DIRTY PRETTY THINGS - BRITISH ROCKERS ATTACK MTV PRESENTER

BRITISH ROCKERS ATTACK MTV PRESENTER

British rockers DIRTY PRETTY THINGS attacked MTV UK presenter ZANE LOWE when he told them to stop smoking backstage at this weekend's (08-09JUL06) Oxegen festival in Ireland. The BANG BANG YOU'RE DEAD hitmakers - frontman CARL BARAT, guitarist ANTHONY ROSSOMANDO, bassist DIDZ HAMMOND and drummer GARY POWELL - were busy drinking after their performance and were in no mood to be told what to do. An onlooker says, "The band were on a bender and lit up in a no-smoking area. "When Zane asked them to stop, Didz punched him and the others joined in." A spokesperson for MTV is keen to play down the seriousness of the incident: "Luckily Zane was OK and didn't make a fuss about it."