“Even if it might lead to a poisonous leg amputation, I’d literally die for the music”: The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen on her journey from child actor to AC/DC-approved rock star

Taylor Momsen sat on a swing.

Taylor Momsen doesn’t have a lot of luck with potentially deadly critters. In May 2024, while her band The Pretty Reckless were opening for AC/DC in Seville, she was bitten by a bat onstage, requiring a two-week course of anti-rabies shots. Then, in April this year, the singer was bitten for a second time, this time by a poisonous spider – once again while on the road with AC/DC, but this time in Mexico City.

“I don’t know whether getting bit twice means I’m lucky or cursed,” she says with a laugh.