Josh Homme says he was "lost in performance" when kicking a female photographer
Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has responded after footage of him appearing to kick a female photographer appeared online.
UPDATE: Homme has shared a new video statement, which you can watch below:
— QOTSA (@qotsa) December 11, 2017
Original post: During the band's eventful set at the KROQ Almost Acoustic show in California, Homme struck the camera of Shutterstock photographer Chelsea Lauren. He also reportedly insulted the crowd and Muse (who were following Queens Of The Stone Age on the lineup), and cut his own face with a knife.
"It was obviously very intentional," Lauren told Variety of the kick. "The next thing I know his foot connects with my camera and my camera connects with my face, really hard. He looked straight at me, swung his leg back pretty hard and full-blown kicked me in the face."
Lauren was taken to hospital for her injuries (she was released the morning after), and she says she plans to report the incident to the police. She also says that she's not heard from Queens Of The Stone Age or representatives at this stage.
Homme has since posted a statement online apologising for his actions and saying that he was in "in a state of being lost in performance". Read his statement below.
— QOTSA (@qotsa) December 10, 2017
You can see footage of the incident and read an update from Lauren after.
A post shared by Chelsea Lauren (@chelsealaurenla) on Dec 9, 2017 at 11:38pm PST
A post shared by Chelsea Lauren (@chelsealaurenla) on Dec 10, 2017 at 11:22am PST
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