The Pretty Reckless lead vocalist and guitarist Taylor Momsen seems to be developing a bizarre and painful pattern of sustaining wild animal bites while supporting hard rock legends AC/DC. In a new social media update posted on Wednesday, April 8, the frontwoman revealed that she was recently bitten by a venomous spider while out on the road with the Australian icons in Mexico City.
Along with a video showing her latest wound being treated and receiving a necessary injection from local medical staff, she joked with fans, asking when her “super powers were going to kick in”—a clear nod to the origin story of Spider-Man.
Addressing the painful mishap, she shared the following statement to her social media accounts:
“So it wouldn’t be an AC/DC tour if I didn’t get bit…this time a massive spider decided to take a chunk out of me and its venom did a number on my system so had to have the wonderful doctors in Mexico come and deliver quite the shot before the show last night…add it to the list! Spider woman? Batgirl? WTF”
As her statement implies, Taylor Momsen is unfortunately no stranger to bizarre animal encounters while sharing the stage with the legendary rock act. During a previous stadium run with AC/DC in the spring of 2024, the singer made international headlines after she was bitten by a bat mid-performance in Seville, Spain. Following that terrifying on-stage incident, she required immediate medical attention and was forced to undergo a series of preventative rabies shots in order to continue the tour safely.
In a recent feature with Metal Hammer, Momsen opened up about aftermath of that encounter.
Momsen explained that while the bite itself was alarming, the Australian rockers wasted no time in turning the moment into backstage comedy gold.
“AC/DC started calling me ‘Batgirl’. Every day I’d go into my dressing room and there’d be a little bat rubber ducky,” Momsen revealed.
“The next show, we walked on our stage, and they’d covered our amps in ‘No bat’ signs,” she said.
“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!”
Despite the chaos, Momsen seems to have taken the incident in stride, noting the absurdity of the situation.
“We were playing in Spain when this bat flew out of the sky and landed on me,” she remembered. “I didn’t 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’s any consolation.”
The camaraderie between the two bands is evidently strong, as The Pretty Reckless continue to serve as the primary support for AC/DC‘s global trek. Having wrapped up European legs in both 2024 and 2025, the pairing will resume this year with a massive run of stadium shows across the Americas, kicking off next month in Brazil.
The Pretty Reckless — 2026 Tour Dates:
European Festival Circuit
- Jun 05 – Nuremberg, Germany – Rock im Park
- Jun 06 – Nürburg, Germany – Rock Am Ring
- Jun 10 – Hradec Kralove, Czechia – Rock For People
- Jun 12 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock Festival
- Jun 14 – Castle Donington, UK – Download Festival
- Jun 18 – Clisson, France – Hellfest Open Air Festival
- Jun 23 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
- Jun 24-27 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell Festival
North American Stadium Tour (Supporting AC/DC)
- Jul 11 – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium
- Jul 15 – Columbus, OH – Ohio Stadium
- Jul 19 – Madison, WI – Camp Randall Stadium
- Jul 24 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome
- Jul 28 – Denver, CO – Empower Field at Mile High
- Aug 01 – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium
- Aug 05 – San Francisco, CA – Levi’s Stadium
- Aug 09 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium
- Aug 13 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place
- Aug 27 – Atlanta, GA – Mercedes-Benz Stadium
- Aug 31 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium
- Sep 04 – South Bend, IN – Notre Dame Stadium
- Sep 08 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center
- Sep 12 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau
- Sep 16 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Stadium
- Sep 25 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
- Sep 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field
