Mark Ronson Injures Biceps Trying to Move Speakers at DJ Set: ‘They Weigh More Than I Thought’

DJing is more hazardous than it looks. Mark Ronson revealed that he seriously hurt himself playing a set after attempting to move heavier-than-it-looked audio equipment, sharing a photo of himself in a hospital bed via Instagram on Wednesday (April 2).

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In the picture, a slightly wary — but still smirking — Ronson lies back in a hospital gown while giving the camera a thumbs-up. In his caption, he explained that the injury occurred when he tried to give his audience more volume by rotating his own monitor toward them — to disastrous results.

“That time the house PA was so bad that I tried to one-hand turn the stage monitor towards the crowd mid-mix to give them some extra juice,” the producer wrote.

“Turns out they weigh more than I thought…,” he continued. “Two popped bicep tendons and one finished gig later, here we are, baby! #tornthisway”

His comment section was full of friends and fans wishing him a speedy recovery — except for Diplo, who instead poked fun at his friend by writing, “looks like you just gave birth.”

The nine-time Grammy winner didn’t specify when and where the unfortunate DJ set took place. A few days prior to the post, he shared on Instagram that he’d played a five-hour vinyl show — “just like I used to” — in New York to celebrate the announcement of his upcoming book, Night People, which arrives Sept. 16.

According to Ronson, Night People “chronicles three of my great loves: the art of DJing with all its emotional highs and lows, the electric energy of New York after dark, and the wild, wonderful clubland characters who became my second family.”

“This book is my love letter to a vanished era that shaped not just my career but my identity—a time when finding my craft put me on the path to finding myself,” he added on Instagram March 27.