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Some concertgoers have made it a habit of throwing things at artists onstage while they are performing

I am not sure this is a new thing, I did read the Beatles said they liked Jelly Babies and ended up with h fans throwing them on to the stage during concerts.

@zleap @br00t4c Tom Jones used to get ladies underwear thrown on stage -
I think the real problem here is the objects being yeeted are increasingly solid and capable of causing upset or injury..

There was also a trend to throw urine filled bottles at bad acts at Reading Festival, as a hostile gesture, but its even more bizzare and dysfunctional why folk do this at concerts where they are presumably fans of the performer..

@vfrmedia @br00t4c

Good point, seems common for coins or similar to be thrown at soccer players here too.

@zleap @br00t4c

That was a definite hostile gesture (and worse, bananas were often thrown at black players).

Celery was (and sometimes still is) thrown on the football pitch by Chelsea supporters (along with a rude song); although not an attempt to intimidate players nor disrupt the match, its still discouraged and a few have been arrested for this practice!

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