{"id":819071,"date":"2025-01-11T10:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T16:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/11\/real-reason-i-attacked-fan-who-stormed-stage-at-lagos-concert-burna-boy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T10:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T16:15:26","slug":"real-reason-i-attacked-fan-who-stormed-stage-at-lagos-concert-burna-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/11\/real-reason-i-attacked-fan-who-stormed-stage-at-lagos-concert-burna-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Real reason I attacked fan who stormed stage at Lagos concert \u2013 Burna Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p><strong>Nigerian musician Burna Boy has addressed the controversy surrounding his reaction to a fan who jumped on stage during the Greater Lagos 2024 concert<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Burna Boy defended his actions, revealing that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).<\/p>\n<p>The artist explained that his PTSD was triggered by the fan\u2019s sudden jump, which led to his defensive response.<\/p>\n<p>Burna Boy emphasized that, due to his condition, he cannot tolerate fans jumping on stage while he is performing, urging them to refrain from doing so in the future.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/platinumpost.news\/2024\/12\/31\/real-reason-i-dont-honour-podcast-interviews-burna-boy\/\">Real reason I don\u2019t honour podcast interviews \u2013 Burna Boy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows my rule about getting on stage and startling me when I\u2019m performing. I had an amazing time with Lagos State last night. Don\u2019t jump on my stage like that! I got PTSD. I love you all. Happy new year,\u201d Burna Boy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>For those who criticised the Grammy Award winner for ending his performance abruptly due to the incident, Burna Boy said, \u201cIt was a free show. I was supposed to do 10 mins and did almost an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A video of the incident has since gone viral, sparking widespread criticism of the artiste\u2019s actions. Many Nigerians expressed disappointment, with some calling Burna Boy\u2019s response \u201cbrutal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBurna Boy kicked a fan who jumped on stage to hug him at the Greater Lagos concert,\u201d said an X user, @Poojamedia. \u201cI feel for the fan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another user, @GreenBoyofLagos, said, \u201cThe fan was just showing love and enthusiasm and didn\u2019t deserve to be kicked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity should\u2019ve handled it better. Hope the fan is okay, and Burna Boy can make it up to them. That\u2019s so sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, some defended Burna Boy, suggesting that his reaction might have been driven by a need to protect himself, as he could not have known the fan\u2019s intentions when he jumped on stage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumpost.news\/2025\/01\/02\/real-reason-i-attacked-fan-who-stormed-stage-at-lagos-concert-burna-boy\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Nigerian musician Burna Boy has addressed the controversy surrounding his reaction to a fan who jumped on stage during the Greater Lagos 2024 concert. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Burna Boy defended his actions, revealing that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The artist explained that his PTSD was triggered by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":819072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":{"0":"post-819071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-news","8":"tag-podcast-music"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}