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Inexperienced Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong advised followers throughout a live performance in London that he’ll resign his United States citizenship, simply hours after the U.S. Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade.
For 50 years, Roe v. Wade set a authorized precedent that assured the correct to an abortion within the U.S. Friday’s 6-3 choice by a majority conservative bench now leaves particular person states open to ban or prohibit abortion.
Armstrong, 50, addressed the broadly criticized ruling throughout a Friday efficiency of the Hella Mega tour, whose different headliners embrace Weezer, Fall Out Boy, and others.
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“F–ok America. I’m f–king renouncing my citizenship. I’m f–king coming right here,” Armstrong advised U.Ok. concertgoers.
Talking over cheers from the viewers, Armstrong continued, “There’s an excessive amount of f–king silly on the planet to return to that depressing f–king excuse for a rustic.”
Armstrong appeared critical about his intentions, telling followers to be ready: “You’re going to get much more of me within the coming days.”
Inexperienced Day has lengthy been vital of the U.S. authorities, particularly conservative politics. Their 2004 hit American Fool is an often-used protest music and was written in response to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
In response to British reviews, Armstrong stated, “F–ok the Supreme Courtroom of America” earlier than taking part in the music.
Reactions to Armstrong’s announcement on social media had been blended, with some denouncing the choice and others discovering it according to Inexperienced Day’s politics. Others questioned if he’ll really undergo with it.
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Armstrong wasn’t the one artist protesting the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The Glastonbury competition passed off within the U.Ok. over the weekend and performers Olivia Rodrigo, Phoebe Bridgers, Megan Thee Stallion and Kendrick Lamar used their time on stage to sentence the ruling.
Rodrigo joined Britain’s Lily Allen on stage to sing Allen’s hit F–ok You, devoted to the 5 Supreme Courtroom justices who voted to overturn the precedent.
Rodrigo stated she was “terrified and devastated” by the information that abortion would not be a federally assured proper. “So many ladies and so many women are going to die due to this,” she stated.
Bridgers led a “F–ok the Supreme Courtroom” chant throughout her set and Megan Thee Stallion declared, “My physique my motherf–king alternative.”
On Sunday evening, Lamar wore a crown of thrones soaked in faux blood and ended his set by chanting “Godspeed for girls’s rights, they decide you, they decide Christ.”
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