Roisin Murphy is in hospital after a slightly gruesome onstage injury that is making me feel a bit queasy just thinking about it. The former Moloko frontwoman reportedly hit her eye on a chair during a show in Moscow causing blood loss and severe damage to her eye socket. Ouch. The good news is she is expected to make a full recovery. Hence the slightly flippant tone of this story.
A statement from her record label explains: "She left the stage immediately and was raced straight to a Russian hospital for emergency treatment and was then flown back to the UK early on Sunday morning. Last night she had an operation under general anaesthetic to repair the damage to her eye socket and eyebrow. Fortunately, despite serious concussion and losing a lot of blood, her vision is unimpaired".
The singer has been told by doctors that she must rest for at least a week, but is expected to fit in time for her UK tour next month.