Editing Green Day (section)

== Controversies ==
===Music style===
Green Day has generated controversy over whether their musical style and [[Selling out|major-label status]] constitutes "true [[Punk rock|punk]]".<ref name="softpedia2005">{{cite web|url= http://news.softpedia.com/news/Green-Day-Still-A-Punk-Band-10426.shtml|title= Green Day Still A Punk Band|date= October 5, 2005 |access-date=December 4, 2010|first=Mihaela|last=Stroia|publisher=Softpedia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728121625/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Green-Day-Still-A-Punk-Band-10426.shtml|archive-date=July 28, 2013}}</ref> In reaction to both the style of music and the background of the band, [[John Lydon]], former frontman of the 1970s punk band the [[Sex Pistols]] commented, "So there we are fending off all that and it pisses me off that years later a wank outfit like Green Day hop in and nick all that and attach it to themselves. They didn't earn their wings to do that and if they were true punk they wouldn't look anything like they do."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=13310 |title=John Lydon Calls Green Day "Plonk" Not "Punk" |last=Melia |first=Daniel |access-date=September 11, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211060301/http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=13310 |archive-date=February 11, 2007}}</ref> However, others in the punk rock scene would come to the defense of the band on their punk status. [[Bad Religion]] lead guitarist [[Brett Gurewitz]] and founder of the independent punk label [[Epitaph Records]] would state, "They [Green Day] are a punk band, but you know, punk is the legacy of [[rock and roll]], and Green Day are the biggest band in the genre."<ref name="earlyyears">{{cite web |title=Green Day – The Early Years |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TpfOvCPTHk&feature=youtu.be | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2TpfOvCPTHk| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|via=YouTube |publisher=[[Spotify]] |access-date=August 15, 2021 |year=2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Armstrong has discussed the group's status of being a punk band on a major record label, saying, "Sometimes I think we've become redundant because we're this big band now; we've made a lot of money—we're not punk rock anymore. But then I think about it and just say, 'You can take us out of a punk rock environment, but you can't take the punk rock out of us.{{' "}}<ref name="softpedia2005"/> In 2021, Armstrong condemned the band's labeling as "pop-punk" by critics in a [[New York (magazine)|Vulture]] magazine interview, stating, "I never really liked that term (pop punk), it turned into sort of a genre. I never thought of myself as a pop artist. I've always been left of center. To say you're a pop-punker ... it never sat well with me." Armstrong acknowledged the band's more melodic punk style compared to other bands from the Bay Area scene it emerged from, but also brought up the band's performance alongside East Bay hardcore bands like [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]], Engage, [[Spitboy]], [[Blatz (band)|Blatz]], and [[Filth (band)|Filth]].<ref name="jenkins">{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Craig |title=The Best and Most Misunderstood of Green Day, According to Billie Joe Armstrong |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/interview-billie-joe-armstrong-green-day-history.html |website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]] |access-date=April 28, 2022 |date=April 22, 2021 |archive-date=June 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140823/https://www.vulture.com/article/interview-billie-joe-armstrong-green-day-history.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, English rock musician [[Noel Gallagher]] of the Britpop band [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] complained about the band semi-jokingly, claiming that the band had ripped off his song "[[Wonderwall (song)|Wonderwall]]" with "[[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a40981/noel-gallagher-hits-out-at-green-day.html|title=Noel Gallagher hits out at Green Day|access-date=July 3, 2009|first=Matt|last=Houghton|date=December 21, 2006|work=Digital Spy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010192701/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a40981/noel-gallagher-hits-out-at-green-day.html|archive-date=October 10, 2009}}</ref>

