{"id":403648,"date":"2026-01-12T01:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/403648\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:07:12","slug":"ac-dc-threw-taylor-momsen-a-bat-themed-birthday-party-after-she-got-bit-halfway-through-a-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/403648\/","title":{"rendered":"AC\/DC threw Taylor Momsen a bat-themed birthday party, after she got bit halfway through a show"},"content":{"rendered":"

AC\/DC<\/a> threw Taylor Momsen a bat-themed birthday party, after the Pretty Reckless<\/a> singer was bitten at a show where she was supporting the rock\u2019n\u2019roll icons.<\/p>\n

Talking in the new issue of Metal Hammer<\/a>, Momsen reveals that the Aussie\/Scottish superstars refer to her as \u2018Batgirl\u2019 because of the biting incident, which took place during an open-air concert on AC\/DC\u2019s and The Pretty Reckless\u2019 2024 tour.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe were playing in Spain when this bat flew out of the sky and landed on me,\u201d she remembers. \u201cI didn\u2019t notice it, but it bit me. I had to have all these rabies shots, but it turned into this big running joke on the tour. It was a very cute bat, though, if that\u2019s any consolation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AC\/DC somehow caught wind of the encounter, leading to some japes as the tour continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day I\u2019d go into my dressing room and there\u2019d be a little bat rubber ducky,\u201d Momsen continues. \u201cThe next show, we walked on our stage, and they\u2019d covered our amps in \u2018No bat\u2019 signs. They threw me a bat-themed birthday party with a giant homemade bat cake and some bat horns as a tiara; it was crazy. When AC\/DC give you a nickname, you stick with that!\u201d<\/p>\n

The pranks were clearly all in good fun, as The Pretty Reckless have served as AC\/DC support act consistently since then. After the 2024 European tour wrapped up, the two bands played more shows together across the same continent in 2025. They\u2019ll team up yet again for a run of North, South and Central American shows this year, set to kick off in Brazil in February. Hopefully there\u2019ll be no hungry bats in the vicinity.<\/p>\n

Last year, The Pretty Reckless released a Christmas EP, Taylor Momsen\u2019s Pretty Reckless Christmas. On the tracklist was a version of Where Are You Christmas?: a song that Momsen originally sang when she was just seven years old, playing Cindy Lou Who in the musical comedy film How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) starring Jim Carrey.<\/p>\n

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In between legs of the AC\/DC pan-American tour, The Pretty Reckless will hit Europe for a number of festival dates, including a slot at Download festival in the UK in June<\/a>. See the band\u2019s full itinerary via their website<\/a>. Read the full interview with Momsen in the new Hammer, which you can order now and have delivered directly to your door<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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