Overview
- During Garbage’s Dec. 5 Good Things set in Melbourne, Manson berated a festivalgoer over a beach ball, using explicit language and saying she wanted people to punch him but would not.
- She later doubled down on Threads, writing “I make NO APOLOGIES,” expressing a long-standing dislike of beach balls and frustration with audiences taking music for free and treating artists like circus performers.
- Video of the exchange circulated widely online and prompted a polarized reaction across social platforms and music outlets.
- Accounts differ on who introduced the beach balls: a Music Feeds first-person piece says local musicians tossed them at Stand Atlantic’s request, while other reporting points to balls coming from Machine Head’s prior set.
- Garbage’s Australian run continues with Good Things dates in Sydney and Brisbane plus sold-out sideshows, following what the band described as their last North American headlining tour.