PATTI SMITH - PATTI SMITH INJURED ONSTAGE

PATTI SMITH INJURED ONSTAGE

Punk icon PATTI SMITH injured her arm after falling over onstage during a concert at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on Saturday (21Oct07). The singer, 60, was performing in the British capital at a gig dedicated to poet Arthur Rimbaud when she tripped over a speaker, fell flat on her face and cut her elbow. But Smith insists the incident didn't leave her red-faced - as it wasn't the worst thing to befall her in her lifetime. She told fans, "I'm not even f**king embarrassed because I've done far worse. "May (guitars) be the only weapons we use, may tripping up be the only humiliations we suffer, and may these (pointing to her elbow) be the only battle scars."