Green Day was banned from two local radio stations after calling the city, where those stations are located, a “moron.”
Earlier this month, the pop punk band’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, 52, took action and criticized the owner of the Oakland Athletics for moving the team to a city he clearly doesn’t like.
Armstrong was performing at Oracle Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants, alongside his bandmates, bassist and co-founder Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool, when he made his disparaging comments.
The rejection also comes shortly after the punk icons announced their first Australian tour in eight years, but are now seeing disgruntled reactions from fans complaining about outrageous ticket prices.
“We don’t take shit from people like fucking John Fisher,” Armstrong said of the GAP apparel heir and A’s owner.
Green Day was banned from two local radio stations after calling the city, where those stations are located, “bullshit”; photographed on January 17 in New York City.
Armstrong, an Oakland native and A’s fan, added: “I hate Las Vegas.” It’s the worst shithole in America.
The people of Sin City were appropriately insulted by the musician’s comment.
Radio station KOMP 92.3 in particular responded to Armstrong’s comments with a strongly worded social media post.
The station stated that they had “removed every single Green Day from our playlist.”
“It’s not us, Billie… it’s you,” the station wrote in the caption alongside a silly photo of the band with a no-no sign over their faces and the hashtag ‘#vegas4ever.’
Similarly, another local station, X107.5, also shared their disapproval, writing on their website that they are also “banning” Green Day from their playlists.
“In response to Armstrong’s inflammatory comments, the station will be banning all Green Day music, effective immediately,” his post read.
“Sin City heard it loud and clear, and X107.5 won’t let it happen.”
Earlier this month, the pop punk band’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, 52, took action and harshly criticized the owner of the Oakland Athletics for moving the team to a city he clearly doesn’t like; Pictured on September 16 in Los Angeles.
Armstrong was performing at Oracle Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants, alongside his bandmates, bassist and co-founder Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool, when he made his disparaging comments; Pictured on April 1 in Los Angeles.
Just days earlier, Armstrong shared how “devastated” he was that the Oakland A’s were moving out of his hometown.
He took to Instagram and wrote a long, heartfelt caption along with a photo of himself as a child.
“Me playing in the sand with my Oakland Athletics cap,” he wrote. “He must be around 6 years old…”
The musician continued: ‘The A’s leaving Oakland is devastating.
“I’m sorry to all the fans and people who will lose their jobs because of greed,” he continued.
“Three sports teams have left Oakland in the last five years,” he noted, before adding that this has left “a cultural hole in the hearts and sports of the East Bay.”
“We don’t take shit from people like fucking John Fisher,” Armstrong said of the GAP apparel heir and A’s owner; Pictured on February 9 in Las Vegas.
Armstrong, an Oakland native and A’s fan, added: “I hate Las Vegas.” It’s the worst shithole in America; Pictured from September 2012 in Las Vegas.
Just days earlier, Armstrong shared how “devastated” he was that the Oakland A’s were moving out of his hometown. He took to Instagram and wrote a long, heartfelt caption along with a photo of himself as a child.
However, he said he firmly believes “Oakland will bounce back from this” loss.
‘I will always remember driving to North Bart Station and taking the train to the games. Some of my favorite memories,” he added.
‘My fourth grade teacher used to have the radio on in class so we could hear if Ricky Henderson was going to break the stolen base record. He did it,’ he wrote.
‘Family, friends (Krazy George Henderson, the inventor of The Wave), Billy Ball (aka Billy Martin, the A’s baseball coach). This one hurts.’
