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Stabbing Shuts Down Tenacious D Show

Fight in audience leaves one man hospitalized

July 29, 2012 11:12 AM ET
Kyle Gass and Jack Black of Tenacious D perform at the Filmore in Detroit, Michigan.
Kyle Gass and Jack Black of Tenacious D perform at the Filmore in Detroit, Michigan.
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A fight broke out in the crowd during a show by Tenacious D in Las Vegas Saturday night and one person was stabbed, the Las Vegas Journal-Review reports.

Rock-comedy partners Jack Black and Kyle Gass were about halfway through their set at the 1,500-capacity House of Blues venue in the Mandalay Bay resort when a scuffle erupted between two men in the audience. One person was stabbed in the leg, and eyewitnesses told the Journal-Review that a large pool of blood was left in the bar area near the stage.

The police canceled the rest of the concert and shut down the House of Blues for the night. According to KLAS-TV Las Vegas, the victim was taken to the hospital and a suspect is in police custody. 

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