Artists have to be prepared for anything when they’re performing live on stage. We’ve seen singers dance through wardrobe malfunctions, sustain serious injuries after falling and have to be protected from overzealous fans, and it’s that last one that seems to have gotten out of hand lately. Billie Eilish and Finneas spoke out about what seems to be a recent uptick in unsolicited fan interaction, in which audience members are throwing things at the performers on stage — a phenomenon the “bad guy” singer admits is “infuriating.”
Harry Styles is the latest to be hit with an object thrown at him during a performance — and not for the first time — after Pink, Bebe Rexha, Drake and more had similar experiences. Billie Eilish and her brother shared their views with THR, with Eilish saying that unfortunately this is not new and that she’s been getting hit with things for six years. It can be dangerous, she said:
