n-dubz hit the headlines again in early april 2010 on the front page of "the sun" and other newspapers after dappy and fazer were caught firing at passers-by and fans, with toy paintball guns, outside the o2 academy newcastle, with dappy hitting a girl on the bottom, who called the police. the guns were confiscated and northumbria police confirmed: "we were called to the court car park at the rear of the o2 academy in fenkle street just before 8 pm on saturday following complaints pellets were being fired from a coach at the location. officers spoke to two persons who had been firing plastic toy guns at each other, discharging small 6mm pellets."