Mars Volta leaves stage after being pelted with urine

The Mars Volta stopped their set halfway through while playing a Seattle radio station festival on Saturday (August 12th), after they were pelted by several plastic bottles of urine thrown by someone in the crowd. The band was three songs into the show when the act occurred, at which point guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez reportedly broke his guitar before leaving the stage, and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala told the crowd he would offer a reward for the perpetrator. He said, "I will pay $100 to $1,000 to somebody to find the person that's throwing urine up here. I will give you free merchandise and a lifetime supply (of tickets) to a Mars Volta show. Find that person and kick his ass for me, bring me his head, and we'll be friends."

There has been no word whether the perpetrator was caught.

The band was playing the Endfest at the White River Amphitheater in Auburn, Washington, which also featured Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Gossip and Wolfmother.
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