Armstrong vows to renounce his citizenship
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong doesn't wanna be an American idiot.
At a London Stadium concert on Friday, the Oakland-born singer and guitarist vowed to renounce his United States citizenship shortly after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
“F— America,” Armstrong shouted. “I'm f— renouncing my citizenship. I'm f— coming here.”
The 50-year-old musician added that there is “too much f— stupid in the world to go back to that miserable f— excuse for a country.”
After a pause, he insisted, “I'm not kidding. You're gonna get a lot of me in the coming days.”
Green Day performed in the United Kingdom last week as part of its Hella Mega Tour with Fall Out Boy and Weezer.
Armstrong is one of a number of American artists who have spoken out about the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the past few days. At Britain's Glastonbury Festival, several performers, including Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish, Kendrick
Lamar and Olivia Rodrigo, made a point of condemning the decision.
Bridgers led a “F--k the Supreme Court” chant and criticized “irrelevant motherf--kers trying to tell us what to do with our f--king bodies,” while teen star Olivia Rodrigo brought Lily Allen onto the stage and dedicated Allen's song “F--k You” to the five Supreme Court justices who voted in the majority opinion to overturn the landmark ruling that had protected abortion as a federal right in the U.S. for almost 50 years.
Teen pop sensation Rodrigo and English musician Lily Allen dedicated a duet of the song “F— You” to the anti-Roe justices, while singer-songwriter Bridgers urged the audience to chant “F— the Supreme Court!” Rapper Megan Thee Stallion also led an expletive-laced rallying cry: “My body, my m— choice!”
Other celebrities who have publicly condemned the reversal and/or advocated for abortion rights include Michelle Obama, Quinta Brunson, Patricia Arquette, Lizzo, Ariana DeBose and Jodie Sweetin.