MÖTLEY CRÜE Drummer TOMMY LEE Burned At Concert In Wyoming

October 13, 2005

The Associated Press is reporting that MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee was burned when a pyrotechnics stunt went wrong at a concert in Casper, Wyo., police said.

Lee played one more song after he was injured toward the end of Wednesday night's show, said Sgt. Doug Beran of the Casper Police Department, who responded to the incident. But another band member came out after a short break and said the concert had to be cut short because of the drummer's injuries, Beran said.

Lee — the former husband of one-time "Baywatch" babe Pamela Anderson — was taken to a hospital for treatment but was not badly injured, he said.

The sergeant declined to discuss details of Lee's injuries, citing privacy considerations.

A spokeswoman for the Wyoming Medical Center said she had no information on Lee, 42, but referred calls to the musician's publicist.

Lee's publicist could not be reached for comment late Wednesday.

Tom Morton, a reporter for the Casper Star-Tribune who attended the concert, said Lee appeared to be injured when sparks began flying as he swung above the stage suspended from a wire, back and forth between several drum sets. Another witness, Del Kinswoman, described the pyrotechnics as Roman candles.

MÖTLEY CRÜE was scheduled to perform in Bismarck, N.D. on Friday and in Rapid City, S.D. on Saturday, according to the group's web site.

The band is best known for 1980s hits including "Girls, Girls, Girls", "Smokin' in the Boys Room" and "Home Sweet Home".

Lee served about four months in jail after he pleaded no contest to kicking Anderson while she held their baby son, Dylan, in February 1998. The couple, who were married in 1995, divorced that same year. They had two children together.

Lee recently starred in the NBC reality television show "Tommy Lee Goes to College", which followed him as he attended classes and auditioned for the marching band at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

One hundred people died and more than 200 others were injured in February 2003 when pyrotechnics sparked a blaze at a Providence, R.I. club where the rock band GREAT WHITE was performing.

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