Eric Clapton incident | Matt Connarton Unleashed

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0:22 Speaker 1: say either way. This is something I hate to see

0:26 Speaker 1: this again. This is also from Digital Music News. Eric

0:29 Speaker 1: Clapton ends Madrid show early after being struck by object

0:33 Speaker 1: from the crowd. I don't know why people do this,

0:36 Speaker 1: but this and look, Eric Clapton. There's some things about

0:40 Speaker 1: the guy that bother me quite frankly, but this should

0:43 Speaker 1: not ever happen, it says here. Eric Clapton didn't give

0:46 Speaker 1: fans in Madrid his usual encore after he was hit

0:50 Speaker 1: in the chest with an object from the crowd and

0:52 Speaker 1: left the stage afterward. Eric Clapton usually returns to the

0:55 Speaker 1: stage for an encore after playing his classic hit Cocaine,

0:58 Speaker 1: but that was not the case at his Madrid concert

1:01 Speaker 1: on May seven. Footage posted on social media shows that

1:04 Speaker 1: Clapton seemed to be hit in the chest with what

1:06 Speaker 1: appeared to be a vinyl record tossed from the crowd.

1:09 Speaker 1: As a result, he didn't come back out for an

1:10 Speaker 1: encore after finishing the song a vinyl record, So with

1:14 Speaker 1: somebody did somebody think if they threw the record at

1:16 Speaker 1: Clapton he would autograph it for them. That's the only

1:20 Speaker 1: logical thing I can think of why that would happen.

1:23 Speaker 1: Why else would that happen. It doesn't make sense. It's bizarre,

1:28 Speaker 1: and obviously it's not the right thing to do. And

1:31 Speaker 1: obviously whoever threw that record, if that was what their

1:34 Speaker 1: intention was, they did not get their autograph. Probably somebody

1:39 Speaker 1: drunk or on something. But it says here the moment

1:42 Speaker 1: happened just after he performed Cocaine, which is usually the

1:46 Speaker 1: point at which Clapton leaves the stage and then returns

1:48 Speaker 1: to play an encore, But after the incident he did

1:51 Speaker 1: not return to the stage. Reports suggests that the fan

1:55 Speaker 1: who threw the vinyl did not intend to cause any harm,

1:57 Speaker 1: right that probably my theory, nor did it to cause

2:00 Speaker 1: injury to Clapton when the item made contact, and the

2:03 Speaker 1: record was even accompanied by a note of affection. However,

2:07 Speaker 1: even with the best of intentions, throwing an item on

2:09 Speaker 1: stage doesn't always have the desired effect, and that was

2:12 Speaker 1: certainly the case here. The former Cream guitarist reportedly became

2:16 Speaker 1: angry after the incident and chose not to return to

2:18 Speaker 1: the stage the Starry as he had to address the incident.

2:20 Speaker 1: But unfortunately, he's far from the first musician to be

2:23 Speaker 1: hit by an object thrown from the crowd. Hey, I

2:26 Speaker 1: was at a disturbed show once. This would have been

2:28 Speaker 1: oh my god. This was probably more than twenty years

2:30 Speaker 1: ago where for some reason, it was at an outdoor show.

2:35 Speaker 1: It was at a festival, and for some reason, people

2:38 Speaker 1: were throwing stuff in the crowd. I have no idea why.

2:40 Speaker 1: I mean, people throw things at Dave Draymond now for

2:43 Speaker 1: different reasons, but people were throwing stuff in this crowd.

2:47 Speaker 1: From this crowd, We're throwing stuff, and Dave Draymon said, look,

2:50 Speaker 1: you know, that's not a compliment to us. He keep

2:52 Speaker 1: doing that, We're leaving and it did stop, but it

2:56 Speaker 1: says here. A surge of concert incidents between twenty twenty

2:59 Speaker 1: three and twenty two twenty four saw numerous artists hit

3:02 Speaker 1: by objects thrown from the audience, including Kelsey Ballerini and

3:05 Speaker 1: Harry Styles. Baby A Rexa required stitches after a fan

3:10 Speaker 1: through a self oh I remember this through a cell

3:12 Speaker 1: phone directly at her face while she was performing in

3:14 Speaker 1: New York, and Ava Max had a fan slap her

3:17 Speaker 1: in the face after rushing the stage in Los Angeles.

3:21 Speaker 1: Other artists who have had items thrown at them during

3:23 Speaker 1: performances in the last few years include Drake Pink and

3:26 Speaker 1: Steve Lacy. The eighty one year old Clapton and by

3:29 Speaker 1: the way, that is relevant his age. He's eighty one

3:31 Speaker 1: years old, so you know, if you throw something like

3:37 Speaker 1: a vinyl record, you know which is not It's not

3:40 Speaker 1: the same as you know, throwing a glass bottle or something.

3:43 Speaker 1: But still, I mean, at eighty one years old, a

3:46 Speaker 1: stiff wind might blow this guy over. You can't just

3:49 Speaker 1: be doing that. I mean, that's stating the obvious, be

3:53 Speaker 1: laboring the point, I suppose. But the eighty one year

3:55 Speaker 1: old Clapton is currently on his European tour, which is

3:58 Speaker 1: set to resume in barcel on May tenth, before he

4:01 Speaker 1: makes his way to Germany for shows in Mannheim. Okay,

4:03 Speaker 1: it just goes on about a store. Don't care about

4:05 Speaker 1: that part. That's the last paragraph anyway. But you know,

4:08 Speaker 1: if you if you throw things at someone while they're

4:11 Speaker 1: on stage, just be aware that you are a bad

4:14 Speaker 1: person and we all hate you for doing that, and

4:17 Speaker 1: please don't do that ever