A concert can go sideways for all kinds of reasons, but this one is a little different. Sombr stopped his own set on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, to talk to a guy in the crowd.
What happened in the crowd
Sombr paused the performance because a concertgoer kept giving him the middle finger. He described the man as wearing shades and a leather jacket, and he told the crowd the gesture was making him sad. Then he asked for kindness instead. That is the whole exchange, and it is a strange little reminder that a room full of people can turn on one raised hand.
The tour behind it
Sombr is out on the road supporting his album I Barely Know Her, which debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, according to Billboard. He has had a rough stretch of shows besides this one: he chipped a tooth on his water bottle during a Nov. 3 show in Milwaukee, according to Billboard.
If you paid for a ticket and the artist is right there in front of you, what is the one thing that would make you want to signal them down mid-song?
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