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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Alaina Demopoulos

From Bebe Rexha to Steve Lacy: why are fans throwing phones at musicians?

singer in front of two dancers
Bebe Rexha performs in Cap d'Antibes, France, last month. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/amfAR/Getty Images for amfAR

Why do music fans throw projectiles on stage while their favorite artist performs? Nicholas Malvagna, a 27-year-old from New Jersey, offered one explanation after he was charged with assault for throwing a phone at the pop singer Bebe Rexha, who required stitches after being hit. Malvagna apparently thought “it would be funny” to whack Rexha, who later posted a photo of her bruised and bandaged eyebrow.

“Im good,” Rexha captioned the Instagram post, though some fans noted online that if the phone had landed just a little further down, it could have caused serious harm to her eye.

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