Overview
- At Melbourne’s Good Things Festival, Manson berated a beach‑ball thrower in a profane rant, saying she wanted to ask people to punch him before pulling back on the idea.
- In Brisbane two days later, she told the crowd she was sorry if beach balls bring people joy and urged governments to apologize for what is happening in Palestine, referencing the death of thousands of children.
- On Threads, she maintained she makes no apologies for disliking beach balls, saying she hated the beach and was tired of artists being treated like circus performers.
- Footage drew backlash from fans online, even as Australian crowds kept volleying beach balls and Manson tweaked a lyric onstage to joke, “if you’re ready for balls.”
- Garbage are on their first Australian run in nine years, and some reports suggested the balls may have come from Machine Head, a claim that has not been confirmed.