It was billed as the biggest show to hit Spectra Place and it delivered as expected.
However, Saturday night's Motley Crue performance was tarnished somewhat after a member of the audience stormed the stage and knocked over the band's guitarist, Mick Mars.
The bizarre sequence of events took place towards the end of the concert. Motley Crue was just finishing the song Primal Scream when the man, whom the Estevan Police Service said is a 40-year-old from Manor, jumped on stage.
Mercury sports editor Josh Lewis was seated behind the man and noted that he gained access to the stage from one of the ramps that stretched out from the sides of the stage to the crowd.
"The guy slipped in behind the closest security guy at the corner of the stage," Lewis said. "My first thought was that he was security and was going to break up a fight or something but obviously not."
After reaching the stage, the man collided with Mars and knocked him over. He then proceeded towards lead singer Vince Neil but was tackled by the band's bodyguards and other security personnel. With the man on the ground, bass player Nikki Sixx delivered a kick to his face before he was led off the stage by security.
The assault was particularly alarming as Mars suffers from a chronic medical condition called ankylosing spondylitis, which limits his mobility and causes him chronic pain. The disease also forced him to have hip replacement surgery. Ironically, it was also his 62nd birthday.
On Sunday, Mars took to Twitter to thank his fans for their concerns and well wishes and inform them that he was OK. Mars added that his bodyguard suffered two broken ribs in the melee.
The incident cast a shadow on what was an otherwise great evening, as the band performed to a sold out crowd. News of the story was also quick to spread, as it hit the Internet on a number of news sites as well as the popular celebrity gossip site TMZ. A video showing the incident as it transpired was placed on YouTube Sunday but was deleted later in the day.
The Estevan Police Service said in a press release Monday that after he was detained by security, the man was turned over to the EPS who transferred him to their cells. As of Monday, no charges had been laid but the EPS is continuing to investigate the matter.