===2012 iHeartRadio Festival incident===
On September 21, 2012, while Green Day was performing at the iHeartRadio music festival, Armstrong stopped while performing "[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]", because he believed the group's time was being shortened, possibly to extend R&B artist [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]'s performance. Angered, Armstrong began ranting while a screen in the rear of the audience was labeled "1 Minutes [Left]", saying "You're gonna give me one fucking minute? You've gotta be fucking kidding me!" He also told the crowd he "was not [[Justin Bieber]]" and labeled the festival as a "joke". When the screen went blank, Armstrong smashed his guitar, while bassist [[Mike Dirnt]] smashed his bass. Armstrong then gave [[the finger]], and declared that Green Day would be back before throwing his microphone down and walking off the stage.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9zogQOmQVM/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/g9zogQOmQVM| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title= Green Day Billie Joe freaks out at the I Heart Radio Music Festival and smashes guitar| date=September 22, 2012|access-date= October 16, 2013|via= YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Two days later, the band's representative apologized for the incident on the group's behalf stating that "Green Day would like everyone to know that their set was not cut short by Clear Channel and to apologize to those they offended at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas", also adding that Armstrong would be headed to [[Drug rehabilitation|rehab]], for abuse of alcohol and prescription pills.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2013/02/billie_joe_armstrong_rehab_1.html |title=Billie Joe Armstrong on pill-popping: Backpack sounded like 'giant baby's rattle' |work=The Star-Ledger |date=February 28, 2013 |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103224438/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2013/02/billie_joe_armstrong_rehab_1.html |archive-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/09/23/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-heads-to-rehab/70000969/1#.Ul9-UySXKAJ|title= Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong heads to rehab|date= September 23, 2012|access-date= October 16, 2013|website= USA Today|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140113110018/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/09/23/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-heads-to-rehab/70000969/1#.Ul9-UySXKAJ|archive-date= January 13, 2014|df= mdy-all}}</ref> However, Dirnt would later say in an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' that he agreed with what Armstrong meant by his rant.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/q-a-green-days-mike-dirnt-on-billie-joe-armstrongs-recovery-20130301|title=Q&A: Green Day's Mike Dirnt on Billie Joe Armstrong's Recovery|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=October 2, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005201955/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/q-a-green-days-mike-dirnt-on-billie-joe-armstrongs-recovery-20130301|archive-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> The band later made amends with the company and played an album release party for their 2016 release, ''Revolution Radio''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2016-10-12-green-day-iheartradio-album-release-party-on-att-iheartradio-theater-la-watch/|title=Green Day iHeartRadio Album Release Party On AT&T iHeartRadio Theater LA (Watch)|work=iHeart Radio|date=October 12, 2016|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706234925/https://www.iheart.com/content/2016-10-12-green-day-iheartradio-album-release-party-on-att-iheartradio-theater-la-watch/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="iHeart16and19">{{cite web|first=Jem|last=Aswad|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/green-day-iheartradio-music-festival-1203333223/|title=Green Day to Perform at 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival|work=Variety|date=September 12, 2019|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807173432/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/green-day-iheartradio-music-festival-1203333223/|url-status=live}}</ref> They also returned to the festival in 2019 supporting the album ''Father of All Motherfuckers''.<ref name="iHeart16and19"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-09-17-australia-news-green-day-to-return-to-iheartradio-music-festival-stage-joins-2019-lineup/|title=Green Day to Return to iHeartRadio Music Festival Stage, Joins 2019 Lineup|work=iHeart Radio|date=September 17, 2019|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807173432/https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-09-17-australia-news-green-day-to-return-to-iheartradio-music-festival-stage-joins-2019-lineup/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Mad Cool incident===
On July 7, 2017, about 20 minutes before Green Day headlined [[Mad Cool]], a festival in [[Madrid]], an acrobat fell about {{convert|30|m}} from a cage above the stage and died. Some fans were upset at the band and festival organizers for continuing the show, which was attended by about 35,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/acrobat-plunges-100ft-death-mad-10758333|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708004859/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/acrobat-plunges-100ft-death-mad-10758333|url-status=dead|title=Acrobat plunges 100ft to death in front of 35,000 people at festival|first=Steve|last=Robson|date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=July 8, 2017|website=mirror}}</ref> On their website, Armstrong said the band did not know about the accident before their set, and likely would not have played if they had.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/green-day-defends-performance-1.4196838|title='We are not heartless people': Green Day defends set after acrobat's death|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=October 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813013506/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/green-day-defends-performance-1.4196838|archive-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref>

===Oracle Park incident===
On September 20, 2024, Green Day performed a [[The Saviors Tour|show]] in [[San Francisco]] at [[Oracle Park]]. During the concert, Billie Joe Armstrong expressed his anger over the [[Athletics (baseball)|Athletics]] leaving Oakland, repeatedly cursing [[Las Vegas]] and called it "the worst shithole in America". He also criticized A's owner [[John Fisher (businessman)|John Fisher]], saying "We don't take shit from people like fucking John Fisher{{nbsp}}… I hate Las Vegas." In protest of Armstrong's comments, two Las Vegas radio stations (KOMP 92.3 and X107.5) banned all Green Day music from their playlists.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pagesix.com/2024/10/01/entertainment/green-day-banned-from-select-las-vegas-radio-stations-after-frontman-calls-city-worst-sthole-in-america/ |title=Green Day banned from select Las Vegas radio stations after frontman calls city 'worst s–thole in America' |publisher=Page Six |date= October 1, 2024 |access-date=October 11, 2024}}</ref>