Nick Jonas sprinted off stage recently after a laser pointer was aimed at him during a Jonas Brothers show.
The incident took place during the band’s ‘Five Albums, One Night’ show in Prague last night (October 15), when a member of the audience brought a prohibited laser pointer into the crowd and aimed it at the musician during the set.
In footage shared by other concertgoers on social media, Nick Jonas is seen running off the stage while making a “time out” sign with his hands.
According to a new report by Variety, a representative from the O2 Arena in Prague said that the show was forced to stop for a few minutes due to the incident.
Nick Jonas runs off the stage during Jonas Brothers concert in Prague after someone pointed a laser at him. pic.twitter.com/WGozUbDISW
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“We can confirm that the Jonas Brothers’ performance had to be interrupted for several minutes due to the use of a prohibited laser pointer by the person,” the spokesperson told the outlet. “The organising service responded to this fact. After a few minutes, the band continued their performance.”
The band have not commented publicly or responded to Variety’s request for comment about the incident at the time of writing.
Concerns for the safety of artists and fans during live shows has become a topic increasingly discussed in recent months – namely after the foiled terror attack planned for a Taylor Swift show in Vienna earlier this summer.
Back in August, all three of the pop star’s ‘Eras Tour’ shows in the city were cancelled after it was revealed that two people had been arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack during the gigs.
A 19-year-old main suspect was arrested in Ternitz, south of Vienna, and a second person in the Austrian capital. It was widely reported that the former had pledged an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State group.
The main suspect – who has not been named in line with Austrian privacy rules – fully confessed to planning a terror attack at one of the shows in Vienna. He had reportedly wanted to use knives or self-made explosives outside the Ernst Happel Stadium to kill as many people as possible (via Sky News). A police search of his house reportedly led to chemicals, explosives, knives and machetes being found.
It was later reported that a third suspect had been arrested by police in the area after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect.
There was some debate as to whether the shows planned for London would continue given the circumstances, and police at Scotland Yard later confirmed that the remaining Wembley gigs should “not [be] impacted” by the Vienna terror plot. The Wembley shows proceeded as planned, but with an earlier start and end time than originally announced when tickets first went on sale.
“Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” Swift said at the time. “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows. But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.”
