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Billie Joe Armstrong had no understanding of the behavior of a fan at a current Green Day concert. In videos published by fans on Monday, the front man of the rock band can be seen, How he shouts a fan at a performance at the Hurricane Festival in Germany.
The video shows Green Day with a classic vomiting moment before Armstrong decreases his guitar, steps away from the microphone and points to one person in the crowd and shouts them. According to a fan account that shared the video, Armstrong reacted to a “person who constantly splashed him in the face with a water gun”.
Armstrong seemed to ask: “Do you understand me?”
While the sound quality is not clear, It seems to say Armstrong: “Do you understand me?” While he is angry with the fan. After the incident, Armstrong strapped his guitar again and continued to talk about the microphone with the audience: “Hand up!”
Representatives of the band did not react immediately to the Rolling Stone request for a statement.
Green Day tours through Europe – protest against Trump
Green Day is currently on European tour with concerts in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Luxembourg, which are scheduled until the weekend. On July 20, the band will return to the USA for the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival before a South America tour follows in autumn. The tour ends at the end of September with a appearance at the Ohana Fest on September 28th and a single concert in the Yaamava Theater in South California on September 30th.
Armstrong continued to use the song “American Idiot” as a protest against the Trump government-including at the Coachella, where Green Day Headliner was. Most recently, he posted an Instagram video of a protest in Los Angeles, provided with an outstretched middle finger emoji and an ice cube. The video with the Green-Day song “Fuck Off” is underlaid.