A fan dumped what appeared to be a bag containing her mother’s ashes onto the stage of Pink’s weekend concert for the British Summer Festival in London.
Pink, 43, looked stunned and paused to sing to address the unidentified fan.
“This is your mom?” Pink asked as she held the bag in a video clip.
“I don’t know how I feel about this,” he said before placing the alleged ashes on the stage floor and resuming his performance.
Online observers criticized the bizarre episode on social media.
“That is so wrong in so many ways…” a person tweeted.
“This isn’t even funny, but it’s weird,” another wrote.
The incident represents what many concertgoers have said is an increase in bad concert etiquette, including inconsiderate and sometimes dangerous behavior by fans.
A fan threw a phone at singer Bebe Rexha this month. Rexha’s eye was injured and she was taken to a hospital.
The alleged shooter said he thought “it would be fun,” police said.
In the same week, singer Ava Max was slapped by an audience member who came on stage.
“He slapped me so hard he scratched the inside of my eye,” Max said.
Fans and experts speculate that bad fan behavior may be explained by a combination of poor post-pandemic socializing skills, alcohol intoxication, and competing bids for virality.
