Overview
- During Garbage's Dec. 7 Good Things set in Brisbane, Manson told fans she was sorry if beach balls bring them joy and said she wanted governments to apologize for what is happening in Palestine.
- She argued that more attention had gone to the beach‑ball flap than to the suffering in Gaza, citing 20,000 Palestinian children who she said are now under the dirt.
- Her Brisbane comments came after viral Melbourne footage showed her berating a man over a beach ball and saying she wanted people to punch him.
- Following the Melbourne incident, she posted on Threads to defend her stance, writing that she hated the beach and invoking dark, alternative influences for her aesthetic.
- Garbage's first Australian tour in nine years is ongoing, with fans still bringing beach balls to shows and Manson even tweaking a lyric to joke about balls.