Harry Types is the most recent musician to be struck within the face by a flying object throughout a efficiency, it seems. Based on a video posted to social media, Types was hit Saturday evening in the course of the Vienna, Austria present of his Love on Tour live performance sequence.
Types was “within the center” of his set when one thing—it’s unclear precisely what—struck his face, close to his left eye, based on TMZ. Within the video, which seems to have been first posted by Instagram consumer harryloustan1, the 29-year-old recoils in seeming ache, doubles over for a second, then continues throughout the stage whereas nonetheless holding his face.
It’s been a tough time to be Types’s mug. Final month, he was hit by a bouquet of pink flowers whereas performing onstage in Cardiff, Wales; in November, the projectiles have been a handful of Skittles tossed on the stage in Los Angeles. Following the Skittles incident, tour drummer Pauli Lovejoy said Types was “OK” and requested, “Do me a favor, do not throw no extra Skittles on stage.”
In truth, Types has an extended historical past because the goal of thrown objects. As British GQ famous final yr, in his days as a member of the boy band One Course, he was hit within the face with a tampon; in early 2022, he managed to dodge some rooster nuggets thrown his method at Madison Sq. Backyard and paused the present to jokingly scold the pitcher, saying “I don’t eat meat.”
Whereas the follow of followers throwing objects at performers is nothing new, the Related Press experiences that projectiles of yore, together with bras and room keys, have been changed by heavier and doubtlessly extra harmful objects like cell telephones—tossed, maybe, by people hoping the star will choose the telephone up and use it to create a social media second.
Then once more, maybe their motives are even much less pure. Based on the legal criticism filed towards a person who allegedly threw a telephone at musician Bebe Rexha final month, New Jersey resident Nicolas Malvagna reportedly instructed investigators he was “attempting to see if I might hit her with the telephone on the finish of the present as a result of it will be humorous.”
Rexha has since donned protecting eyewear whereas performing, and earlier this month, Adele issued a preemptive warning to followers that may be a part of the controversial development. “Have you ever seen how individuals are like, forgetting fucking present etiquette in the mean time? Individuals simply throwing shit on stage, have you ever seen them?” she mentioned from the Caesars Palace stage of her Las Vegas residency, Weekends With Adele.
“I fucking dare you. Dare you to toss stuff at me and I’ll fucking kill you,” the multi-Grammy Award-winning singer warned.
