GREEN DAY PERFORMS IN FRONT OF “FUCK TED CRUZ” BANNER DURING THEIR EUROPEAN TOUR

Green Day have debuted a brand new banner displayed in the background of their reside exhibits which merely reads: “Fuck Ted Cruz”.

The on-screen message first circulated on-line in early June after the Berlin live performance of the band’s broader European Hella Mega Tour.

Following the efficiency, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong reposted a fan photograph of the Cruz reference captioned with a love coronary heart emoji.

apparently green day had “fuck ted cruz” on the screen at their concert last night. green day will always be real ones. pic.twitter.com/amhT7j3Zhs

— Michael Radigan (@MikeyRads) June 3, 2022

Since debuting the banner, concert-goers have taken to Twitter to touch upon its frank evaluation of the Republican Senator, with one person writing that “Green Day knows Ted Cruz is a dick.”

Green Day’s backdrop show arrives amid broader criticism of Cruz and his occasion in response to the Robb Elementary School capturing in Uvalde, Texas on May 24. The tragedy resulted in the deaths of 19 youngsters and two academics, however Cruz – who serves because the state’s junior senator – has regularly thwarted makes an attempt to move stricter gun legal guidelines in the wake of the capturing.

Green Day joins a slew of artists angered by US lawmakers’ inaction on gun management reform following the occasions in Uvalde. In May, musicians Olivia Rodrigo, Jack White, Taylor Swift and Madonna have been amongst those that referred to as for stricter measures following the tragedy.

“We need to reduce firearm access to people who are at risk of harming themselves or others,” Madonna wrote on Instagram on the time. “No more words action only.”

It’s not the primary time Green Day has weighed in on US politics. During Donald Trump’s presidency, Armstrong was persistently vocal in regards to the former president, evaluating him to Hitler in an interview with NME in 2016 and blaming his victory on “uneducated white working-class people”.

In September 2020, Armstrong publicly backed Joe Biden during the presidential election, warning followers that “democracy is at stake” if Trump was to safe a second time period in the White House.

News of Hella Mega’s European and UK tour was first introduced in 2019, however its potential 2021 dates have been later pushed again as a result of COVID-19. In April of final yr, the European leg – which additionally options Fall Out Boy and Weezer – was rescheduled to the present run of June and July dates, with stops in London, Glasgow and Paris, amongst others.