A fan threw what appeared to be a bag containing her dead mother’s ashes onto the stage at a Pink weekend concert for the British Summer Festival in London.
The 43-year-old entertainer appeared stunned and paused to sing to address the unidentified fan.
«This is your mom?» Pink asked as she held the bag in a video clip of the incident.
“I don’t know how I feel about it,” he said, before placing the alleged ashes on the stage floor and resuming the performance.
Online observers criticized the bizarre episode on social media.
“That is so wrong in so many ways…” a person tweeted.
«This isn’t even funny, but it’s weird,» another wrote.
The ash-throwing incident represents what many concertgoers have called an increase in concert bad etiquette, including inconsiderate and sometimes dangerous behavior by fans.
Earlier this month, a fan threw a phone at singer Bebe Rexha. Rexha’s eye was injured and she was taken to a local hospital.
The alleged shooter later said he thought «it would be fun,» according to police.
In the same week, singer Ava Max was slapped by an audience member who came on stage.
“He slapped me so hard he scratched the inside of my eye,” Max said of the attack.
Fans and experts speculate that bad fan behavior may be explained by a combination of poor post-pandemic socializing skills, alcohol intoxication, and competing bids for virality.