Jimmy Buffett took a tumble off stage in Australia and sent to the hospital for treatment of a head injury.
Buffett was allegedly blinded by a bright spotlight during an encore performance of ‘Lovely Cruise” and fell off the stage. It was a full ten seconds before anyone in the audience beyond the front row area knew he had even had an accident. A concert goer in the front row claims Buffett hit the ground head first. He subsequently remained unconscious for five to ten minutes.
The hospital reports Buffett is responsive and in stable condition. He will remain hospitalized for observation.
I realize the guy is a free spirit--that is one of the reasons I like him so much--but he is 64 years old. Is that not a little too old to be bouncing around the stage like he is forty years younger? This is not the first time I have critiqued aging rock stars for not slowing it down in the twilight years lest they embarrass themselves at best and injure themselves at worst, but this is the first time I have said it about a performer who I really enjoy, antics and all. So I mean business here.
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