Green Day banned from select Las Vegas radio stations after frontman calls city ‘worst s–thole in America’

Billie Joe Armstrong’s Las Vegas diss inspired local radio stations to ban all Green Day songs from being played. GC Images

Green Day has been banned from several Las Vegas radio stations after the band’s frontman deemed Sin City “the worst s–thole in America.”

Billie Joe Armstrong made the off-color remark during the rock group’s Sept. 20 concert at Oracle Park Stadium in San Francisco. He also slammed the Oakland A’s owner, John Fisher, for moving the Major League Baseball team to Las Vegas.

“We don’t take s–t from people like f–king John Fisher… I hate Las Vegas,” Armstrong, 52, told the audience, before doubling down, saying that Las Vegas is “the worst s–thole in America.”

The Green Day frontman slammed Sin City during the band’s concert at Oracle Park Stadium in San Francisco on Sept. 20. Getty Images for Live Nation His comments about the city came as he roasted Oakland A’s owner, John Fisher, for moving the team to Las Vegas. FilmMagic

Armstrong, who was born in Oakland, was immediately blacklisted by several Vegas radio stations.

On Sept. 25, local Vegas radio station KOMP 92.3 took to Instagram to declare that they would no longer be playing any tunes by the group.

“KOMP 92.3 has pulled any and all Green Day from our playlist. It’s not us, Billie…it’s you. #vegas4ever,” they captioned a crossed-out photo of bandmembers Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool.

“We don’t take s–t from people like f–king John Fisher… I hate Las Vegas,” Armstrong said of the A’s owner, seen here in May 2017. Getty Images The Oakland native immediately received backlash over the dig.

Another station, X107.5, shared on Instagram that they were “saying BYE BYE, BILLIE 🚫.”

“After Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong disrespected Las Vegas, we’re pulling the plug on ALL of their music. No more Green Day on X107.5,” the station wrote in a post on Sept. 25, before asking listeners, “What do YOU think about his comments?”

The station’s midday host, Carlota Gonzalez, announced on air that she would be cleansing their station of all Green Day.

Local Las Vegas radio stations took to Instagram to announce the Green Day ban. “KOMP 92.3 has pulled any and all Green Day from our playlist. It’s not us, Billie…it’s you. #vegas4ever,” one station said of the band, seen here in April 2024. Getty Images for iHeartRadio Another station said that Armstrong, seen here in April 2024, “disrespected Las Vegas.” Getty Images for iHeartRadio

“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,” Gonzalez said.

“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 reminded fans that Vegas is more than just The Strip and is “filled with beautiful people.”

Local radio host Carlota Gonzalez asked Armstrong to reconsider his thoughts on the city. Getty Images for The Recording Academy The lead vocalist has yet to respond to the backlash. Getty Images for SiriusXM

“We’re not perfect, but that’s what makes Las Vegas amazing. We are accepting of all kinds of life. We are the home to people who are simply awe-striking and push the boundaries of normality,” Gonzalez said.

This isn’t the first time Armstrong has voiced his disapproval of his native country. In June 2022, the vocalist renounced his citizenship after the Supreme Court overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Reps for Green Day and Armstrong did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.