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Billie Joe Armstrong Halts Hurricane Festival Set to Rebuke Water-Gun-Wielding Fan

The clash on June 22 highlights a broader uptick in unruly concert behavior that has plagued live shows since the pandemic.

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

  • Armstrong paused a midnight performance of “Jesus of Suburbia” at Germany’s Hurricane Festival on June 22 after a fan repeatedly sprayed him with a water gun.
  • Fan-filmed footage shows him dropping his guitar, striding to the front of the stage and warning, “You fucking better quit it or I’ll beat your ass.”
  • Social media posts indicate the same spectator had targeted Armstrong throughout much of the set, underscoring a surge in disruptive fan conduct.
  • The incident occurred on the European leg of Green Day’s Saviors tour, which marks the 30th anniversary of Dookie and the 20th of American Idiot, and will conclude on Sept. 30 in San Bernardino, California.
  • Armstrong has also used this tour to deliver pointed political commentary, including a denunciation of far-right policies during their Download Festival performance.