Inexperienced Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong stated Friday that he will likely be "renouncing" his U.S. citizenship. He made the feedback quickly after the Supreme Court docket struck down Roe v. Wade, the landmark choice that established the appropriate to have an abortion.
In entrance of a crowd at London Stadium within the U.Ok., Armstrong informed followers, "F**okay America. I am f**king renouncing my citizenship. I am f**king coming right here."
Because the viewers cheered, he continued saying there's "an excessive amount of f**king silly on the earth to return to that depressing f**king excuse for a rustic." He stated he wasn't kidding and promised his followers that they might "get so much" of him within the coming days.
It is not the primary time Armstrong has expressed his frustrations with the U.S. Some songs on Inexperienced Day's "American Fool" album have been written to sentence the invasion of Iraq and the Bush administration.
Armstrong joined a refrain of artists talking out towards the Supreme Court docket's choice to reverse Roe. On the Glastonbury Competition, "Driver's License" singer Olivia Rodrigo slammed the conservative justices within the majority opinion, saying "We hate you." On the BET Awards on Sunday, Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monáe and different stars criticized the excessive court docket's opinion in highly effective moments of their very own.
"It is about time we speak about the truth that weapons have extra rights than a lady. It is a unhappy day in America," Henson stated. "A weapon that may take lives has extra energy than a lady who can provide life — if she chooses to. And it is about time I received that off my chest."