Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has spoken out about the recent rise in objects being thrown at performers saying “it’s fucking ridiculous”.In recent months several musicians have been hit by objects including include P!nk, who was left confused after a fan tossed their dead mother’s ashes onto her stage in London, Harry Styles, who was hit in the eye by a mysterious object thrown and Ava Max who was slapped in the face by someone who ran onto the stage.
Further incidents also saw Drake targeted and, more recently, Cardi B.But the most concerning incident occurred when Bebe Rexha was left needing stitches after a member of the crowd threw a phone at her face as she was on stage.
It was later reported that the concertgoer who threw the device did so because he thought “it would be funny”.Speaking about the recent trend, Taylor has now hit out at concert goers for doing so. “Oh, it’s fucking ridiculous.
This is one of the problems with social media. Now artists aren’t regarded as people anymore. Even if they never were, they were still regarded as something that is flesh and bone.
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