British singer and actor Harry Styles, who is on a European tour that will bring him to Barcelona tomorrow, is the latest in a list of artists who have been attacked while performing. In recent weeks, the stages seem to have become a shooting range in which the artist is the target. Bebe Rexha, Pink and Kelsa Ballerini have recently been hit by objects thrown by their own fans.
This weekend it was the turn of Harry Styles. While giving it his all on stage in Vienna, he was hit in the face by an object thrown at him from the audience. The 29-year-old singer was walking across the stage when an unidentified object struck him in the face, around his left eye. Harry stopped, winced, and put his hands up to his face, but finally, he kept walking and continued with the concert. Tomorrow, he will perform at the Estadi Olímpic in Barcelona and on Friday, at the Mad Cool in Madrid.
It seems that singing on stage is becoming a risky sport in recent times. Bottles of water, bouquets of flowers, mobile phones and even human ashes have been thrown by fans at their idols in full concert. Where were the harmless bras? What is clear is that throwing any object with force hitting the target with the singer in question can be dangerous.
Before Harry Styles, who has already been bombarded with other objects in the past such as chicken nuggets or a bottle in his crotch, the country singer Kelsea Ballerini was giving a concert in Idaho and while playing the guitar he reached for a bracelet on his face. Stunned, the artist took a step back and had to take a moment to collect herself. At the end of her concert, she assured on her Instagram account that she was fine: “Someone threw a bracelet, it hit me in the eye and it scared me more than hurt me.” That same day, rapper Sexyy Red interrupted her show when fans refused to stop throwing water bottles onto the stage.
Although there is no bad intention behind it, it is clear that it is a dangerous practice that can end up with the artist in the hospital. That happened a few days ago to Bebe Rexha. A fan threw a mobile phone at her with such bad luck that she landed near an eye. She ended up in the hospital, where she had to have stitches. And her follower, arrested.
In October 2022, the Catalan Rosalía had more luck when she handed her a bouquet of flowers, which, although it is not a blunt object, if it is thrown hard at the face, as it happened to her, it can be more than annoying. She reacted well, she went towards the place where the bouquet came from and made a gesture of shooting an arrow. After her, through her social networks, she asked that if things were thrown at the stage, she would not go to the place where she was.
Her boyfriend, Rauw Alejandro, was also the victim of an unruly fan who threw a mobile phone in his face. “Bro. What the fuck? What is the reason for throwing things on stage? The whole dance group and I have all the good energy to give you the best show! They can cause a nasty accident. I ask for more calm for all the fans and more consideration.”
Marc Anthony, after assuring his followers at a concert in Medellín that he wanted a drink of brandy, was hit in the leg by a bottle; and Justin Bieber had to stop a concert in Brazil after being hit by a bottle in his hand that made him drop the microphone. The most surreal case was experienced a few days ago by Pink. He was performing in London when a fan threw his mother’s ashes in a bag at him. Surprised, the singer asked: “Is this your mother?”
Faced with this new “fashion”, the singer Adele was forced last week to warn her followers. “You may have noticed how people have forgotten decorum at concerts and are throwing things on stage. Have you seen it? So dare to throw something at me and I’ll kill you. Stop throwing stuff at artists.” And the one who warns…
