{"id":22377,"date":"2026-05-13T03:17:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/22377\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:17:49","slug":"eric-clapton-hit-by-thrown-object-leaves-madrid-concert-without-encore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/22377\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Clapton hit by thrown object, leaves Madrid concert without encore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Eric Clapton<\/a> left his concert early after he was hit in the chest by an object thrown by a fan.<\/p>\n

The 81-year-old guitarist was performing a show in Madrid, Spain, on May 7 when he was struck by what appeared to be a vinyl record. Fan captured video<\/a> showed Clapton walking along the stage to applause from the crowd before he was hit by the object.<\/p>\n

According to Guitar World<\/a>, Clapton had left the stage, then returned to perform an encore. After being hit by the object, he didn’t go through with the encore.<\/p>\n

LUKE BRYAN GETS HIT IN THE FACE BY OBJECT THROWN ON STAGE DURING CONCERT<\/a><\/p>\n

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Eric Clapton skipped the encore of his Madrid show after he was hit by a flying object. (Kevin Winter\/Getty Images for Crossroads Guitar Festival)<\/p>\n

It did not appear that Clapton was injured or too fazed by the flying object \u2013 he performed his May 10 show in Barcelona as scheduled.<\/p>\n

He is currently on the European leg of his tour and will go to the United States<\/a> in September for six shows.<\/p>\n

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Eric Clapton is seen performing on stage in 1975. (Michael Putland\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The trend of fans throwing objects during concerts has affected artists across genres<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In 2025, country star Luke Bryan<\/a> was hit in the face by an object during a performance at the North Dakota State Fair.<\/p>\n

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Eric Clapton performs onstage during Day 1 of his Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2023. (Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Similar incidents have involved Billie Eilish<\/a>, Nick Jonas, Kelsea Ballerini and Bebe Rexha, the latter suffering a black eye after being struck by a phone during a show. Many artists have publicly criticized the trend, arguing that throwing items onstage is not harmless fan behavior but a genuine safety issue.<\/p>\n

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Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to janelle.ash@fox.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eric Clapton left his concert early after he was hit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1373,82,3510,6558],"class_list":["post-22377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-entertainment","tag-madrid","tag-music","tag-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}