- Harry Styles was hit in the face with an object during his concert in Vienna on Saturday.
- A video of the incident shows the singer grabbing his face after being hit in the eye.
Harry Styles was hit in the face by an object during his concert in Vienna, Austria on Saturday.
In a video originally captured by Twitter user @harryloustan1 and reposted by @PopCrave, the pop singer can be seen walking onstage in a sparkly black and green ensemble before the unknown projectile apparently hits him in his eye.
—Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 9, 2023
He immediately clutches his face and shocked audience members can be heard reacting in the background.
The original poster captioned the video: "STOP THROWING SHIT AT HIM!!!!!"
Styles, who is currently wrapping up his Love on Tour tour, has not yet commented on the incident, but Twitter users were quick to express their dismay.
"This object throwing culture is about to kill how we experience concerts & festivals moving forward," one user wrote.
Another person expressed a similar sentiment and said the people throwing things at performers will "take away live music from the people who actually care about the performers well being."
Assaults on performers onstage seem to be a violent trend of late. Last month, a fan threw a bouquet of flowers at Styles, again, hitting him in the face. Singers Bebe Rexha, Ava Max, and Kelsea Ballerini have also experienced similar situations in the last several weeks.
In June, Rexha was given a black eye after a concertgoer threw a cell phone at her face during a New York City show.
Shortly thereafter, Max was slapped by a someone who managed to get onstage in Los Angeles, and Ballerini was hit by something thrown from the crowd while she performed in Idaho.
Adele weighed in on the recent string of object-throwing during a Las Vegas show last week and jokingly said that she would "kill" anyone who tried to do the same to her.