Green Day was banned from two local radio stations after calling the city, where those stations are based, ‘a s**thole.’
Earlier this month, the lead singer of the pop punk band, Billie Joe Armstrong, 52, performed and slammed the owner of Oakland Athletics for moving the team to a city he clearly dislikes.
Armstrong was performing at Oracle Park, the home of San Francisco Giants, alongside his bandmates, bassist and co-founder Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool, when he made his disparaging comments.
The pushback also comes shortly after the punk icons announced their first Australian tour in eight years but are now seeing the disgruntled reactions of their fans complaining over outrageous ticket prices.
‘We don’t take s*** from people like f***ing John Fisher,’ Armstrong said about the GAP clothing heir and A’s owner.
Green Day was banned from two local radio stations after calling the city, where those stations are based, ‘a sh*thole’; pictured January 17 in New York City
Armstrong, who is an Oakland native and A’s fan, added: ‘I hate Las Vegas. It’s the worst s***hole in America.’
People in Sin City were duly insulted by the musician’s remark.
Radio station KOMP 92.3 in particular responded to Armstrong’s comments with a strongly-worded social media post.
The station declared that they have ‘pulled any and all 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 not allowed sign over their faces and the hashtag ‘#vegas4ever.’
Similarly, another local station, X107.5, also shared their disapproval and wrote on their website that they are also ‘banning’ Green Day from their playlists.
‘In response to Armstrong’s inflammatory comments, the station is banning all Green Day music, effective immediately,’ their post read.
‘Sin City heard him loud and clear — and X107.5 is not having it.’
Earlier this month, the lead singer of the pop punk band, Billie Joe Armstrong , 52, performed and slammed the owner of Oakland Athletics for moving the team to a city he clearly dislikes; pictured September 16 in Los Angeles
Armstrong was performing at Oracle Park, the home of San Francisco Giants, alongside his bandmates, bassist and co-founder Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool, when he made his disparaging comments; pictured 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 penned a lengthy, heartfelt caption alongside a throwback photo of himself as a young child.
‘Me playing in the sand with my Oakland A’s hat,’ he wrote. ‘Must be around 6 years old..’
The musician continued: ‘The Athletics leaving Oakland is devastating.
‘I feel for all the fans and the people that will lose their jobs because of greed,’ he continued.
‘Three sports teams have left Oakland in the past 5 years,’ he pointed out, before adding that it has left ‘a cultural hole in the East Bay hearts and sport.’
‘We don’t take s*** from people like f***ing John Fisher,’ Armstrong said about the GAP clothing heir and A’s owner; pictured February 9 in Las Vegas
Armstrong, who is an Oakland native and A’s fan, added: ‘I hate Las Vegas. It’s the worst s***hole in America’; pictured 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 penned a lengthy, heartfelt caption alongside a throwback photo of himself as a young child
However, he said he adamantly believes that ‘Oakland will come back from this’ loss.
‘I’ll always remember driving to del Norte bart station taking the train to the games. Some of my favorite memories,’ he added.
‘My 4th grade teacher used to have the radio on in class so we can hear if Ricky Henderson was going to break the stolen base record. He did,’ he wrote.
‘Family, friends, [Krazy George Henderson, the inventor of The Wave], Billy Ball [also known as Billy Martin, the A’s baseball manager]. This one hurts.’
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