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Billie Joe Armstrong Confronts Water Gun–Wielding Fan at Hurricane Festival

The outburst highlights growing concerns over erratic fan behavior on Green Day’s ongoing Saviors tour.

Green Day performs on the JaM Cellar Stage during the first day of BottleRock at the Napa Valley Expo in Napa on May 23. Over the weekend, Billie Joe Armstrong stopped mid-song at Germany’s Hurricane Festival to confront a fan who repeatedly sprayed him with a squirt gun.
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Green Day performs on the JaM Cellar Stage during the first day of BottleRock at the Napa Valley Expo in Napa on May 23. Over the weekend, Billie Joe Armstrong stopped mid-song at Germany’s Hurricane Festival to confront a fan who repeatedly sprayed him with a squirt gun.

Overview

  • On June 22, during the nine-minute epic “Jesus of Suburbia,” Armstrong halted his set at Germany’s Hurricane Festival after a fan repeatedly squirted him with a water gun.
  • Fan-filmed TikTok footage shows Armstrong removing his guitar, pointing into the crowd and warning “You f—ing better quit it or I’ll beat your ass.”
  • Attendees noted the same concertgoer had targeted Armstrong throughout much of the performance, underscoring a broader rise in disruptive audience conduct since the pandemic.
  • Green Day is currently in the European leg of its global Saviors tour, celebrating 30 years of Dookie and 20 years of American Idiot.
  • The international trek, which included a pyrotechnic mishap at Coachella in April, is scheduled to conclude on September 30 at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino in San Bernardino, California.