Green Day Disses Elon Musk During Performance In His Home Country
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The rock band blasted the tech billionaire with a spicy lyric swap during its performance at the Calabash South Africa festival in Johannesburg.
Green Day delivered a sizzling blow to Elon Musk while performing in the Tesla CEO’s home country of South Africa the day before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
While performing their 2004 hit “American Idiot” at the Calabash South Africa festival in Johannesburg on Jan. 19, the rock band’s frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong, swapped the lyric “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda” with “I’m not a part of the Elon agenda.”
Musk, one of Trump’s top allies during his presidential bid, was tapped by Trump in November to lead a proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy during his second term. Ramaswamy was removed from the project on Monday, however.
HuffPost has reached out to Green Day’s representatives for comment. Musk has not yet publicly addressed Green Day’s lyric substitution.
Green Day’s shade at Musk comes after the band previously slammed the tech mogul with another lyric swap during its “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” performance in 2023.
The rock band blasted the tech billionaire with a spicy lyric swap during its performance at the Calabash South Africa festival in Johannesburg.
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