Hilfiger takes on Axl

Axl Rose. File Picture / Reuters

Rocker Axl Rose and designer Tommy Hilfiger capped a night out with midnight fisticuffs.

The two were at a new club, The Plumm, in Manhattan where "there was an issue between the two of them", the club's owner said.

The scuffle reportedly started after Rose moved the drink of Hilfiger's girlfriend, Dee Ocleppo, so it wouldn't spill. According to the singer, Hilfiger smacked him in the arm and told him to put the drink back. "He just kept smacking me," Rose said.