Musicrooms.net: Blunt Has No Time For Emergency Surgey

Blunt Has No Time For Emergency Surgey
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Menho Donoghue on 29 April, 2008
 
Well, I guess that was fairly obvious, considering all he actually said at the
time was "I broke my little finger. I somehow managed to do it whilst I was
jumping off stage during a gig in America". Now it turns out that the break was
quite a bad one, and if the singer doesn't receive surgery soon he'll never be
able to play the piano again. Unfortunately for him, his current touring (and
partying) schedule doesn't allow for trips to the hospital. "I need it fixed. I
need all my fingers to work properly. Not just for performing but for partying",
he told The Sun.
The singer was mobbed at the end of a gig in Asheville, North Carolina last
month, causing the break: "I jumped off stage at the end of the gig and was
chased by women, and even some men, in the crowd. I started running and the next
thing I knew I had broken my finger. It was a funny moment being chased, but
when I got back on stage it was nerve-racking looking down and realising the
finger was pointing the wrong way. I need it to be right but the idea of having
them take a hammer and smash my finger into two isn't so thrilling". Somehow, I
think he may have misunderstood what the surgery entails. Or he's got a really
bad doctor.
Blunt had some handy advice for any other musicians considering following him
into the heady world of rock n roll mayhem: "Upon reflection, it was dumb to
jump into the crowd but in a way it was my own fault. I had leather-soled shoes
on and just slipped". So, remember kids, don't mess around when it comes to
shoes.