Rock Legend, 53, Stops Singing Mid-Song to Angrily Scold Fan
Billie Joe Armstrong may be approaching middle age, but he still has his youthful punk attitude. Whether he's being cheeky onstage about Green Day's "feud" with Charli XCX or making a brash, NSFW statement about the recent protests in Los Angeles or changing the lyrics of a song to criticize a politician, Armstrong, 53, is not afraid to flip a middle finger and let his emotions fly.
But, sometimes, things can get a bit heated, like during Green Day's set at Germany's Hurricane Festival on June 22. In footage shared on TikTok, Armstrong was singing a call-and-response when he flipped off someone in the crowd.
Armstrong then pointed directly at someone before walking forward, before removing his guitar. A visibly irate Billie Joe then pointed his finger at a concertgoer while scolding them. While the footage didn't capture the audio of what he said, Billie Joe does appear to utter the words "beat your [explicative]. Do you understand me?"
The TikTok account that posted the footage said that Armstrong was reacting to someone who kept on shooting water at Billie Joe's face with a squirt gun. Users on Reddit also claimed that the fan was "shooting water with an [explicative] water pistol at Billie's face for an hour. The show started at midnight, so it was nearly 1 am when this happened."
Redditors also reported that the concert was delayed due to a thunderstorm. They claimed that security checks were "pretty low to let people back in as fast as possible," though many argued that squirt guns wouldn't be confiscated like an actual weapon would be.
After Billie Joe vented his frustration, he resumed the song. Redditors said it was "Jesus of Suburbia," meaning that, per Setlist FM, the band then went into "Bobby Sox" before closing the show with "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).
That seems fitting.
Related: Pop Singer Stops Concert Mid-Show to 'Scold' Off-Beat Band: 'You Guys Gotta Follow Me'
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