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Billie Joe Armstrong recalls 'a**hole' Perry Farrell not wanting 'boy band' Green Day to play Lollapalooza 1994

Green Day nearly didn't play Lollapalooza 1994 because Perry Farrell thought they were a manufactured boy band

Billie Joe Armstrong has recounted the time "f****** a**hole" Perry Farrell didn't want Green Day to play Lollapalooza 1994.

In the new tome, 'Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival', Armstrong and the event's then-stage manager John Rubeli shared how the Jane's Addiction frontman was against having the pop punk legends join his touring alternative festival - because he thought they were a manufactured boy band.

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