{
  "id": 316166,
  "title": "Billy Strings Wears Protective Headgear After Getting Hit By Object The Previous Night",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/billy-strings-wears-protective-headgear-after-getting-hit-by-object",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-08T15:20:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2507707/billy-strings-wears-protective-headgear-after-getting-hit-by-object-the-previous-night/news/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It's not easy being a performer these days. They have to worry about concertgoers shitting on the floor or throwing projectiles at them . On Thursday (Aug. 6), Billy Strings was playing a show in Fishers, Indiana, when he became the victim of a very skilled pitcher. He was in the middle of speaking when an object hit him in the head. That was the first of three nights that the folk/bluegrass…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}