British pop sensation Harry Styles was brutally struck in the face by an unidentified item during his live concert on Saturday in Vienna, Austria.
The incident was caught on camera by a fan, where the 29-year-old artist can be seen walking across the Ernst Happel Stadion stage in Vienna, when he gets hit near the eye by a mysterious object.
The “As It Was” singer was seen subsequently flinching in pain, clutches his eye, and proceeds to exit the stage.
The ex-One Direction bandmate, who is nearing the end of his massive “Love on Tour” journey, hadn’t made any public statement regarding the occurrence on his social platforms at the time of reporting.
This isn’t the inaugural occasion where Styles has been targeted by objects at his live performances.
In the previous year, the singer was forced to momentarily halt his show in Chicago due to being hit in the lower body part by an item thrown by the audience.
He even experienced Skittles and chicken nuggets being tossed at him mid-performance.
Styles joins the growing list of artists who have fallen prey to a hazardous practice where musicians are hit by random items during their shows.
Bebe Rexha, Lil Nas X, and Kelsea Ballerini are among the many artists whose concerts have recently been disrupted by fans throwing various objects, including a phone, sex toy, and bracelet, respectively.
Ava Max too had a fan invade her stage and slap her, and one audience member went so far as to throw their mother’s ashes onto the stage during P!nk’s performance at BST Hyde Park in London on June 25.
The unsettling trend even prompted Adele to comment during one of her recent Las Vegas residency performances.
“Have you noticed how people are, like, forgetting f—ing show etiquette at the moment, people are throwing s— on stage? Have you seen that?” she was recorded saying on a social media clip.
