Toots and the Maytals singer injured during concert

The band's 2012 album Unplugged on Strawberry Hill gave Hibbert his fifth Grammy nomination

Reggae veterans Toots and the Maytals were forced to cut short a concert in Virginia after the frontman was hit with a bottle thrown from the crowd.

A glass bottle hit singer Frederick Toots Hibbert, 67, as the band performed at the Dominion Riverrock outdoor music festival on Saturday.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Hibbert was treated in hospital for a cut to his head.

Police said a 19-year-old man has been charged with aggravated assault.

Festival organisers said Hibbert was in good spirits despite the incident and regretted that the concert had to be cut short.

Stephen Lecky, a spokesman for festival organiser Venture Richmond, told Rolling Stone magazine: "He was lucid. He was laughing. He was tired obviously. He had had a very long day.

"He was one of the nicest men I ever met," he added.