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WATCH: Green Day Take Aim At Elon Musk During Johannesburg Concert

By Dalton Mac Namee
2 hours ago
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At their recent show in South Africa, Green Day aimed a dig at tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Last weekend (January 19), Green Day performed at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, when their frontman Billie Joe Armstrong took aim at X and Tesla owner Musk.

While performing a live rendition of 'American Idiot', Armstrong sang: “I’m not a part of the Elon agenda“, instead of the lyrics: “redneck agenda”.

In the past year, Elon Musk who is from Pretoria, South Africa, has played a key role in Donald Trump's election victory, which saw him become the country's 47th president of the US.

This has led to Musk being appointed to lead Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

Check out footage of this performance below.

'American Idiot' 

Speaking of American Idiot, Green Day's hit, 'American Idiot' hit one billion streams on Spotify.

This is the second Green Day track to reach this milestone, with 'Basket Case' also joining this exclusive club.

Following its 2004, American Idiot reached Number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also came in at Number 3 in the UK, as well as garnering four Grammy Award nominations.

American Idiot was also the title track of the band's famous album, which also marked its 20th anniversary this year.

More on this from Nova here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written by Dalton Mac Namee

Dalton Mac Namee is a content writer for Nova.ie and a freelance GAA reporter from Louth, Ireland.

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