While performing to a sold-out crowd in Miami as part of her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour, Billie Eilish was grabbed and dragged to the floor by a violent fan
Billie Eilish was violently grabbed and dragged to the floor by a fan at her concert in Miami on Thursday (9 October) night. The incident happened as the What Was I Made For? singer passed by the barricade and high-fived excited fans, only for one to latch on and yank her arm backwards.
The singer started off the North American part of her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour with a concert at the Kaseya Center in Miami. At one point, she walked along a barricade separating her exit routes from the crowd who had bought standing tickets. She high-fived many of the fans but one decided not to let go.
In a video posted online, Billie was seen being pulled backwards and falling to the floor, as the crowd nearby erupted in screams. Security immediately intervened and forced the crowd away from the barricade, while Billie jumped up and continued walking as if nothing had happened.
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Fans took to social media to praise the singer for how she handled the situation. One wrote: “Damn, the way she kept going, insane.” Another wrote that Billie “recovered like a queen”.
Billie has not commented on the incident. This is not the first time the 23-year-old has had to deal with inappropriate fan behaviour. In 2019, a fan put their hands around her neck while she was interacting with a crowd in Austin.
Billie later told Vanity Fair that she didn’t think the fan meant any harm. “They’re only trying to be loving, and sometimes it just comes off wrong.”
In December 2024, Billie was performing in Arizona when she was hit in the face by a necklace that had been thrown from the crowd. The year before, she opened up about how she is always being hit by something while on stage.
“I’ve been getting hit on stage with things for, like, literally six years,” she said to The Hollywood Reporter. “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.”
Billie has been performing for years, after she rose to fame with her song Ocean Eyes at just 14-years-old. Since then, she has amassed two Oscars, four BRIT awards and eight Grammys.
Her brother, Finneas, is also a Grammy-winner, and has made a name for himself as a record producer and Billie’s longtime creative partner. Their parents are actors Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell.
Billie is set to perform in Miami again on Saturday (11 October). The Mirror reached out to her reps for a comment.
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