Billie Eilish Grabbed, Pulled Into Barricade By Fan At Miami Show

Billie Eilish launched the US leg of her HIT ME HARD AND SOFT tour on Thursday (9 October), but the show didn’t go as smoothly as planned.

In video footage captured by fans, the bad guy singer was forcibly grabbed by a fan at the barrier. Eilish was performing the first of three shows at the Kaseya Centre in Miami when she walked by punters lined up at the barricade, touching their hands and greeting them.

Suddenly, a person at the barricade abruptly grabbed Eilish’s arm, pulling her with enough force to spin her around and slam her against the barrier. The singer’s security immediately jumped in to help Eilish to her feet and pushed the punter back.

Videos posted to social media show the singer walking away, looking visibly shaken after the encounter. Eilish hasn’t yet shared a statement about the incident.

As Billboard notes, this isn’t the first time that Eilish has faced inappropriate fan behaviour. A fan put their hand around her neck at the Austin City Limits festival in 2019, and last year, Eilish was struck in the face by a punter’s necklace while performing in Arizona. She’s also revealed that fans have thrown phones at her.

Earlier this year, Eilish embarked on an arena tour of Australia in support of her latest album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT.

Reviewing her show at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in February, The Music’s Emma Newbury wrote, “Whether it was her playful interactions with the crowd, her steadfast political and environmental values, or her effortless ability to command a stage and balance singing with action, Eilish reinforced why she remains one of the largest artists of her generation. Eilish was made for a long career in music.”

During the tour, she broke the long-standing single event attendance record at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena.

Eilish’s show on 28 February at Qudos Bank Arena saw 21,001 attendees, one more than the arena’s capacity of 21,000, attend the show. The record surpassed Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds show, which took place 18 years prior, on 13 November 2007, when 20,839 patrons attended his show.

In addition to that statistic, three out of four dates of Eilish’s leg at Qudos Bank Arena eclipsed Timberlake’s previous arena attendance record, meaning that Eilish currently holds all top three placements for the most attended event at Qudos Bank Arena.

yeah id also be sprinting that barricade walk cause what the fuck this is so scary pic.twitter.com/II4iAbolKf

— sara (@bizzleeilish) October 10, 2025

nah cos @KaseyaCenter need to catch it too cus the girls around the guy who yanked billie literally SAID that he was harassing them in the pit and was on security’s radar for being drunk but they STILL didn’t kick him out… if he got kicked out this woulda never happened. pic.twitter.com/91hbrXIhgR

— rachel🦋 (@ifitriedtoleave) October 10, 2025