Chilean-Mexican singer-songwriter Mon Laferte was struck in the face by a phone thrown from the crowd during her show on Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Palms Casino & Resort in Las Vegas.

Fan videos captured the moment the phone hit the left side of her face, near her eye. Laferte was briefly attended to by her team and then continued the show.

Laferte addressed the incident afterward in a post on social media, written in Spanish. In translation, she said:

“The concert was a magical night. I was very happy, singing and having a great time, when suddenly a cell phone hit me in the face, on the left side, near my eye. I got scared and cried a lot, but thanks to my team, who took care of me, I was able to continue with the show. The person who threw the cell phone was kicked out of the venue.”

Video of the incident, shared by ABC7 Eyewitness News, shows the phone striking Laferte onstage. The person who recorded the video said Laferte continued the performance after the incident.

Shocking video shows a cellphone hitting Mon Laferte in the head after it was apparently thrown by a concertgoer during the Chilean-Mexican singer's Las Vegas show. The audience member who recorded this video said Laferte continued the performance after the incident. pic.twitter.com/WzqSo4D66E

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) November 7, 2026

Laferte’s U.S. tour leg wraps tonight, Sunday, Nov. 8, with a show at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.

The incident is a reminder of how quickly a concert can turn into a safety scare. A phone thrown from a crowd is not a harmless souvenir toss — especially when it strikes someone in the face, near the eye, it can cause a serious injury. Fans should keep their phones in their hands, not in the air toward the stage.

Featured image: Mon Laferte at the Museo de la Ciudad de México. Photo: Tania Victoria / Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Source: Stereogum