Together with the PA dying mid-show, or snapping a string in the midst of a giant guitar solo, falling off the stage most likely ranks extremely in a guitarist’s checklist of nightmare situations.

Sadly, that’s precisely what occurred to Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready in the course of the band’s set on the Rogers Area in Vancouver on 4 Could.

All was going so effectively in the course of the rock giants’ hit-packed set – which included classics like Alive and Yellow Ledbetter, and a bunch of tracks from new album Darkish Matter – till they performed the ultimate music on the pre-encore a part of the evening, Porch.

After which catastrophe struck as he performed the music’s solo, when McCready approached the sting of the stage to work together with front-row followers, misplaced his footing and took a tumble to the bottom beneath.

Most impressively, although, to anybody within the nosebleed seats, they’d have been none the wiser if trying away briefly, as McCready managed to proceed holding a cling observe as a stagehand close by helped him again to his toes. He then proceeded to complete the solo as if nothing had occurred.

Watch McCready’s professionalism in fan-filmed footage of the incident beneath:

As proven, even the professionals on the high of their sport – and a meticulously deliberate stage present – aren’t resistant to onstage mishaps.

In July final yr, for instance, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett suffered a leg harm whereas taking part in Grasp of Puppets to hundreds of followers in Gothenburg, Sweden. Like Mike McCready, although, he managed to shake it off whereas barely lacking a beat.