Celebrity | concert Singer Gets Punched on Stage Morrissey is rushed off by security By Neal Colgrass Posted Nov 11, 2018 12:45 PM CST Copied Singer Gets Punched on Stage A video of the alleged assault. (YouTube) Singer Morrissey was rushed offstage in San Diego Saturday after a fan jumped up and apparently punched him in the face, TMZ reports. The San Diego Union-Tribune says Morrisey was wrapping up his encore song when fans rushed the stage at Jacobs Music Center's Copley Symphony Hall and one allegedly struck him. The 59-year-old British performer was removed by security while the fan was dragged off in a chokehold. No word on whether Morrissey, ex-The Smiths frontman, was injured. TMZ has a video and so does YouTube. (There's footage of the Beatles' only concert in Japan.) Read These Next Bill Gates wants less 'doomsday' talk on climate change. Cruise passenger, reportedly left behind on island, is found dead. Game 3 of the World Series took a historically long time to wrap up. Monstrous Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica. See 1 photo Report an error