Rob Thomas accidentally hits colleague with microphone

Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas accidentally hit the band's guitarist Paul Doucet in the head with a microphone stand during a performance, breaking the headphones he uses during concerts.

The incident occurred on August 16th at a performance at the Illinois State Fair. A video that has surfaced on social media shows Thomas swinging a microphone stand several times before accidentally hitting Dussett.

After the guitarist briefly left the stage to seek help, Tomas addressed the audience and admitted that he felt very bad about what had happened.

"I'm here every night swinging this damn rack. He hit him. And really hard. My best friend in the world, and I think I almost killed him. I feel terrible about this," the singer said, adding that the idea of ​​swinging the rack seemed good to him until he hit his colleague.

Duset soon returned to the stage, and in a joking tone, he called out Tomas for his long-standing habit of swinging his easel during performances.

"I don't know how many times I told you not to swing that damn thing. I knew it was only a matter of time. It's been 30 years," the guitarist said, noting that it might be safer to move back to the back of the stage after all.

After the concert, Duset posted a video from the band's bus, showing crew members trying to remove a piece of a broken earphone from his ear. As they helped him, he explained that Tomas had hit him with a stand and that a piece of the earphone had become lodged in his ear.

After they managed to get a piece out, Duset shouted with laughter:

"Damn Rob!".

Thomas later apologized to him once again, promising to continue doing so "for a whole month."

"Matchbox Twenty" is expected to play two more shows in North America in September, while the band will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of their debut album "Yourself or Someone Like You" this fall.