Hot Press cover star and all round nice bloke Moby has been assaulted by three men in a Boston car park.

The incident occurred on Wednesday December 11 as the star was signing autographs after a small club gig. According to a personal statement on his website, he was punched from behind and attacked with mace.

"After the show I went outside to get into my car and there were a few people waiting for autographs, so as usual I stopped to sign a few things," he says. "Then all of a sudden I was attacked by (I believe) 3 men with mace. They punched me from behind and I really had no idea what was going on."

"After being punched in the head from behind a few times I turned around to see what was going on and one of them punched me in the face a couple of times and then they all ran away," he adds. "So now I'm sitting here bloody and beaten up and waiting to file a police report."