Bebe Rexha rushed off stage after thrown phone hits her in the head

Pop prima Bebe Rexha was rushed disconnected signifier during a performance connected Sunday aft being deed successful the caput by a telephone thrown by a fan.

The star, who was performing successful New York, collapsed to her knees erstwhile the projectile struck the broadside of her head.

She was aboriginal escorted from the venue, seemingly inactive successful pain, with her hands pressed to her face.

Video posted online showed a antheral being removed from the assemblage by information arsenic fans shouted "that's assault".

New York Police aboriginal confirmed that a 27-year-old concertgoer had been charged with assault.

The singer, whose hits see I'm Good (Blue) and Meant To Be, posted photos showing her injuries to Instagram connected Monday.

They showed bruising astir her near oculus and a chopped connected her eyebrow. However, she captioned the pictures, "I'm good", and gave the camera a thumbs-up.

Gossip website Pop Base quoted her parent arsenic saying the prima received aesculapian attraction and needed 3 stitches.

The BBC has contacted Rexha's squad for further comment.

The prima was astatine the extremity of her acceptable astatine Pier 17 successful New York erstwhile the incidental occurred.

She had antecedently invited a tearful instrumentality from El Salvador onto the signifier to sing I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; and played an impromptu mentation of Seasons aft a petition from the audience.

Fans who attended the amusement expressed their disbelief astatine however the amusement ended.

"I'm inactive successful daze 2 hours later," wrote 1 connected Twitter. "I saw thing alert and deed her. I thought it was a CD oregon a insubstantial until I saw he[r] drop."

"People truly dressed up and were successful a bully temper that they were going to a performance but this aged antheral ruined everything," added another.

"Super unsettling ending to an different large show," commented a third. "I anticipation she's okay."

Rexha, is adjacent owed to execute connected Tuesday 20 June astatine The Fillmore successful Philadelphia.

She volition bring the circuit to London connected 28 July erstwhile she plays the Shepherd's Bush Empire.

There has been a increasing inclination of fans throwing their telephone onstage successful the anticipation that artists volition airs for a selfie and instrumentality the handset.

However, helium was deed successful the oculus by a fistful of Skittles during a acceptable successful Los Angeles, and spent the remainder of his amusement rinsing his oculus retired with water.

N-Dubz prima Tulisa had her sunglasses knocked disconnected by a fan's telephone astatine 1 of the band's reunion gigs successful Glasgow.

And David Bowie remonstrated with a instrumentality astatine a Norwegian euphony festival successful 2004 aft being deed successful the oculus by a lollipop.

The hard candy - known locally arsenic "love connected a stick" - was presumably thrown arsenic an enactment of affection, but caused the vocalist immense discomfort.

He backed disconnected the runway, hunched over, and was assisted by his acceptable crew, earlier returning to the microphone and swearing astatine the culprit.

Explaining that helium lone had 1 bully oculus aft a puerility fight, helium said: "The different 1 has conscionable go a small spot much decorative than it was before… Lucky you deed the atrocious one".

Regaining his composure, helium announced plans to punish the assemblage with an "even longer concert" than planned.

Towards the extremity of the concert, helium threw a guitar prime into the assemblage and jokingly asked if he'd deed anyone successful the eye.