TOOTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER BEING HIT IN THE HEAD WITH BOTTLE WHILE ON STAGE IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA!!

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, frontman for the legendary reggae band The Maytals, was hospitalized in Richmond, VA for injuries sustained while performing at the Dominion Riverrock festival on Saturday May 18, 2013. An audience member hurled an empty glass bottle at the performer, striking him in the forehead and subsequently forcing Hibbert to leave the stage ending the show 38 minutes prematurely. The band was performing their classic version of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” from 1973’s In the Dark when the incident occurred. Hibbert was able to leave the stage of his own ability.