Harry Styles appears to have become the latest musician to be hit by an object while performing on stage in Vienna, videos taken by concertgoers suggest.
At least two videos posted to social media appear to show Styles wincing and holding his head in his hands after being hit with an unknown object while walking offstage.
Representatives for Styles did not respond to NBC News’ requests for comment.
The apparent incident follows a series of similar ones, in which concertgoers hurled objects at performers on stage, in some cases injuring them.
Last month, a 27-year-old New Jersey man was charged with assault after he allegedly threw a cellphone at pop star Bebe Rexha during a concert in New York City, police said. Rexha was taken by EMS to an area hospital and was in stable condition, according to police.
The suspect, Nicolás Malvagna, said he did it because he thought it “would be fun,” according to a criminal complaint. He has pleaded not guilty, said his attorney, Todd Spodek.
Malvagna was released on his own recognizance and issued a full temporary protective order requiring him to stay away from Rexha until at least his next court date on July 31, according to the complaint. He could face up to a year in prison if convicted, Douglas Cohen, press secretary for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, said earlier.
in a instagram post after the incident, Rexha appeared with a bruised eyelid and bandages on her eyebrow. “I’m fine,” she captioned it herself.
Days after the Rexha incident, singer Ava Max said on Twitter that an audience member attacked her during her performance in Los Angeles, writing, “She slapped me so hard she scratched the inside of my eye. She’s never going to a show again.”
It is unclear how the man got on stage. A spokesperson for Max’s record label, Atlantic Records, previously said there would be no further comment beyond Max’s tweet.
The weekend after Max’s alleged incident, a fan threw what appeared to be a bag of his mother’s ashes onto the stage of a Pink concert in London.
“This is your mom?” Pink asked as she held the bag in a video clip of the incident.
“I don’t know how I feel about this,” he said, before placing the item on the ground and resuming his performance.
And just a few days after that, a fan threw an object across the stage at country star Kelsea Ballerini at her show in Boise, Idaho. A fan who took video of the incident said the object was a friendship bracelet.
Ballerini’s representatives did not respond to a previous request for comment.
Experts have said they believe fans are throwing objects to get attention.
Earlier this month, Adele warned concertgoers not to throw anything at her, according to a posted clip On Instagram.
“Have you noticed how people forget about fucking show etiquette in America, they’re just throwing sh*t on stage? Did you see that?” she asked the audience as she walked across the stage holding a T-shirt with a gun on it.
“F—ing to challenge you,” he said. “You dare to throw something at me.”
He then tossed a T-shirt to the audience and quipped, “Stop throwing things at people… when you can shoot things.”
Randi Richardson, TODAY, Antonio Planas, Diana Dasrath , Uwa Ede-Osifo and Daysia Tolentino contributed.
