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A rocker hit a bum note with his audience when a sick stunt sparked a near riot. Readers of a delicate disposition may wish to look away now.

Halfway through the gig Mark Wardlaw, singer with punk band Pills From America, stuck his finger in his pants then wiped it on the face of a shocked fan in the crowd.

The angry man jumped on stage and punched the rocker, sparking a free-for-all in the Cumberland Arms pub in Newcastle.

Police were called and band member Mark Pennington, 24, was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Customers had paid £4 to attend the Tripswitches event, which mixes music and performance art. An audience member said: 'I walked in as it happened. He got on the stage, put his finger in the back of his underpants, then wiped his dirty finger on a man's face.

'The bloke it happened to got up and properly lamped him.'

Promoter Alan Edge, who booked the band – whose motto is '****** Y'Self' – said: 'I've been promoting for 15 years and nothing like this has ever happened.'

Wardlaw defended his actions as 'entertainment', saying: 'We're a punk band. Everything we do is improvised.

'We've done sex acts on stage and I've eaten lightbulbs.'

A Cumberland Arms spokesman said: 'We were disgusted.'


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