Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie was rushed to hospital on Thursday night after falling off the stage during an energetic performance at Swiss festival, Caribana.

According to NME, the 53-year-old suffered minor back injuries after he slipped after jumping up and down on a speaker.

He is said to have fallen seven-feet in front of the crowd, with the publication writing: 'He was taken away by stretcher and is now recovering in hospital.

Giving it his all: Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie was rushed to hospital on Thursday night after falling off the stage during an energetic performance at Swiss festival, Caribana

Fans were later reassured by the festival’s host, who said: 'We are taking good care of Bobby.'

MailOnline has contacted a spokesperson for Bobby Gillespie for further comment.

Primal Scream are scheduled to perform next on June 17 at Spain's Azkena Rock Festival in Bilbao but it's not yet known if Bobby will make a full recovery in time for the show.

Meanwhile, they are also expected to return to the UK on July 15 for The Beat-Herder Festival in Sawley, Lancashire.

Oh no! According to NME , the 53-year-old suffered minor back injuries after he slipped after jumping up and down on a speaker

Terrible time: He is said to have fallen seven-feet in front of the crowd, with the publication writing: 'He was taken away by stretcher and is now recovering in hospital (the fall was not pictured)

The indie rock band - also comprised of Andrew Innes, Martin Duffy, Darrin Mooney, Barrie Cadogan and Simone Butler - are currently touring their 11th studio LP 'Chaosmosis'.

Back in March, Bobby, who is best mates with supermodel Kate Moss, said he loves playing live gigs more than ever following eight years of sobriety.

The Glasgow singer, who quit drugs in 2008, even credits Australian music legend Nick Cave with helping him rediscover his confidence when performing on-stage sober, he told the Herald Sun.

Bobby previously told how that the inaugural Mercury Award-winning band's songwriting chops improved after he quit drugs.

But he admits to struggling with live performances in the early days of his sobriety and did not know what to do with his hands and felt 'clumsy and self-conscious'.

He told the publication: 'At first, when I performed, I was very scared, I had a fear of going on stage because I thought the drugs had helped me as a performer.'

Taking advice: Rocker Bobby Gillespie (left), the frontman of Mercury Award-winning band Primal Scream, told the Herald Sun recently that Australian musician Nick Cave (right) offered words of encouragement when he first got sober - as the former recreational drug user admitted he 'had a fear of going on stage' in early sobriety

Movin' On Up: Bobby, 53, previously said that quitting drugs helped improve the band's songwriting skills, but he nevertheless lost his confidence singing on stage immediately after getting sober

Confidence: In particular, the Glasgow-born rocker said that he felt 'clumsy and self-conscious' and didn't know what to do with his hands on stage - before getting a pep talk from fellow ex-drug user Nick Cave

The Movin' On Up hitmaker added: 'I spoke to Nick Cave about it and even he said... to just keep doing it and one night, it will all come back to you again.

'I kept thinking, "If Nick can do that, I can do that",' he said - before adding that after a shaky start, the band played a triumphant gig at 2007 Bestival on the Isle of Wight.

Bobby also credited Nick's long-serving collaborator Warren Ellis, 50 - who has performed in the Bad Seeds and Grinderman - with also offering advice.

Got his mojo back: At this Primal Scream performance in Mexico City last year, Bobby cut a remarkably confident figure

Words of wisdom: Bobby recalled, 'I spoke to Nick Cave about (the stage fright) and even he said... to just keep doing it and one night, it will all come back to you again'

Meanwhile, Nick himself battled a heroin addiction for many years after first experimenting with the Class-A drug shortly after dropping out of a Melbourne art school in 1977.

Now living in Brighton, England, Nick told The Guardian in 2005 that he eventually quit heroin when he met his wife, ex-model Susie Bick, in the late '90s.

Speaking of the redemptive stories of addiction and recovery often seen in Hollywood films like Walk the Line - a biopic of Johnny Cash - he said: 'I've been there and things don't work out that way.

'People think just because you stop drinking or stop taking drugs you become a good person. That's absolute bulls**t.'

Helping hand: Bobby also credited Nick's long-serving collaborator Warren Ellis, 50 - who has performed in the Bad Seeds and Grinderman - with also offering valuable advice