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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Says He's 'Renouncing' U.S. Citizenship

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong has said that he is renouncing his U.S. citizenship in protest against the Supreme Court's decision to repeal Roe v. Wade.

"F--k America. I'm f--king renouncing my citizenship. I'm f--king coming here," the Green Day frontman told the crowd while performing in a Hella Mega tour concert at London Stadium in the U.K. on Friday.

"There's just too much f--king stupid in the world to go back to that miserable f--king excuse for a country," he added.

Armstrong made his opinion public within hours of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, eliminating the federal constitutional right to an abortion that Americans have relied on for nearly 50 years.

Following his remarks, Armstrong played the song, "American Idiot."

A number of American artists, including Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Olivia Rodrigo, have openly criticized the Supreme Court decision.

(Photo: Sven-Sebastian Sajak)

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The Chemical Brothers Share Previously Unreleased 'Cylinders (25/9/96)'

The Chemical Brothers recently shared a previously unreleased track, "Cylinders (25/9/96)."

The band, in celebration of the 25-year anniversary of their sophomore album Dig Your Own Hole, are releasing a special edition of the album featuring five previously unreleased and alternate cuts.

Previously, The Chemical Brothers had shared the demo "Electrobank 3/6/96" and alternative mixes of "It Doesn't Matter," recorded in September 1996, and "I Love Tekno," formerly titled "Don't Stop The Rock" and recorded in April 1996. The fifth addition to the expanded record, "Where Do I Begin," will arrive on digital platforms alongside its physical release on July 29.

Meanwhile, last week, The Chemical Brothers postponed a show in Cork, Ireland, due to a COVID-19 outbreak within their camp. The band also canceled their appearance at last weekend's Glastonbury Festival.

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Blondie Share New Lyric Video For Cover Of The Doors' 'Moonlight Drive'

Blondie recently released a new lyric video for their cover of the Doors track "Moonlight Drive."

The song is the lead track from Blondie's upcoming expansive box set Against The Odds 1974-1982, due out on August 26.

The new clip shares the lyrics to the previously-unreleased version of the Doors track, which has powerful guitar and keyboards and an unmistakably charismatic performance by frontwoman Debbie Harry.

Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, and Robbie Krieger wrote "Moonlight Drive." According to Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman's 1980 biography of Morrison, "No One Here Gets Out Alive," Morrison wrote the song on a rooftop in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, in 1965.

"Moonlight Drive" includes such lyrics as "Let's swim to the moon, let's climb through the tide, penetrate the evenin' that the city sleeps to hide."

Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982 will be available in a Super Deluxe Collectors' Edition as well as Deluxe 4LP, Deluxe 8CD and 3CD. It contains all six of their studio albums for Chrysalis, expanded to include over four dozen demo recordings.

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