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 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. A new book argues the Sacagawea legend is all wrong. White House makes Hegseth put his polygraph away. See 1 photo Report an error