by Music-News.com - April 23 2010 photo by Ros O'Gorman
The guy who attacked Noel Gallagher on stage in Canada had a good day.
Daniel Sullivan, the man who pushed Noel Gallagher on stage at the Canadian V Festival, has escaped a jail sentence.
Sullivan will instead serve a twelve month sentence in the community while under house arrest.
The prosecution were reported to be seeking a 6-8 month jail sentence after Sullivan pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm.
Sullivan pleaded guilty to assaulting Gallagher last November and said that he was "profoundly sorry" for his actions. Sullivan's lawyer said that his client had "virtually no recollection of how or why he found himself on the stage."
'I just want to express my sincere apology to the victim,' Sullivan told the court.
Noel has launched a $2-million civil suit against Sullivan.
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how can they be asking for 6-8 months jail for pushing someone over? and the law suit against the dude is rediculous.
Just a little ... I've seen artists have more done to them and shrugged it off as a douche/drunk crowd member. Should the law suit be against the security for allowing this guy to get through them?
The distinctive growl of former Screaming Trees and Queens Of The Stone Age singer Mark Lanegan returns to Australia in July for a solo tour.
Since mid-eighties Lanegan’s distinctive growl has been heard at the front of grunge heavyweights Screaming Trees and as a lead vocal on the Queens Of The Stone Age albums Rated R, Songs For The Deaf and Lullabies To Paralyze.
Though his most recent solo album, Bubblegum was released back in 2004 he has been involved in many collaborations since.
In the second half of the last decade Lanegan released two albums with former Belle and Sebastian member Isobel Campbell – Ballad of the Broken Seas and Sunday at Devil Dirt – and featured heavily on two albums with the English group Soulsavers.
Lanegan also toured Australia last year, playing at Splendour in the Grass with Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli as the Gutter Twins, but the gigs in July will be Lanegan’s first solo Australian dates since 2004.
Mark Lanegan tour:
Tuesday 6 July – The Zoo, Brisbane Wednesday 7 July – Corner Hotel, Melbourne Thursday 8 July – Metro Theatre, Sydney Friday 9 July – Fowler’s Live, Adelaide Sunday 11 July – Fly By Night, Perth