Bracelets, phones, and candy are just a few of the items that have lately been thrown at musicians on stage. Adele is the latest celebrity to speak out about the concerning trend, telling a Las Vegas crowd that she would "kill" anyone who threw something at her, reports BBC. Also read: Beyoncé breaks Grammys record, is now most-decorated artist In a widely circulated video, she tells the crowd that they have forgotten "show etiquette." "Dare you to throw something at me," she joked. Adele is well-known for throwing T-shirts into the audience during her Vegas residency, but her statements are in reaction to a series of events in which fans flung objects on stage, said the report. Also read: The Grammys ended in controversy, again. Here’s what to know Bebe Rexha was hurt and brought to the hospital last month after being hit by a phone while performing. And when a sex toy dropped on stage when Lil Nas X performed in Sweden on Saturday, he appeared amused, the report also said. In November, Harry Styles got hit in the eye with a sweet, and Pink appeared uneasy when a bag of human ashes was tossed on stage. Ava Max has previously been smacked on stage, and in June, a bracelet was thrown at country artist Kelsea Ballerini. Charlie Puth has also requested fans put an end to the practice, stating on Twitter that "the trend... must come to an end" and that it is "disrespectful and very dangerous." So why are fans doing it? Dr Lucy Bennett is a Cardiff University lecturer who studies the interaction between fans and their favourite performers. She believed that people's attitudes have shifted since the Covid-19 pandemic, "where we couldn't be physically present at concerts." And Dr Bennett believed some individuals are doing it since it is more difficult to be noticed by artists on social media. Also read: Jazmine Sullivan wins second Grammy "If you're in the same physical space as them, and you're throwing something, then you're going to get noticed," she said of the behaviour.

María Elena Ríos has conflicting feelings about her saxophone: She once blamed the instrument for bringing her to the brink of death — but it also has been her salvation. Ríos, 29, thought her career as a musician and her devotion to her saxophone were what led her former boyfriend — an influential politician — to hire the men who splashed acid onto her face and body, disfiguring her. Later, she learned he simply couldn't accept that she had broken off their relationship. Some of the attackers and the ex-boyfriend are in jail, but Ríos still had to come to terms with her instrument. Her love of the saxophone, in the end, is helping heal the psychological scars left by the terrifying attack. “We are reconciling, little by little,” Ríos said of the musical instrument. “I hated it, because I thought it was responsible” for the 2019 attack in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca. She's performed live since then, but still wears a mask covering her lower face. “It bothered my attacker a lot that I was a musician," Ríos recounts, "because he said we musicians were vagrants, poverty stricken, that we just took drugs and that when I went to concerts I probably participated in orgies.” The ex-politician who allegedly ordered the attack is being held in jail while awaiting trial, as are two other men, but another remains at large. Meanwhile, Ríos has joined a movement calling for greater punishments for acid attacks and says the saxophone is her “sword” in that battle on behalf of victims. Mexico City legislators have proposed a bill bearing her nickname, “Malena,” which would classify acid attacks as a distinct, serious crime equivalent to attempted femicide. Currently they are treated as simple assault or bodily injury. Acid attacks are most common in South Asia, but also have been documented in many other parts of the world, including Latin America. The Carmen Sánchez Foundation, started in 2021 to highlight the issue in Mexico, says government health data from 2022 suggests more than 100 women were attacked by chemicals or some kind of corrosive agent, though only 28 were reported to authorities. Ríos remembers having to choose, at age 9, between playing soccer and joining one of the musical bands that are a popular community activity in the rural villages in Oaxaca. “I am not her anymore. I am not the beautiful young woman who played the saxophone anymore,” said Ríos. “Today I can say I have been forced to become a defender of my own rights, and a defender of the rights of other fellow women survivors.” She was hospitalized for five months after the attack, and still recalls the sadness in her parents’ eyes when she awoke in hospital. She now attends musical classes in Mexico City, where she has taken refuge since the attack. The federal government has provided her with bodyguards because her attacker was wealthy and influential. Ríos said she and her family were harassed before the attack, when she tried to break off the relationship. She says the harassment continues, and that she lives in constant fear for her life. The man accused of ordering the attack, Juan Manuel Vera Carrizal, was a local legislator and businessman. He has declared himself innocent and his lawyers deny he had any involvement. Even though he was jailed and expelled from his political party in 2020, Ríos says he still has influence. In January he was almost released to house arrest after a judge tried to reclassify the crime, applying rules for a lesser offense. But because her case has gained has gained national attention, the attempt failed. Music is now a refuge for Ríos. “When I begin to assemble my saxophone, I feel like I am putting myself together,” she says. Last year she was invited to play on stage for the first time after the attack. It was at the annual Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City with the rock group Maldita Vecindad. She says it made her feel “eternal."  

Fifteen musicians have received the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards at a ceremony held at Royal Opera House Muscat’s House of Musical Arts.  The award-giving ceremony marked the culmination of a two-day celebration in which laureates performed live or were presented in short films.  The 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards concluded on Sunday night with the presentation of awards to 15 laureates by Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham Al Said and Prince Amyn Aga Khan during a gala concert.  A special Award for Lifetime Achievement was presented to acclaimed tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain during the Music Awards’ opening night concert on October 29. Read more: ​​​​​​​Ustad Zakir Hussain receives Aga Khan Music Award This evening’s programme featured performances by Peni Candra Rini, an Indonesian composer, improviser, vocalist and educator; Yasamin Shahhosseini, an Iranian oud player who is reimagining the place of the oud in Iranian music; the Tehran-based Golshan Ensemble, which performs Iranian classical music; and Soumik Datta, a sarod player from the United Kingdom who fuses his training in Hindustani classical music with pop, rock, electronica and film soundtracks to raise awareness about urgent social issues, including climate change, refugees and mental health. Laureates of the 2022 Music Awards were selected by a Master Jury from a field of close to 400 nominees from 42 countries.  They share $500,000 prize money and will have opportunities for professional development.  These opportunities include commissions for the creation of new works, contracts for recordings and artist management, support for pilot education initiatives, and technical or curatorial consultancies for music archiving, preservation, and dissemination projects. Read More: Bangladeshi Marina Tabassum in Aga Khan Award for Architecture’s Steering Committee

National Award-winning composer Tanvir Tareq will be seen on the big screen as a musician along with directing music for film maker Afzal Hossain’s upcoming children’s film “Maniker Lal Kakra.” Tanvir told UNB that this was a surprising offer for him. “Afzal bhai one day asked me whether I could come with the guitar in the next day’s shoot and his request was like an order to me.” The actress was singing the song and I had to play the guitar with her in that scene, he said. Also read: Pori Moni-Raaz announces pregnancy Afzal at first told about two songs for the film. One was for the story where actress Sohana Saba will lip sync and another was the theme track, said Tareq. The filmmaker chose a song of Tagore, “Diner Belay Bashi Tomar Bajiyechile,” he said. Both the songs were composed for guitar as Afzal requested, said the music director. Regarding his new experience of acting Tanvir said,” Probably this is the first and last time I’d be seen acting. But at least I can now say I’ve acted in a film once!” “Being a part of a legendary filmmaker like Afzal Hossain's film was a big achievement for me. Maybe he included me in this small part on the screen out of affection”. Also read: Release of 'Shaan' postponed Maniker Lal Kakra is a film based on writer and novelist Manik Bandopadhyay's story while Masum Reza has written the script of the movie. Ferdous Ahmed and Sohana Saba have been casted for the movie.