Macklemore Fan Arrested on Stage Due to Outstanding Warrant

A Macklemore fan, who was wanted by the police, left the rapper’s show in Slovakia in handcuffs after making an appearance on stage.

On Sunday (Aug. 18), Macklemore performed at the Lovestream Festival in Bratislava, Slovakia. During the “Thrift Shop” rapper’s set, he was joined by an enthusiastic fan who turned out to be a wanted individual. The woman swiftly shared photos of her experience on social media. Someone recognized her from a database of wanted suspects and promptly informed the authorities.

According to a press release from local authorities, “The police subsequently waited until the woman on the stage was an adult and detained a 24-year-old woman from Bratislava. The court had issued an order to impose imprisonment, which the young woman was avoiding. She was then escorted to the premises of the institution for imprisonment.”

The 24-year-old woman, according to TMZ, is a bartender who had been fined for streaking topless during a 2019 football match in Slovakia. It’s not clear if that was the exact reason for her arrest.

Macklemore addressed the show in an Instagram post on Wednesday (Aug. 21), though he did not comment on the viral arrest incident. “It rained as hard as rain can fall,” he captioned a series of photos from the show. “Lightning vigorously pierced the Bratislava Slovakia sky. The Lovestream festival evacuated. I waited and paced the backstage corridor, unsure if we were meant to touch the stage that night. But finally, just as we had given up hope, the festival informed us they were letting the people back in. I’m sure some went home, but from my eye 25,000 beautiful drenched humans resumed in their places with spirits as charged as the lightening in the distance. We had come too far to turn back and the weather gods gave us a window.”

Source: TMZ