Accused of causing damage at concert

In February 2003, the band received negative publicity when they and their fans were accused of causing damage worth $4,500 at a concert by rival Sydney-based alt-rock band, the Drugs . The damage was allegedly in response to an open letter that the Drugs’ lead singer, Ian Baddley (Matt Downey), had posted on his band’s website. Baddley wrote that, at 28 Days’ 2003 Big Day Out performance in Sydney, Dunne had provided “improper, unhealthy and bigoted messages of hate and vilification [which] are far worse then [sic] anything I’ve ever heard from a member of Rammstein.” A report in The Age concluded that Baddley was “accusing [Dunne] of being homophobic and using hateful labels.” Dunne did not reply to Baddley, and denies being homophobic; he described the situation as “a bit gay”. 28 Days were not charged by police despite the Drugs’ accusations.