Las Vegas radio stations ban Green Day after frontman calls city ‘the worst shithole in America’

Green Day’s music has been pulled from rotation by two Las Vegas stations, KOMP 92.3 and X 107.5, after lead guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong insulted the city. Photograph: PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

At least two Las Vegas radio stations have removed Green Day from their playlists after frontman Billie Joe Armstrong called the city “the worst shithole in America”.

Speaking on stage on 20 September during a performance at San Francisco’s Oracle Park, Armstrong complained about the decision of John Fisher, the current owner of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, to move it to Las Vegas.