A Jonas Brothers concert in Prague was briefly halted on Tuesday night after Nick Jonas was targeted by a laser pointer, causing him to run off stage.
Footage of the incident first emerged on social media, where Nick Jonas can be seen dashing off stage mid-concert while making a “time out” sign with his hands. A representative for the O2 Arena in Prague, where the concert was held, confirmed to Variety that the show was halted for several minutes afterwards.
“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 O2 Arena Praha spokesperson said. “The organizing service responded to this fact. After a few minutes, the band continued their performance.”
Representatives for the Jonas Brothers did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
The safety of performers on stage has become a hot-button issue in recent years, with artists being subjected to objects thrown on stage or simply odd requests from audience members.
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The concerning trend has been addressed by Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Adele, Kelsea Ballerini and more. Fears were heightened even more recently when Swift’s August shows in Vienna, Austria were canceled when government officials discovered the threat of an ISIS-related terror attack.
“Having our Vienna shows canceled was devastating. 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,” Swift said in an Instagram post at the time. “But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.”
Jonas Brothers are currently playing the rescheduled European leg of the band’s “Five Albums, One Night” tour, which comes to a close on Wednesday night in Krakow, Poland.