DETROIT--Two people suffered serious injuries during an Everlast [ tickets ] concert on Friday night (2/2) after three men apparently tried to attack the singer on stage. Everlast had just finished making a series disparaging remarks about rapper Eminem [ tickets ] during the show at Detroit's St. Andrew's Hall.

Detroit Receiving Hospital confirmed that two men were seriously injured in the melee and that there were "a lot more in triage." Further details regarding the injuries were not immediately released, however.

After finishing the hip-hop song "Jump Around," by his former group House of Pain, Everlast launched into a tirade about the snack product Pringles, and performers Limp Bizkit, Smash Mouth and Detroit-born rapper Eminem. Pringles is using "Jump Around" in its current ad campaign.

"F--- Pringles. F--- anyone who wants to make money off of my music. ...Limp Bizkit is my blueprint. I did that s---- back in '92. F--- them. Let them make all the money they want," he told the sold-out crowd of about 1,000.

He then called Smash Mouth a bunch of "faggots" for covering "Jump Around" in concert, but then took back the remark saying he didn't want to offend homosexuals. Everlast continued his rant, talking about "midgets" and laying into Eminem--with whom he has had an ongoing dispute in the press--and the rapper's side project D-12.

"D-12 is 12 people not six, you f---in' morons," Everlast said. "The mike is open if there's someone from Eminem's camp who is here." After no one took him up on the offer (Eminem is currently on tour in Europe), he said, "Didn't think so."

Everlast played about 20 seconds of the next song before three men, initially identified by witnesses and in Detroit TV news reports as members of D-12, rushed on stage. Everlast grabbed his guitar, apparently in self-defense, then dropped it and ran off stage.

"Once Everlast started running to the side, chairs started flying," said Chris Young, who was at the show. "One hit me in the head."

Meanwhile, a scuffle ensued between the three men and St. Andrew's Hall security, which was unusually tight for the show.

One of the men who had charged the stage broke away, grabbed the microphone and yelled, "Are you going to let this motherf----r come to Detroit [and disrespect Eminem]?" As he began to speak again, the power to the stage was cut. Enraged, the man grabbed the mike stand and began swinging it as a chair was thrown from the upper balcony.

Fans then threw bottles and rushed out of the venue, leaving behind a man dressed in all black, apparently a security guard, in a pool of blood. Though a source at Detroit Receiving Hospital said a second person was seriously hurt, further details were not immediately available.

A Detroit police spokesman said that, because of a shift change, he had no information regarding arrests stemming from the incident. He expected a full report to be available on Saturday morning (2/3).