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Photos by Randi Molofsky

You're not a true rock star until you execute a death-defying onstage jump, and you're not lovably human until you fall on your ass while attempting one.

Shara Worden has achieved the former many times before while touring the world with My Brightest Diamond, but it was the latter (arguably an even greater feat) that she managed this past Friday (April 27) while opening for the Decemberists at the House of Blues in Las Vegas.

According to a spokesperson at Asthmatic Kitty, Shara "went for a rock jump during the song 'Magic Rabbit' and upon landing, dislocated her left knee. Worden finished out the song from the floor and then requested a chair and an icebag. She finished the set but was then carried off stage and taken to the hospital."

She's okay now-- and does not plan to cancel any shows-- "but Worden will be performing sitting down for a while. Her days off are spent reading self-help books in patio chairs and adjusting her knee brace."

What's more, "Just before the show in Vegas, [bassist Nathan] Lithgow ['a champion volleyball server'] and Worden, ironically, were practicing jump moves as a pre-concert warm up. It seems that Worden's competitive spirit brought her downfall."

This is not Shara's first onstage slip-up, either. According to AK, she also landed on her tush after some hang-time at a previous St. Louis gig.

And lest you question Worden's aerial prowess, scope this photographic evidence of the "pre-concert warm up" jumps, courtesy of Randi Molofsky (via Shara's manager, James Worden).



Thanks also to Las Vegas show attendee/Pitchfork reader Steven Matview for the tip!

Freak out:

04-30 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
05-03 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater #
05-04 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater #
05-05 Bellingham, WA - Western Washington University #
05-18 São Paulo, Brazil - Resfest
05-19 São Paulo, Brazil - Resfest
05-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
07-13 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase
07-14 Madrid, Spain - Summercase
08-16 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08-17 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08-19 Glanusk Park, Wales - Green Man Festival
09-03 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09-14 Larmer Tree Gardens, England - End of the Road Festival

* with Pedestrian
# with the Decemberists