Slipknot’s Sid Wilson has been hospitalised after sustaining “serious burns” to his face and arms in a farming accident.
The turntablist revealed his gruesome injuries in a series of Instagram posts on Friday (August 23), showing second-degree burns all over his upper body, with a nurse tending to his wounds.
The incident occurred while Wilson was working on the farm that he and his girlfriend Kelly Osbourne own, with Kelly saying in one video, “This is why you don’t fuck with burn piles. He literally set himself on fire, exploded everything.”
“Ouch,” Wilson captioned one video, in which he is in a hospital bed and says he was “singed everywhere, my eyebrows are singed, my mouth is blistered, both my arms are pretty bad”.
“I’m gonna be alright you guys, and I don’t care what it takes, I will see you on tour,” he added.
The band also posted on Instagram, writing: “Our brother Sid Wilson was in an accident today and sustained burns across his body. He’s recovering with his family and will still join us on stage at Rocklahoma next weekend. He thanks everyone for the well wishes, and will see you all soon.”
Slipknot are currently on their ‘Here Comes The Pain’ tour of North America, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of their 1999 self-titled debut album. They have been playing the record in full, including at a show at New York’s Madison Square Garden, which you can watch in full here.
For all of the anniversary shows, the band have revived their classic look, bringing back the red jumpsuits and elements of their early masks.
Speaking to NME about their plans for their shows and the future, Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan said late last year: “In 25 years of writing seven albums, we’ve allowed ourselves to do anything and everything we want. We do what we want, as much as we want, when we want, how we want. I’m ready to move on from what has been, and move onto a world that I know needs to be. For instance, normally we’d have about two years on and one-and-a-half years off — we’re not doing that anymore.
He continued: “We’re going back to basics. I’m ready to kick everybody in the face again! I’m ready to do a 100-person venue again! I’m ready to do a 500-person venue. We want to play in front of 500 people, but there are a lot of factors that will mean it can’t happen. We’re at the point where we’ve got to ensure safety.”
“As far as the new album, that’s happening, but that’s another plan. These live dates are coming first and we’re here to have a good time. This band has never been happier, and that takes a lot because we’ve been through a lot — drugs, women, money, fame, ego, isolation. But we are on track.”
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