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Las Vegas radio stations ban Green Day after frontman calls city ‘the worst shithole in America’
Two Las Vegas stations pull songs after Billy Joe Armstrong criticises decision to move his favourite baseball team to the city
At least two Las Vegas radio stations have removed Green Day from their playlists after frontman Billie Joe Armstrong called the city “the worst shithole in America”. Speaking on stage on 20 September during a performance at San Francisco’s Oracle Park, Armstrong complained about the decision of John Fisher, the current owner of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, to move it to Las Vegas. Armstrong and Green Day have not yet commented on the reaction, but the frontman subsequently shared a picture of himself aged six in an Oakland A’s hat on social media, describing the team’s move as “devastating”.
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