Patrick Wolf Apologises

Flamboyant songwriter Patrick Wolf has issued a new statement, strongly apologising for his recent actions at Germany's C/O Pop festival.

Patrick Wolf is no stranger to onstage incidents. With his extravert persona and love of extravagant costumes the singer is one of the most sought after live performers in the country, someone who can move audiences in a rare way.

Woe betide anyone who gets in his way, however. An onstage incident in California last year led to a visit from the police, while a recent decision by the organisers of the C/O Pop festival in Germanyto cut his set down sent him into meltdown.

Enraged, Patrick Wolf repeatedly swore at the soundmen before throwing his microphone at them. Urging the crowd to ask for their money back, the singer stormed offstage with footage almost immediately hitting the internet.

The next day Wolf seemed unrepentant. The singer issued a number of statements to fans via Twitter, praising the audience and criticising the officials. Patrick Wolf also claimed to have acts in defence of Steve Strange, who also had his set altered.

However now it seems that the songwriter has had a change of heart. Patrick Wolf has issued a new statement apologising for his actions.

"I am very sorry that I became too much wolf on stage at C/O Pop. I was singing Shakira’s new song "She Wolf" and I felt my animal instinct to protect my audience. My music is very tribal at the moment, I feel I am protective of all of them. It had been a very long day. I slept well but woke at 4 am to fly to Cologne to start a full day of back to back interviews and photos. My band and crew were setting up onstage and I had no idea of stage times as I do not wear a watch and wasn't informed that my set was being cut short before I went onstage by the relevant parties."

"One of the many people milling around backstage told me that the "music industry conference" had gone on too long. Being someone that thinks the audience comes before the industry, in my tired and promo overloaded tour brain, I took this as a demand for justice for the audience. This is why I directed my aggression, which came at the end of a very heated set, not at a man or woman. I was throwing the stool and the microphone at a black hole part of the stage where no one would get hurt but there would be a statement made... The spit did not land on anyone but was in general a display of "I don't respect you". As I said, my show is very tribal at the moment as there is a lot of good in the world to be fighting for. The words "bitch" and "motherfucker" really are not misogynistic words when you live near Soho, London, so let’s put that to rest. My tribe will know that I have over the past 10 years been a public champion for feminism, against ignorance and always fighting in the name of the good fight."

I'm sorry if any people got in the way and I hope you can forgive me for causing any damage due to excess negative personal emotion. As you heard or saw, the audience was encoring for almost half an hour. My next album is about hope and romance and love, so I will bring you a bunch of bright red red roses and a box of After Eights next time from a helicopter when I see you all. So, a summary, major miscommunications backstage x lack of sleep due to very busy schedule x singing many songs about battling x an intense education from the extreme parts of London nightlife/wildlife/streetlife as a teenager x Steve Strange going on very late x a full day of cameras flashing and questions x being 26 years old and should have known better = bad wolf"