Eric Clapton incident | Matt Connarton Unleashed

0:00 And then we've got this week's world radio premiere, and of course we'll show some love to our amazing sponsors. And then coming up an hour number three today we have Viva Los Villains Loser Loss, Viva los Villains. Although when people say Los Lobos, they always say loos, they don't say loss. But when we say Los Angeles, we say loss. We don't say los. I guess you can say either way. This is something I hate to see this again. This is also from Digital Music News. Eric Clapton ends Madrid show early after being struck by object from the crowd.

0:34 I don't know why people do this, but this and look, Eric Clapton. There's some things about the guy that bother me quite frankly, but this should not ever happen, it says here. Eric Clapton didn't give fans in Madrid his usual encore after he was hit in the chest with an object from the crowd and left the stage afterward. Eric Clapton usually returns to the stage for an encore after playing his classic hit Cocaine, but that was not the case at his Madrid concert on May seven. Footage posted on social media shows that Clapton seemed to be hit in the chest with what appeared to be a vinyl record tossed from the crowd.

1:09 As a result, he didn't come back out for an encore after finishing the song a vinyl record, So with somebody did somebody think if they threw the record at Clapton he would autograph it for them. That's the only logical thing I can think of why that would happen. Why else would that happen. It doesn't make sense. It's bizarre, and obviously it's not the right thing to do. And obviously whoever threw that record, if that was what their intention was, they did not get their autograph. Probably somebody drunk or on something.

1:40 But it says here the moment happened just after he performed Cocaine, which is usually the point at which Clapton leaves the stage and then returns to play an encore, But after the incident he did not return to the stage. Reports suggests that the fan who threw the vinyl did not intend to cause any harm, right that probably my theory, nor did it to cause injury to Clapton when the item made contact, and the record was even accompanied by a note of affection. However, even with the best of intentions, throwing an item on stage doesn't always have the desired effect, and that was certainly the case here.

2:13 The former Cream guitarist reportedly became angry after the incident and chose not to return to the stage the Starry as he had to address the incident. But unfortunately, he's far from the first musician to be hit by an object thrown from the crowd. Hey, I was at a disturbed show once. This would have been oh my god. This was probably more than twenty years ago where for some reason, it was at an outdoor show. It was at a festival, and for some reason, people were throwing stuff in the crowd. I have no idea why.

2:40 I mean, people throw things at Dave Draymond now for different reasons, but people were throwing stuff in this crowd. From this crowd, We're throwing stuff, and Dave Draymon said, look, you know, that's not a compliment to us. He keep doing that, We're leaving and it did stop, but it says here. A surge of concert incidents between twenty twenty three and twenty two twenty four saw numerous artists hit by objects thrown from the audience, including Kelsey Ballerini and Harry Styles. Baby A Rexa required stitches after a fan through a self oh I remember this through a cell phone directly at her face while she was performing in New York, and Ava Max had a fan slap her in the face after rushing the stage in Los Angeles.

3:21 Other artists who have had items thrown at them during performances in the last few years include Drake Pink and Steve Lacy. The eighty one year old Clapton and by the way, that is relevant his age. He's eighty one years old, so you know, if you throw something like a vinyl record, you know which is not It's not the same as you know, throwing a glass bottle or something. But still, I mean, at eighty one years old, a stiff wind might blow this guy over. You can't just be doing that. I mean, that's stating the obvious, be laboring the point, I suppose.

3:54 But the eighty one year old Clapton is currently on his European tour, which is set to resume in barcel on May tenth, before he makes his way to Germany for shows in Mannheim. Okay, it just goes on about a store. Don't care about that part. That's the last paragraph anyway. But you know, if you if you throw things at someone while they're on stage, just be aware that you are a bad person and we all hate you for doing that, and please don't do that ever