Garbage singer Shirley Manson made headlines over the weekend after sharing her explicit-laden thoughts about beach balls at the Melbourne edition of Good Things Festival on Friday (5 December).

Sharing an apology from the Brisbane event (7 December), Manson used her platform to mention the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

In case you missed it: Manson expressed her distaste for beach balls being thrown around during bands’ sets, describing the act as “disrespectful.” A fan was trying to get her attention with their beach ball on Friday, and Manson wasn’t impressed.

“Big guy with your big fuckin' beach ball! Oooooh, I'm sooo scared of you, so thrilled by you! What a fuckin' douchebag! Fuckin' dudes, wow,” she said. “Oh my god, you're so cool. It's just so fuckin' outrageously cool, I can't get over it, wow. It's disrespectful. And musicians have had enough. And we're fed up of not getting fuckin' paid properly and fed up of having to play for douchebags like you.”

Manson continued, “You're a fuckin' middle-aged man in a fuckin' ridiculous hat, and you're a fuckin' fuckface. And I want, literally, to ask people to fuckin' punch you in the fuckin' face. But you know what? I'm a lady, so I won't. But truly, I would love to send my crew over to fuckin' mess you up. But you know what? I won't because I pity you because you're a small man with a smalllll dick. Goodnight, angelface.”

After the on-stage rant, Manson doubled down on her thoughts, elaborating on her general dislike of beaches and joining a band because she “HATED THE FUCKING BEACH.”

“I just have to address your glorious beach balls, they’re very impressive!” Manson began on the final day of Good Things. “And not only are they impressive, but they are very, very big.”

She continued, “The only thing that kind of shocks me a little is there’s been more fuss made about me offending beach balls than there has about 20,000 Palestinian kids who are now fucking under the dirt.

“So, whilst the Brits are busy cooking up some kind of crazy, like, antichrist rhetoric, I would just like to remind you all what’s actually important in this life.”

Apologising for potentially upsetting punters with her thoughts about beach balls, Manson concluded, “And maybe 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 fuck is happening in Palestine.”

You can watch the footage below.

Following their Good Things performances, Garbage are performing sideshows in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney—tickets are sold out. The tour marks their first shows in Australia in nine years.

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