Here’s Why Green Day Was Banned on Las Vegas Radio Stations
The popular American punk band Green Day was banned from a couple of Las Vegas radio stations after its frontman made disparaging remarks against the city.
Band leader Billie Joe Armstrong explicitly targeted John Fisher, the owner of MLB team Oakland Athletics, in a live concert in San Francisco over the weekend. The Green Day singer and guitar player also explicitly said, “I hate Las Vegas” and called it the “worst [redacted] in America.”
The comments appear to be a response to the Oakland Athletics decision to move to Las Vegas. Armstrong himself is a native of Oakland, California, according to AOL.
In response to the remarks, at least two Las Vegas radio stations have explicitly canceled Green Day and banned their songs from playing on their airwaves. The radio stations include X107.5 and KOMP 92.3 — the latter of which took to social media to criticize Armstrong and the band.
The other station, X107.5, said it was “banning all Green Day music, effective immediately” in response to “Armstrong’s inflammatory comments.” The station added that “Sin City heard him loud and clear—and X107.5 is not having it.”
As of writing, it appears that Green Day or representatives for the band have yet to comment.
The Oakland A’s have been in the process of moving to Las Vegas for some time now. Just recently, the iconic Tropicana Hotel was demolished to make room for a new state-of-the-art facility meant to house the new team.
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