Beyoncé
In one of the more shocking examples of fans going too far, Beyoncé was actually dragged off stage by a shirtless gentleman during one of her performances. It was her 2013 world tour and Beyoncé was performing in Sao Paulo, Brazil at the time. He reached up to grab her and pulled her down. Once security helped her back onto the stage, the unbelievably calm Beyoncé then encouraged the crowd to be calm, saying that the man in question ‘just got excited.’ What a professional.
Adam Levine
Adam Levine is another singer who was once accosted on stage by an extremely over-excited fan in 2015. It appears that the lady in question only had love for the Maroon 5 lead singer, but whether down to alcohol, clumsiness, excitement or high heels, she proceeded to grab him round the neck before smacking him in the face!
Justin Bieber
Whilst in Dubai during his Believe tour in 2013, Justin Bieber was left shaken after a fan rushed on stage and jumped on him. Whilst it doesn’t look from the footage like the gentleman in question meant Bieber any real harm, he was of course still escorted from the stage rather promptly by the waiting security. This wasn’t before the whole piano got knocked over though!
Gigi Hadid
In an example of a celeb furiously fighting back against her attacker, American model Gigi Hadid was grabbed and picked up by a crazed fan while she was returning to her car after posing for photos. This occurred in Milan back in 2016. The young model wasn’t having it and fought back. elbowing the man in the face, which quickly saw him scamper away in the opposite direction!
Britney Spears
Whilst performing her Piece of Me show at Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood in 2017, Britney Spears was rushed by a crazed fan. Thankfully the man was not able to reach the legendary pop star before security guards took him down to the ground. Regardless, Britney was clearly shaken up, asking “Is everything okay? What’s going on? Has he got a gun?”
Taylor Swift
There are of course many, many occasions when crazed fans rushing the stage don’t make it past the wall of security, so let’s a take a moment to congratulate Taylor Swift’s protection when a fan got to her during a concert in London while performing We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. While the fan did not seem to be approaching to attack and Taylor was very nice about it, jumping on stage and approaching a world famous pop star is not a move you should be making!
Miley Cyrus
During a Miley Cyrus concert in Melbourne, Australia back in 2011, an overenthusiastic attendee managed to jump onto the catwalk, evade security and grab the pop star from behind. Thankfully, her security were not far behind the lunatic, and grabbed the assailant before Miley screamed “Oh my God!” and quickly ran backstage.
David Bowie
Ok, so we’re definitely going slightly back in time with this one, but did you know that the late, great David Bowie was once injured on stage by a lollipop? Yes, because when performing in Oslo, Norway in 2004, a fan threw a lollipop onto the stage. Fans do throw little gifts onstage for performers sometimes, but this one both amazingly and unfortunately hit Bowie in the eye and got stuck!
