Billy Strings breaks a leg doing skateboard trick before show encore: 'Heard it snap over the screaming crowd!'
- Posted on April 20, 2026
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Billy Strings breaks a leg doing skateboard trick before show encore: 'Heard it snap over the screaming crowd!'
He didn't break a string, but Billy Strings sure broke a leg. The world-class bluegrass guitarist snapped a leg bone this weekend between his final set and the encore during a show at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday while attempting a skateboarding trick backstage. "Well, can't say y'all didn't warn me about screwing around on my skateboard!! Saturday night I walked off stage right before the encore I was all...