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Misogynistic Onstage Attacks of Female Performers Is This Summer’s Worst Trend<!-- wp:html --><p>REUTERS/David Swanson</p> <p>Boundary-breaking pop star <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/lil-nas-x-is-a-brilliant-queer-musician-and-a-brave-one">Lil Nas X</a> is no stranger to sexually explicit content, so it makes sense that he reacted with <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/lil-nas-x-dodges-sex-toy-hurled-at-him-onstage-at-swedish-festival">a perfect comeback</a> when, while performing at Lollapalooza over the weekend, a fan <a href="https://twitter.com/lilnasxmedia/status/1675485838124171264">threw a Fleshlight</a> in his direction: “Who threw they pussy onstage?”</p> <p>However, the <em>Montero</em> singers is just the latest prominent musician this summer to be the unwilling target of strange, sometimes harmful projectiles being tossed at them in the middle of a show. </p> <p>A few weeks ago, pop singer <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/bebe-rexha-collapses-on-stage-after-being-hit-in-the-head-by-thrown-cell-phone">Bebe Rexha</a> was struck in the face with a cell phone while she was performing at Pier 17 in Manhattan—in video of the incident, Rexha can be seen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5rZjDE838">crumpling to the ground</a> in pain and shock.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/misogynistic-onstage-attacks-of-female-performers-is-this-summers-worst-trend">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Boundary-breaking pop star Lil Nas X is no stranger to sexually explicit content, so it makes sense that he reacted with a perfect comeback when, while performing at Lollapalooza over the weekend, a fan threw a Fleshlight in his direction: “Who threw they pussy onstage?”

However, the Montero singers is just the latest prominent musician this summer to be the unwilling target of strange, sometimes harmful projectiles being tossed at them in the middle of a show.

A few weeks ago, pop singer Bebe Rexha was struck in the face with a cell phone while she was performing at Pier 17 in Manhattan—in video of the incident, Rexha can be seen crumpling to the ground in pain and shock.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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