5 Seconds of Summer guitarist’s on-stage head fire
5 Seconds of Summer guitarist Michael Clifford has reassured fans he is on the mend after his hair caught fire while performing live on stage.
The Australian band was forced to cut its show short while playing at London’s Wembley Arena on Saturday night, when Clifford walked got too close to a pyrotechnics display.
On Sunday Clifford posted on Twitter to let fans know he was recovering: “Hello world. im doing ok, thanks for worrying”, he wrote.
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A video on YouTube showed Clifford playing guitar on stage before walking into a fire display which sets his hair alight.
His head was up in flames as he ran off stage clutching it in pain.
Clifford’s bandmate, Ashton Irwin, told the crowd soon after that the show was over, MTV reported.
“Michael has hurt himself so we will not be continuing the show right now,” Irwin reportedly said.
“Just want to say thank you so much for coming. He is okay. You guys have been the best crowd we could ask for tonight. Thank you so much.”
Clifford and his band mates later posted photos and messages on social media apologising to fans for the incident and assured them he wasn’t badly injured.
Hello world. im doing ok 🙂 thanks for worrying!
A photo posted by Michael Clifford (@michaelgclifford) on
No one ever wants to see your best friend in the state I saw mike backstage. He’s a trooper and is ok. — Calum Hood (@Calum5SOS) June 13, 2015
Incredible show tonight for the most part, mikes in good spirits 🙂 Glad he’s all good! ❤️
— Luke Hemmings (@Luke5SOS) June 14, 2015
Fans were relieved to see Clifford return to the stage the next night and continue the tour.
Feeling loads better and my face is fine 🙂 excited for the show tonight \m/ — Michael Clifford (@Michael5SOS) June 14, 2015
there’s been a lot of love spread around lately, thank you all so much 🙂 all of us boys appreciate everything you do!
— Michael Clifford (@Michael5SOS) June 14, 2015
Thank you for tonight Wembley!! you were amazing 🙂
— Michael Clifford (@Michael5SOS) June 14, 2015
