Green Day singer Armstrong says he’ll renounce citizenship

Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong told fans that he’ll renounce his U.S. citizenship because of his disgust over the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. In a profanity-filled speech onstage at London Stadium, Armstrong said he no longer wants to be a U.S. citizen.“i’m ... renouncing my citizenship. I’m (expletive) coming here,” he said to fans, who erupted with claps and cheers. “I’m not kidding, you’re going to get a lot of me in the coming days.”

Armstrong, 50, has been vocal about his political views in the past, including striking out against former President Donald Trump for refusing to concede the 2020 election. He was born in the United States but also has an honorary Italian citizenship, which was given to him in 2018.

The “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” singer joins a long list of celebrities who have said they would leave the country over political difference. Whoopi Goldberg and Miley Cyrus both pledged to leave if Trump was elected but didn’t follow through.

The Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the fundamental right to an abortion, established nearly 50 years ago, triggered protests across the country. Armstrong was not alone among musicians speaking out against the ruling.

At the Glastonbury Festival last weekend in England, Phoebe Bridgers led the crowd in an antiSupreme Court chant. Billie Eilish dedicated her song “Your Power,” which is about those who abuse their power, to those affected by the ruling.“i’m devastated and terrified. So many women and so many girls are going to die because of this,” singer Olivia Rodrigo said.