The British singer and actor Harry Styles, who is in the middle of a European tour that will take him precisely tomorrow to Barcelona, is the last of a list of artists who have assaulted in the middle of a performance. In recent weeks, it seems that the stages have become a shooting range where the artist is the target. Bebe Rexha, Pink and Kelsea Ballerini have recently been hit with objects thrown by fans themselves.
The weekend was Harry Styles' turn. While giving it his all on stage in Vienna, he was hit in the face by an object that someone threw at him from the audience. The 29-year-old singer was walking on stage when an unidentified object hit him in the face, around the left eye. Harry stopped, winced in pain and put his hands to his face, but eventually continued walking and continued with the concert. Tomorrow he will perform at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona and on Friday at the Mad Cool in Madrid.
It seems that singing on stage is becoming a risky sport lately. Bottles of water, bouquets of flowers, mobile phones and even human ashes have been thrown by fans at their idols in the middle of a concert. What has become of the harmless bras? What is clear is that throwing any object with force to aim at the singer in question can be dangerous.
Before Harry Styles, who has been bombarded with other objects in the past, including chicken nuggets and a blister on his crotch, country singer Kelsea Ballerini was performing in Idaho and, while playing guitar, a bracelet hit his face. Starved, the artist took a step back and had to take a break to recover. After the concert, on his Instagram account he assured that he was fine: "Someone threw a bracelet, it hit me in the eye and it scared me more than it hurt me". On the same day, rapper Sexyy Red interrupted the show when fans refused to stop throwing water bottles on stage.
Even if 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. This happened to Bebe Rexha a few days ago. A fan threw a mobile phone at him with such bad luck that it landed near his eye. He ended up in the hospital, where they had to put stitches. And the follower, arrested.
In October 2022, the Catalan Rosalía had better luck when a bouquet of flowers was thrown at her, which, although it is not a blunt object, if it is thrown with force in the face, as happened to her, it can be more than annoying She reacted well, headed towards the place where the bouquet came from and made a gesture to shoot an arrow. Then, through social networks, she asked that, if they threw things at her on stage, they didn't do it where she was.
Her boyfriend, Rauw Alejandro, was also the victim of an unruly fan who threw a mobile phone in his face. "Brother What the fuck? What is the reason for throwing things on stage? The whole dance team and I are there with all the good energy to give you the best show! They can cause an ugly accident. I ask for more calm for all the fans and more consideration”.
Marc Anthony, after assuring fans at a concert in Medellín that he enjoyed a sip of brandy, was hit in the leg with a bottle, and Justin Bieber had to stop a concert in Brazil after a bottle hit his hand and made him drop the microphone. The most surreal case was experienced by Pink a few days ago. He was performing in London when a fan threw his mother's ashes in a bag. Surprised, the singer asked him: "Is this your mother?".
Seeing the new "fashion", singer Adele was forced to warn fans last week. "You will have noticed that people have forgotten decorum at concerts and are throwing things on stage. have you seen it Well, dare to throw something at me and I'll kill you. Stop throwing things at artists”. And who warns...
