Billie Joe Armstrong didn’t mince his words as Green Day performed “American Idiot” in Johannesburg, South Africa over the weekend. While visiting Elon Musk‘s home country on Sunday, the band switched the lyrics of their classic song to take aim at the Tesla and X CEO.
“I’m not a part of the Elon agenda,” Armstrong sang, switching the original lyric: “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda.”
Armstrong has been known to switch up the lyrics to the song, originally written about George W. Bush’s presidential administration, to criticize political figures. During New Year’s Rockin’ Eve this year, Green Day sang, “not a part of the MAGA…