Inexperienced Day, by no means shy to make their politics recognized, took a jab at Elon Musk throughout their debut efficiency in Musk’s house nation of South Africa the night time earlier than Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Whereas performing their iconic 2004 chart topper American Fool in Johannesburg’s FNB Stadium, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong modified up the lyric, “I’m not part of the redneck agenda” to “I’m not part of the Elon agenda,” taking intention on the billionaire, who has shaped shut ties with Trump in current months and is tapped to guide the president’s new “Division of Authorities Effectivity.”
Live performance footage posted to X, the social media platform owned by Musk, has taken off, and the web has loads to say.
“Can’t watch for Elon to throw a hissy match so I can snort,” wrote one particular person.
“I want artists would persist with what they do greatest, politics is clearly not what they do greatest,” one other particular person countered.
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The timing of the lyric change has been famous by many, too — sooner or later later, Musk confronted a flurry of backlash after he made a controversial gesture with one arm whereas talking at Trump’s inauguration, which many individuals in comparison with a Nazi salute.
This isn’t the primary time Inexperienced Day has modified their lyrics to take a swipe at those that help Trump.
On New 12 months’s Eve in 2023, whereas performing American Fool throughout New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve, Armstrong modified the lyrics and sang “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda,” referencing Trump’s “Make America Nice Once more” slogan.
On the time, Musk fired again, writing on X, “Inexperienced Day goes from raging in opposition to the machine to milquetoastedly raging for it.”
He, nonetheless, has not responded to the most recent jab.
In keeping with Billboard, the band additionally used an look on stage on the 2016 American Music Awards to chant “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA.”
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