Mon Laferte Hit In The Face By Phone Thrown From The Crowd At Las Vegas Show
The Chilean-Mexican singer was struck near her left eye, finished the set after being checked by her team and asked fans to stop throwing objects onstage.
Mon Laferte was hit in the face by a phone thrown from the audience during her show at Palms Casino & Resort in Las Vegas on Thursday, Nov. 5. The device struck the left side of the Chilean-Mexican singer's face, near her eye.
Fan-shot videos captured the moment of impact. In one clip, the person who threw the phone appears to have been recording while tossing it. That audience member was removed from the venue, and Laferte resumed the performance after being attended to by her team.
The singer later addressed the incident on social media in Spanish, writing "Estoy bien" and asking that nobody throw anything onstage again. She added that the person did not act out of ill will, and pointed to her remaining dates, which close the US run at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
The episode follows a string of similar incidents at concerts. Bebe Rexha was hit by a phone near her eye in 2023, needed three stitches and saw the concertgoer arrested. This year, Riley Green in Melbourne and Bring Me The Horizon's Oli Sykes in St. Louis were both struck in the head by phones thrown from the crowd.
The pattern has become a safety concern for performers and promoters, since hard objects launched from a distance can cause serious injuries to anyone onstage.
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