Singing superstar Taylor Swift, a native of nearby Berks County, is the latest live performer who has had to contend with thrown projectiles at their concerts.

The 33-year-old superstar Grammy winner dodged several thrown items as she was departing one of her Las Vegas ERAS tour shows. Reports from the scene believe the projectiles were bracelets from rabid fans. In social media videos of the scene, concertgoers can be heard shouting to her from above before throwing the items. Although surrounded by security, Swift was visibly shaken by the incident, the video showed.

This unleashed a torrent of angry social media comments from her fans, known as “Swifties,” who are concerned for her safety and welfare.

A Swift confidante, who asked not to be named, told me that even before the Las Vegas incident Swift has been “really scared” about the incidents of thrown objects that have injured some performers.

Recently, English singer-songwriter Harry Styles was hit in the face during a Vienna, Austria, performance. American singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha was struck with a mobile phone and needed stitches to close the wound.

A few days later, “Not your Barbie Girl” singer, Ava Max, was slapped by a concertgoer in Los Angeles, who somehow managed to get on stage despite heavy security. Country singer Kelsea Ballerini was struck by a bracelet thrown by a fan during a concert in Idaho. Canadian rapper Drake’s stage was littered with shoes, bras and phones. American rapper Lil Nas X paused a live show during Lollapalooza Stockholm in Sweden on July 1 after a fan threw a sex toy on stage.

In perhaps the most bizarre incident, someone threw their mother’s ashes on stage during a Pink concert. (By the way, Pink - born Alecia Beth Moore Hart - is a native of Doylestown, Bucks County.)

Performers, including Swift, are concerned that if they have to worry about “idiots” in the crowd throwing things and injuring them, it will detract from their laser-focus approach to their concerts. Some even are considering giving up live performances and touring, but doing so would mean a major financial hit.

To give you an idea of how lucrative touring is, Swift is banking on average $13 million per concert during her 113-day ERAS tour. When completed, it would make the total concert take of nearly $1.5 billion, the largest in history, eclipsing the current $853 million record-holder, British singer-songwriter Sir Elton John.

Some major venues have strict policies in place to try to prevent these incidents. MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, hosts some of the biggest concerts, including those of Swift and the Beyoncé Renaissance Tour. The venue bans spectators from carrying weapons or “any item that may be used as a projectile.”

Although they don’t want to alienate their fans, performers are beginning to speak out, some of whom are not mincing words. Perhaps the most pointed admonition came from English singer-songwriter Adele during one of her in-residence performances in Las Vegas.

She hurled curses to describe fans’ lack of etiquette and the fact they are throwing things on stage.

And then, striding across the stage, she dared them to throw something at her and declared, “I will (bleep) kill you.”

In writing on social media, Swift’s outraged fans called those who throw these objects “idiots,” “morons” and a lot of unprintable names. I particularly agree with one fan who commented, “Why would you do that? Before attending the concerts, please go and double check your brains.”

By BRUCE FRASSINELLI| tneditor@tnonline.com

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