Billie Eilish Forcibly Grabbed & Shoved by Concertgoer at Miami Show
Billie Eilish‘s show in Miami briefly took a frightening turn Thursday night (Oct. 9) when someone in the crowd forcefully yanked her as the singer was greeting fans in the pit.
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As captured in numerous videos from the pop star’s first of three performances at the Kaseya Center this month, Eilish was walking by concertgoers lined up at the barricade and touching their hands when one person abruptly grabbed her arm, using enough force to spin her around and slam her against the divider. Security personnel immediately intervened, helping the nine-time Grammy winner back up onto her feet and pushing the rogue audience member back.
Some clips show Eilish as she walked away, looking shocked and upset. At press time Billboard had not heard back from the singer’s team for comment on the incident.
Unfortunately, the musician has been dealing with inappropriate fan behavior at shows for years. In 2019, one person put their hand around her neck while she was interacting with the crowd at Austin City Limits. “She probably didn’t mean to,” Eilish later said of the incident in an interview with Vanity Fair. “They’re only trying to be loving, and sometimes it just comes off wrong.”
The two-time Oscar winner has also spoken out about people at her shows throwing things at her while she’s on stage. Last December, she was hit in the face with a necklace during a concert in Arizona, and Eilish has said before that concertgoers will often throw their phones at her.
“I’ve been getting hit on stage with things for, like, literally six years,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2023. “It’s absolutely infuriating when you’re up there. I have mixed feelings about it, because when you’re up there, it blows. But you know it’s out of love, and they’re just trying to give you something. You’re in a vulnerable position.”
Eilish will take the stage again in Miami on Saturday (Oct. 11). She is currently touring in support of her Billboard 200 No. 2 album Hit Me Hard and Soft, for which she’s been on the road for more than a year.
The trek will wrap in late November with two shows in San Francisco.
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