Green Day alter ‘Jesus of Suburbia’ lyric to reference Palestine during Coachella 2025 headline performance

Green Day headlined Coachella 2025 yesterday (April 12), and used their set to comment on the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict.

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The moment took place during ‘Jesus of Surburbia’, when frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sang, “Runnin’ away from pain like the kids from Palestine/Tales from another broken home,” replacing the original line, “Runnin’ away from pain when you’ve been victimised.”

It’s not the first time the band have updated their songs to reflect the current political climate. In 2016, they gave ‘Holiday’ a lyric change to attack “white supremacist” then-Republic candidate Donald Trump.

Then, on a performance on New Year’s Eve of 2023, they made headlines for altering the lyrics to the iconic 2004 track ‘American Idiot’, replacing the original line “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda” with “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda”.

More recently, they mocked US Vice President JD Vance during a Melbourne gig in March.  While performing ‘Jesus of Suburbia’, Armstrong switched the lyrics from “Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed?” to “Am I retarded or am I just JD Vance?”.

“RUNNING AWAY FROM PAIN LIKE THE KIDS FROM PALESTINE” !!!! pic.twitter.com/thlKX67sgm

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