Patrick Wolf has issued a lengthy apology for his on-stage rant at last week's C/O Pop festival, which saw him shouting, spitting and throwing stuff after the PA was switched off part way through his set. Wolf blamed a long day, the tribal elements of his music and the music industry taking too long to talk about stuff for his aggressive behaviour.
After explaining that he had been up since 4am that day, flying to Cologne for a day of back to back interviews before performing, he said: "One of the many people milling around backstage told me that the 'music industry conference' had gone on too long. Being someone that thinks the audience comes before the industry, in my tired and promo overloaded tour brain, I took this as a demand for justice for the audience. This is why I directed my aggression, which came at the end of a very heated set, not at a man or woman. I was throwing the stool and the microphone at a black hole part of the stage where no one would get hurt but there would be a statement made".
He added: "The spit did not land on anyone but was in general a display of 'I don't respect you'. As I said, my show is very tribal at the moment as there is a lot of good in the world to be fighting for. The words 'bitch' and 'motherfucker' really are not misogynistic words when you live near Soho, London, so let's put that to rest. My tribe will know that I have over the past ten years been a public champion for feminism, against ignorance and always fighting in the name of the good fight".
The full apology is far too long to publish here, but Wolf helpfully gave a summary at the end: "Major miscommunications backstage x lack of sleep due to very busy schedule x singing many songs about battling x an intense education from the extreme parts of London nightlife/wildlife/streetlife as a teenager x Steve Strange going on very late x a full day of cameras flashing and questions x being 26 years old and should have known better = bad wolf".