On-Stage Attacks Continue — Nick Jonas Forced Off-Stage By Laser Pointer

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While the live music festival scene is not exactly booming, arena tours are having plenty of problems keeping unruly crowds in their place. Nick Jonas is the latest victim of crowd disrespect after a laser pointer forced him off stage.Video of the Jonas Brothers member running off-stage mid-performance while making the ‘time-out’ gesture from sports went viral online. Nick Jonas was performing at the O2 Arena in Prague on October 15 when the event happened. In the clip, which you can view below, the 32-year-old singer can be seen sprinting away from the secondary stage while gesturing to his crew.

“We can confirm that the Jonas Brothers’ performance had to be interrupted for several minutes due to the use of a prohibited laser pointer by the person,” a spokesperson for O2 Arena confirmed. “The organizing service responded to this fact immediately. After a few minutes, the band continued their performance and went back on the stage.”

These tour dates are part of the Jonas Brothers’ rescheduled European dates for their ongoing world tour. The final show was tonight at the Tauron Arena in Krakow, Poland. While a laser pointer may seem benign, it can blind people and touring artists are on high-alert after several incidents this year.Green Day were recently ushered off-stage after an unauthorized drone flew over the stage in Detroit. Meanwhile, the terrorist threat that shut down several Taylor Swift Vienna concert dates still looms in concert-goers minds. The plot was foiled before it could seriously injure several thousand people, but the result has been tightened security at all major arena events in Europe since.

Harry Styles, Bebe Rexha, and Kelsea Ballerini have all had things thrown at them while on stage—sometimes with serious damage caused. Adele spoke out on crowds not respecting the artists, thanking her crowd for not “forgetting f*cking show etiquette.” But the singer added—”I f*cking dare you. Dare you to throw something at me and I’ll f*cking kill you.”