David Bowie News

While performing a show Saturday at a festival in Oslo, Norway, the Thin White Duke was nearly blinded when a candy-loving fan lobbed a lollipop in the vicinity of Bowie's eyeball.

According DavidBowie.com, the rocker was not seriously hurt in the incident, which occurred halfway through "Battle for Britain," the third song of his nearly two-and-a-half hour set at the Norwegian Wood Festival.

But, with the wayward lolly projectile lodged between's Bowie left eyelid and eye, the 57-year-old was forced to momentarily halt the rain-soaked show while he was tended to by a member of his road crew.

Norweigian newspapers quoted those in attendance as saying that Bowie--annoyed at nearly having his eye poked out--groused that whoever was responsible should come forward and own up. When no one did, the "Look Back in Anger" singer--wincing in pain--promptly cursed out the candy-throwing clown out while the crowd booed.

"He grabbed the mike and called the person responsible a coward and bastard for hiding in the crowd," one eyewitness said.

Bowie said he was lucky that the lollipop landed in Bowie's bad eye, injured back in his school days in a childhood fight and which resulted in his left pupil being permanently dilated, famously giving him the appearance of having two different color eyes.

DavidBowie.com dispenses with the dramatics in its account, saying that "despite his understandable initial anger," the erstwhile Ziggy Stardust went on with the show and laughed off the incident, vowing to chastise his audience by playing an extra-long set. He also tossed a guitar pick in the crowd, asked if it hit anyone in the eye, and then cracked that he might need to hide himself.

According to Norwegian media accounts, a young woman later confessed to having tossed the confectionary, but claimed it was purely an accident when someone bumped her from behind while she was dancing and sent the stick flying out of her hand.

While Bowie's Reality Tour doesn't exactly bite, it hasn't been without problems.

A concert in Miami last month was canceled when a local stagehand was killed after falling off a ladder shortly before Bowie was set to go on.