{"id":949583,"date":"2026-05-10T02:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T02:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/949583\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T02:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T02:59:31","slug":"eric-clapton-cuts-madrid-show-short-after-being-hit-by-object-thrown-from-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/949583\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Clapton cuts Madrid show short after being hit by object thrown from crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-4d2bf6d6-6dfc-4185-98c4-c7b5049f9efa\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/eric-clapton-best-albums\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/eric-clapton-best-albums\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/eric-clapton-best-albums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Clapton<\/a> cut short a show in Madrid, Spain, after being hit by an object thrown from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The blues icon was taking applause towards the end of his set at the Movistar Arena when what appeared to be a vinyl record was thrown from the crowd and hit him in the chest.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-4d2bf6d6-6dfc-4185-98c4-c7b5049f9efa-2\">While he appeared to be uninjured, the incident led to the 81-year-old leaving the stage and not returning for an expected encore.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos From<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/media\/img\/Louder_logo_v1a_black_on_white.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"block h-[18px] w-auto shrink-0 brightness-0 invert\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/media\/img\/Louder_logo_v1a_black_on_white.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p>Footage can be viewed below.<\/p>\n<p>Clapton is on the road in Europe before <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/music\/eric-clapton-announces-us-tour-dates\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/music\/eric-clapton-announces-us-tour-dates\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/music\/eric-clapton-announces-us-tour-dates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a run of US shows<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmie Vaughan will be the special guest at the US shows, while Clapton&#8217;s band will feature guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, drummer Sonny Emory, keyboardists Chris Stainton and Tim Carmon, bassist Nathan East, and backing vocalists Katie Kissoon and Sharon White.<\/p>\n<p>Fans throwing things on stage is nothing new, but it appears to have become a growing problem in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p>While Clapton appeared to be unhurt, the incident did rob the audience of an encore performance after a hit-packed show.<\/p>\n<p>And other <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/rock-stars-injured-by-their-audience\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/rock-stars-injured-by-their-audience\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/rock-stars-injured-by-their-audience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artists have been injured<\/a> by items thrown at them from the audience.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very sad indeed. What kind of idiot does that? pic.twitter.com\/0bNZ3wYFU7<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2052493747116560871\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2052493747116560871\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">May 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a id=\"elk-0c170f38-caa1-4bfd-9986-20585de0eab9\"\/>Eric Clapton remaining tour dates 2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-da113ae4-8814-4c35-907c-76dd888c8c9c\">May 10: Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi, Spain<br \/>May 13: Mannheim SAP Arena, Germany<br \/>May 15: K\u00f6ln Lanxess Arena, Germany<br \/>May 17: M\u00fcnchen Olympiastadion M\u00fcnchen, Germany<br \/>Aug 23: Sandringham Royal Estate, UK<br \/>Sep 06: Detroit Little Caesars Arena, MI<br \/>Sep 08: Cincinnati Heritage Bank Center, OH<br \/>Sep 11: Chicago United Center, IL<br \/>Sep 13: Milwaukee Fiserv Forum, WI<br \/>Sep 15: Saint Paul Grand Casino Arena, MN<br \/>Sep 17: Kansas City T-Mobile Center, MO<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/221109\/264167\/4272?subId1=loudersound-ca-1939371674999154906&amp;sharedId=loudersound-ca&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Feric-clapton-tickets%2Fartist%2F768018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/221109\/264167\/4272?subId1=loudersound-ca-1939371674999154906&amp;sharedId=loudersound-ca&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Feric-clapton-tickets%2Fartist%2F768018\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Get Eric Clapton tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric Clapton cut short a show in Madrid, Spain, after being hit by an object thrown from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":949584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-949583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116548047389624016","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}