.

He tells music blog EQ, "Three songs in, me and my man were kissing and there were loads of conservative straight couples around us that complained. And then the bouncers came up to me and said, 'Can you stop that? This is a family venue.' No joke... "The bouncer said, 'You know we can do this the easy way or the violent way' and I said, 'I'm staying so you do whatever you want.' And then they just grabbed both of us. We were beaten up outside Wembley, handcuffed. These guys were like football bouncers.

"The police came and it just went on and on and on. My man's face covered in blood. I couldn't move for like a month. I had to lie in bed on painkillers for ages. They totally twisted my arm and my legs - it was just mad. "They are currently researching the CCTV - it's just really nuts. We basically got beaten up by the police." And as a result of the incident, the Bluebells hitmaker has vowed never again to listen to the Material Girl.

He adds, "You know it means I can't be bothered to listen to Madonna ever again - which is good because it means I have more time for better music. You live and you learn. "You get into scraps with bouncers the whole time, but that was one step up because there were like seven of them and they just wanted to have a go because they were bored. There was a lot of quite homophobic s**t going down which I was really p**sed about seeing - it was a Madonna concert, y'know!"