Green Day hit out at Donald Trump during New Year’s Rockin’ Eve performance

nme.com:

Green Day have taken a shot at former United States president Donald Trump during their performance at New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.During the band’s set at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve – hosted by Ryan Seacrest – the band’s lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong, altered the lyric “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda” to become “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda”.The song, originally written as a diss against George W.

Bush, now incorporates a mention of Trump’s presidential rally slogan, “Make America Great Again” (MAGA).Watch a clip of the moment below."I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda…" -Green Day on New Year's #RockinEve tonight.

pic.twitter.com/KdQua9QsFe— Tony Morrison (@THETonyMorrison) January 1, 2024This isn’t the first time that Green Day have taken jabs at Trump.

At the American Music Awards (AMA) in 2016, the legendary punk trio led a chant of “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA” in protest against the then-President electoral candidate.In August last year, the band announced a limited-time sale of a t-shirt featuring Donald Trump‘s mugshot for charity.