Throughout their headlining efficiency at Coachella on Saturday (April twelfth), Inexperienced Day modified the lyrics to their 2004 single “Jesus of Suburbia” to make a press release in regards to the Palestinian kids affected by the continued Israel-Hamas battle.
“Runnin’ away from ache, like the children from Palestine / Tales from one other damaged house,” frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sang, altering the unique line of: “Runnin’ away from ache while you’ve been victimized.”
This isn’t the primary time Armstrong has proven help for Palestine. In February throughout Inexperienced Day’s present in Malaysia, Armstrong was handed a Palestinian flag by a member of the viewers, which he then draped over his shoulders as he continued to play “Jesus of Suburbia.” This angered Jewish supporters of Israel on social media.
Armstrong additionally lately used the identical observe to make a press release about Vice President J.D. Vance final month, singing “Am I ret&rded, or am I simply J.D. Vance?” as an alternative of the unique lyric “am I simply overjoyed?”
Inexperienced Day have an extended historical past of utilizing their music as a type of protest. For the final a number of years, they’ve repeatedly modified the lyrics of their hit track “American Fool” to name out Donald Trump. Kicking off their Coachella efficiency with “American Fool,” Armstrong as soon as once more changed the unique line “I’m not part of a redneck agenda” with “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda.”
