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\n\tGarbage<\/a> frontwoman Shirley Manson has responded to headlines sparked by her rant against beach balls at Melbourne\u2019s Good Things Festival last week, offering an on-stage apology during the band\u2019s Brisbane performance on Sunday (Dec. 7) \u2014 while also redirecting attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI just have to address your glorious beach balls \u2014 they\u2019re very impressive,\u201d Manson told the Brisbane crowd at Showgrounds. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe only thing that kind of shocks me a little is there\u2019s been more fuss made about me offending beach balls than there has about 20,000 Palestinian kids who are now f\u2014ing under the dirt,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSo whilst the Brits are busy cooking up some kind of crazy, like, antichrist rhetoric, I would just like to remind you all what\u2019s actually important in this life.<\/p>\n \n\tManson concluded the segment by softening her tone: \u201cMaybe a beach ball brings you joy, and for that I apologise. If I upset you about your blessed beach balls, I humbly apologise. However, I would really like it if the governments of the day apologised for what the f\u2013k is happening in Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe moment comes after viral footage captured Manson erupting at a fan in Melbourne<\/a> who repeatedly attempted to get her attention by throwing a beach ball toward the stage. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cYou\u2019re a f\u2013king middle-aged man in a f\u2013king ridiculous hat, and you\u2019re a f\u2013king f\u2013kface,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cI want, literally, to ask people to f\u2013king punch you in the f\u2013king face. But you know what? I\u2019m a lady, so I won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tShe later doubled down on social media, writing on Threads: \u201cI joined a band because I HATED THE F\u2013KING BEACH. I joined a band because I wanted to listen to Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure and be dark and beautiful\u2026 I am so tired of folks taking music for free and treating us all like circus performers.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tGarbage are currently on tour in Australia for the first time in nine years, playing a mix of Good Things Festival sets and sold-out sideshows in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. Their setlist includes fan favourites like \u201cOnly Happy When It Rains,\u201d \u201cStupid Girl,\u201d \u201cCherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)\u201d and \u201cWhen I Grow Up,\u201d alongside songs from their recent albums No Gods No Masters<\/a><\/em> (2021) and Let All That We Imagine Be The Light<\/em> (2023).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n