Throughout their headlining efficiency at Coachella on Saturday (April twelfth), Inexperienced Day modified the lyrics to their 2004 single “Jesus of Suburbia” to make an announcement concerning the Palestinian youngsters affected by the continuing Israel-Hamas battle.
“Runnin’ away from ache, like the youngsters from Palestine / Tales from one other damaged residence,” frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sang, altering the unique line of: “Runnin’ away from ache if you’ve been victimized.”
This isn’t the primary time Armstrong has proven assist 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 monitor to make an announcement about Vice President J.D. Vance final month, singing “Am I ret&rded, or am I simply J.D. Vance?” as a substitute of the unique lyric “am I simply overjoyed?”
Inexperienced Day have a protracted 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 music “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.”
