During a rendition of their 2004 track Jesus of Suburbia, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong changed a line in the song’s lyrics. Instead of singing the original line, “Runnin’ away from pain when you’ve been victimized,” Armstrong sang, “Runnin’ away from pain like the kids from Palestine / Tales from another broken home.” The lyric change was met with cheers from the crowd.
The move was not unprecedented for the band, known for its politically charged performances. In 2016, during the U.S. presidential election, Green Day altered the lyrics of their song Holiday to protest then-candidate Donald Trump, referring to him as a “white supremacist.”
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More recently, in 2023, they modified the chorus of their hit American Idiot, swapping the line “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda” for “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda.”
Last month, while performing in Melbourne, Armstrong again modified Jesus of Suburbia, this time to mock U.S. Vice President JD Vance. The line “Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed?” was changed to “Am I retarded or am I just JD Vance?”