The 33-year-old musician immediately stopped singing after the plastic cup hit her in the head.
Azealia Banks exits concert stage after being hit by empty cup
Singer Azealia Banks was performing her song “212” at a concert in Germany, when a fan threw an empty cup at her head.
Songwriter and rapper Azealia Banks briefly walked off the stage during a concert in Munich, Germany on Thursday night after a fan threw a plastic cup at her head.
In a now-viral video, Banks, 33, is seen performing her 2012 hit single “212” when a plastic cup appears from the crowd and bonks her in the head. Banks immediately stops singing, looks out to the crowd with disappointment and makes a peace sign, before walking to the back of the stage as the music is cut.
The video was captured by Jamila Gebhard, who told Storyful that the Munich concert was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. local time, but Banks didn’t appear onstage until 11 p.m.
Gebhard nor Banks’ team immediately responded for comment about the incident when contacted by USA TODAY on Friday.
Performers have dodged chicken nuggets, more over the years
Banks isn’t the first, and surely won’t be the last, artist to have something chucked at them onstage by concert attendees.
Last summer, singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha allegedly had fans removed from her concert in Green Bay, Wisconsin after the individuals reportedly threw objects at her on stage, and just a year before, the 35-year-old was seriously injured after a fan threw a cell phone at her on stage during a concert in New York.
“If you want to hit me in the face, I had them press charges to the other guy. I would love to become richer,” Rexha told the crowd in a clip shared on TikTok last summer. “But I’m not inviting that, please. It’s a joke.”
In June 2023, Pink paused a performance at BST Hyde Park in London when a fan threw a bag reportedly containing his mother’s ashes on stage.
“This is your mom?” Pink was heard saying as she picked up the bag. “I don’t know how I feel about this.”
The “Just Give Me a Reason” artist proceeded to put the bag at the front of the stage before finishing the song she had started performing.
The same summer − in July 2023 − Cardi B threw her microphone at a concertgoer in Las Vegas after the individual threw the contents of a cup on her, soaking her face and outfit. The concertgoer was quickly escorted out by security.
And a year before that, in August 2022, Harry Styles made headlines after a fan chucked a chicken nugget at him while the pop star performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
“Interesting, very interesting approach. I don’t eat chicken. I don’t eat meat,” Styles said out to the crowd, chanting for him to eat the nugget.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to add a new photo and video.
Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Story idea? Email her at [email protected].
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