Fans have been taking to social media to share their outrage after footage emerged of Halsey being groped by a concertgoer.
The incident took place during the singer’s ongoing ‘Back To Badlands’ tour dates, when they performed at The Anthem in Washington D.C. on November 4.
Since the show was held, footage has emerged from someone in the crowd, and it shows the ‘Colours’ singer being groped by an audience member before security intervened. It came as Halsey was delivering a rendition of ‘Is There Somewhere’, and leaning into the crowd during the performance.
In the video, which has been shared by The New York Post, one of the people in the audience is seen putting their hand on the singer’s thigh, before moving it underneath her leather skirt.
Security were quick to spot what was happening and pushed the person’s hand away, and Halsey continued to sing without stopping the performance to bring light to the issue.
Unsurprisingly, fans have been quick to share their outrage at the footage, and call for there to be more respect shown towards Halsey and other performers as they take to the stage.
halsey is better than me bc if someone touched me like that in a crowd i would be breaking fingers 🤷🏼♀️
— little bitch (@clo_ver_ly) November 7, 2025
H coming into the crowd during Is There Somewhere is a PRIVILEGE. We are incredibly lucky to have an artist who wants to get close to us, any inappropriate touching will not be tolerated. Halsey does this because she loves us, not because she has to. Let’s not lose the privilege.
— Halsey Updates (@HalseyUpdates) November 6, 2025
“Personal boundaries are non-negotiable — a concert is for music, not unwanted touching. Some people seriously need a lesson in respect,” wrote one person after seeing the footage on X/Twitter, while another shared: “That is just so wrong in so many ways.”
“That’s beyond unacceptable. Performers deserve to feel safe on their own stage – no excuses for this behaviour,” added a third, while someone else commented: “Idiot deserves to be charged. Absolutely unacceptable behaviour.”
“Have we not learned respect , there’s no excuse for this,” another person said on X, and someone else agreed: “That’s harassment, the efff is going on with people? I feel disgusted and I’m so sorry she went through it.”
Halsey has not yet publicly spoken about the incident. NME has reached out to her team for comment.
Just one day before that gig in Washington D.C., Halsey played the second of her two planned shows at Boston’s MGM Music Hall – and revealed that just hours before she was held overnight in the ER due to an acute medical emergency.
Also on that second night in Boston, they faced another issue with the audience, and hit back after being heckled by someone in the crowd who said “shut up and play”.
LIKE WHO FUCKING ASKED HIM pic.twitter.com/ZwJJLmjnDj
— ava ミ☆ (@PARANOlALIV) November 4, 2025
“I’m gonna play whatever the fuck I wanna play,” Halsey said in response. “In case you didn’t hear me correctly, I almost fucking died to be on this stage. I’m going to play whatever the fuck I wanna play.”
Halsey released her fifth studio effort ‘The Great Impersonator’ last October, and it was given a glowing five-star review from NME and later named one of our best albums of 2024.
“‘The Great Impersonator’ comes from a place she describes as ‘the space between life and death,” the review read. “On the surface, it’s a tribute to the artists who made her. But on the other hand, it’s a brutal reckoning with chronic illnesses and postpartum depression, written when she wasn’t certain if she’d make it to the other side.”
