Mark Ronson Hurts Himself Moving Speakers That 'Weigh More Than I Thought' During Performance — That He Still Finished

Mark Ronson Hurts Himself Moving Speakers That 'Weigh More Than I Thought' During Performance — That He Still Finished https://ift.tt/2kRN7TI

The artist gave a thumbs up from his hospital bed, sharing that he tried to move a stage monitor mid-performance

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Mark Ronson shared an update after injuring himself moving a speaker on stage.

Mark Ronson gave a thumbs up from his hospital bed after popping two tendons in his bicep trying to move stage equipment.

The DJ and producer, 49, posted a picture of himself in a hospital gown to Instagram on Wednesday, April 2, explaining the injury came from “That time the house PA was so bad that I tried to one-hand turn the stage monitor towards the crowd mid-mix to give them some extra juice.”

The house PA refers to the in-house speaker equipment at the club or venue where Ronson was performing; a stage monitor generally faces the performers so they can hear themselves over the crowd.

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Mark Ronson performs in London in 2024.

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However, Ronson shared that it “turns out they weigh more than I thought…Two popped bicep tendons and one finished gig later, here we are, baby!” He added the hashtag  “#tornthisway,” a reference to collaborator Lady Gaga’s hit “Born This Way.” (Ronson and Gaga co-wrote “Shallow,” the Grammy and Academy Award-winning song from her 2019 film A Star Is Born.)

A popped bicep most commonly occurs where the tendon joins the bone at the elbow, Mayo Clinic Orthopedic and Sports Medicine explains. It commonly happens after “quickly lifting a heavy object” — like a stage monitor. Physical therapy, rest and, in serious cases, surgery may be required.

Ronson has been performing in support of his just-announced upcoming memoir, Night People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s New York City.  He recently performed a five-hour vinyl set, “just like I used to” in New York City.

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Mark Ronson recently announced the release of his memoir "Night People."

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The book will “capture that transformative period of my life and celebrate three of my great loves: the art of DJ’ing, the thrilling energy of New York City after dark, and the wild and wonderful characters who populated our world and became my second family," Ronson said in a statement.

"This book is my love letter to a vanished era that shaped not just my career but my identity — a time when finding my craft put me on the path to finding myself.”