Nick Jonas bolted off stage throughout a Jonas Brothers live performance in Prague on Tuesday night time after a laser pointer was aimed toward his head, inflicting the present to be stopped for a number of minutes.
Footage of the incident circulated afterward on social media exhibiting a frightened Jonas operating backstage whereas frantically flashing a “trip” signal along with his palms.
A consultant for Prague’s O2 Enviornment confirmed in a press release to Selection on Wednesday that the live performance had been delayed and famous that laser pointers are prohibited on the venue.
“We are able to affirm that the Jonas Brothers’ efficiency needed to be interrupted for a number of minutes attributable to using a prohibited laser pointer by the particular person,” the spokesperson stated. “The organising service responded to this truth. After a couple of minutes, the band continued their efficiency.”
Crowded live performance venues have additionally change into the targets of deliberate violence.
In August, a number of of Taylor Swift’s exhibits in Vienna have been cancelled when authorities found threats of a terrorist assault on the venue. A 19-year-old man with hyperlinks to ISIS was subsequently arrested for the reported plot, which officers stated was supposed to kill “tens of 1000’s.”
The Jonas Brothers will carry out once more on Wednesday in Krakow, Poland, wrapping up the European leg of their “5 Albums, One Evening” tour.
