Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke received "severe facial bruising" and a "split lip" in a scuffle with Sex Pistols singer John Lydon. According to Billboard, the brawl took place backstage on Saturday at Spain's Summercase festival.

Okereke, who describes the incident as an "unprovoked racist attack," approached Lydon -- asking the Sex Pistol if he'd ever reunite with Public Image Ltd., who are, reportedly, one of his favorite bands. Lydon "became intimidating and aggressive while his entourage responded with a racist tirade including the statement, "Your problem is your black attitude."
 
Whoa.

Three members of Lydon's entourage also wailed on Okereke while Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson and Foals singer Yannis Philippakis were reportedly involved as well.
 
"It's not an issue of the physical assault, even though it was an unprovoked attack, it is the fact that race was brought into the matter so readily," says Okereke via Billboard. "Someone as respected and as intelligent as Lydon should know better than to bring race into the equation, or socialize with and encourage those who hold such narrow-minded attitudes. I am disappointed that someone I held with such high regard turns out to be such a bigot."

Lydon's take on the fight? "Jealousy," he said in a statement. "When you are at a festival with bands who are jealous fools, lies and confusion usually follow. If they need publicity so badly, this is the allegation universe they run into." Lydon goes on to say that Okereke needs to "grow up and learn to be a true man. When you have achieved as much as I have, come back and talk to me. It's a shame that the wonderful world of the media is riddled with nonsense like this."