Shirley Manson has ‘humbly’ apologised to fans who were upset after her unexpected beach ball rant went viral last week.

While performing at Melbourne’s Good Things Festival, Garbage’s set was derailed after fans threw beach balls in the crowd.

The rock icon, 59, stopped the show and shouted at a man in the audience, calling him a ‘big guy with your big f**king beach ball.’

Shirley was not holding back as she said: ‘What a f**king douchebag. You’re a f**king middle-aged man in a f**king ridiculous hat, and you’re a f**king f**kface.’

‘I want, literally, to ask people to f**king punch you in the f**king face. But you know what? I’m a lady, so I won’t,’ she concluded.

The moment was quickly shared online, with a mix of cheers and boos audible in the background of videos from the confuse

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