A concert headlined by Billie Eilish in the US took a terrifying turn after the hugely popular singer-songwriter was violently yanked into a crowd barricade during her performance.
The 23-year-old Grammy winner was at the Kaseya Center in Downtown Miami on Oct 9 to kick off her ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ tour.
After the song Guess, Eilish jumped offstage and was moving along a line of fans pressed against the front-row barricade – shaking hands and sharing high-fives – when, in an instant, the energy shifted.
A man grabbed her arm and pulled her hard towards the barricade. Eilish lurched forward, landing hard into the metal barrier as security guards rushed in.
Videos of the moment, captured from multiple angles and quickly shared across social media, show Eilish staggering back, visibly shaken, and upset. Within seconds, her security guards pulled her upright and pushed the man away.
Eilish steadied herself, kept on walking, and continued performing.
Police later confirmed that the man was ejected from the venue. They offered no details about whether he was detained or charged.
Andres Rodriguez, 26, told NBC News he had been standing in the front row, hand outstretched for a high-five with Eilish, when he noticed a man just behind him reach forward suddenly.
‘I saw that, and my first reaction was, ‘What was his plan here? What was he trying to do?” he said.
He recalled feeling uneasy about the man even before the incident.
The stranger, he said, arrived moments before Eilish took the stage and made an unprompted remark to two teenage girls nearby: ‘Oh, don’t worry, I’m not going to harass you.’
‘Their mum said, ‘Listen, buddy, as long as you don’t do something weird, we’re good’,’ Mr Rodriguez recalled. ‘And I thought, ‘Why would anyone even say something like that?”
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It was not the first time Eilish had encountered inappropriate behaviour from her fans and concertgoers.
In December, Billboard reported that Eilish was struck in the face by a necklace thrown from the crowd during a concert in Arizona.
Fans had also thrown their phones at her, she said.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in 2023, Eilish and her brother and collaborator, Finneas, said this object-throwing trend during concerts and performances was ‘nothing new’.
‘I’ve been getting hit on stage with things for, like, literally six years. People just get excited, and it can be dangerous,’ she said. ‘It’s absolutely infuriating when you’re up there,’ Eilish said. ‘I have mixed feelings about it, because you know it’s out of love. They’re just trying to give you something. But when you’re onstage, you’re in a vulnerable position.’