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After comments lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong made on-stage at a concert in San Francisco, two Las Vegas radio stations are refusing to play Green Day songs. Here’s why.
Armstrong publicly called out John Fisher and his decision to move the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas. “We don’t take shit from people like f*cking John Fisher… I hate Las Vegas,” Armstrong told the crowd. He also describes Las Vegas as “the worst sh*thole in America.”
Because of those comments, local Las Vegas radio stations decided not to play Green Day’s music for a while. Both KOMP 92.3 and X107.5 have posted on social media declaring they won’t play Green Day music on their stations. “In response to Armstrong’s inflammatory comments,” reads the X107.5 radio’s website, “the station is banning all Green Day music, effective immediately. Sin City heard him lout and clear—and X107.5 is not having it.”
Meanwhile, the KOMP 92.3 message on Instagram reads, “It’s not us, Billie…it’s you.” The message was shared with the typical red slash through the band.
X107.5 host Carlota Gonzalez also delivered her message to listeners on air, stating, “Maybe [Armstrong] should take a look at the city and the people involved in that transaction than talking smack about the city of Las Vegas,” after announcing she would no longer spin Green Day tracks.
“And hey, I hate to say it and as much as the Raiders suck but when they were in Oakland, they were worth a billion or two. Now they’re worth six. It was a good business decision and the A’s want some of that and I don’t blame that,” Gonzalez told listeners, addressing both the Raiders and the A’s move to Las Vegas. The A’s played their last season in Oakland and will now play in a newly planned $1.5 billion ballpark scheduled to open in 2028.
