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Green Day tweaks 'American Idiot' lyrics to include Donald Trump diss

LOS ANGELES — The members of Green Day have made it clear that they believe there is more than just one American idiot. While performing during ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2024" on Sunday in Hollywood, the alt-rock band went a bit off script when it played its 2004 single "American Idiot." Originally written as a criticism of the political actions of the ...
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at Wrigley Field on Aug. 15, 2021, in Chicago.

LOS ANGELES — The members of Green Day have made it clear that they believe there is more than just one American idiot.

While performing during ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2024" on Sunday in Hollywood, the

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