Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Says He’s “Renouncing” His Citizenship, Moving To UK

fucking pussy.

Oh he’s str8?

Curious to see if he gets the same blowback that the Dixie Chicks got for much milder comments.

A British politician got dragged for saying pro choice instead of anti abortion. That's an encouraging sign.

Good boy. Don't stay and fight. Curse and cry like a baby. Throw a tantrum and take your vote to the enlightened paradise that is the UK.

Gen X is responsible for doing away with abortion rights and he is one of the most successful Gen X singers

So what does that say about him and his music? His people did this.

[quote] got dragged for saying pro choice instead of anti abortion

???

[quote]So what does that say about him and his music? His people did this.

That's quite a leap of logic. "His people" include Kavanaugh because they're roughly the same age? FTR Alito and Thomas are boomers.

"Gen X" isn't responsible for a decision made by the Supreme Court. The generational blamers on this board are embarrassing.

R3, his audience/fans are totally different than the conservative, heartland fans that the Dixie Chicks had when they were country-western.

Green Day has always been a bore so good riddance.

Don't want to be an American idiot.

Wish I were rich enough to do the same.

Of all the places to move to, he choose the UK? Has he heard of Brexit? Should have moved to just about any other country in Western Europe.

R11, how apt that "Good Riddance" is the title of their biggest hit.

In any case, I suspect that Armstrong is just throwing a hissy fit and isn't gonna move anywhere or do jack shit other than pout.

The accepted usage is anti abortion, r7. Messaging matters and the UK knows this. None of this pandering to the religious right by using the loaded word, "life".

He always seemed like a wannabe British rock star, so this will work out well for him.

So he picks the one country that's even worse.

Bye Billesha!

Is he really still sporting that black hair dye look from 2005?

Manchild having a silly, little tantrum. If even one celebrity who's threatened to leave over the years actually did, I'd be amazed.

I think it’s lack of sex that’s bringing him down.

There's currently a lengthy thread detailing where DLers would want to move from the US in light of Roe. The feeling of disgust in our country right now is widespread.

Why should a rock star feel any different? He just has the means to do it and most of us don't.

I don't understand the pushback on this thread.

Just curious: With all the troubles, (and The Troubles) in the UK, has anyone ever heard a British rock star go off about "Fuck the UK! Piece of shit country populated by cunts! I'm moving to [the US, France, wherever]!!"

I know plenty of UK rock stars have criticized their country. And I know most of them have residences outside the UK for tax purposes. But do they make a habit of raging against their country? I remember seeing Billy Bragg live. He had lots to say about the injustices of US wars, but he didn't comment on anything the UK was doing.

I wonder if Armstrong will announce he's "moving to [this country]!" in every country he tours.

Muhammad has been the most popular name for baby boys in the U.K. for several years now. I'm sure when they become a majority, they'll ban abortion too. Where will Billie Joe move then?

But the UK has Boris Johnson and Brexit, so they are perhaps marginally better than the US.

Is he still claiming to be bisexual?

Americans should go sit in a grotty flat in England, surrounded by chavs swilling bad tea and cursing out their local politicians when it's raining out. Who think typing FFS is the height of sophistication. It's a poor country with a lot of bad tempered, rude people in it.

Person with an English grandfather

Grotty is such a good word.

Its never helpful when a celebrity says this. IF they DO IT, its very bad form, since with their privilege and money they wouldn't suffer to fight for change. And if they DONT DO IT they are just blowhards. It's lose lose.

[quote]his audience/fans are totally different than the conservative, heartland fans that the Dixie Chicks had when they were country-western.

Not convinced of this. I'm confident there are plenty of white, male, working-class 30 and 40 year old Trump supporters who are huge fans of Green Day.

Overly dramatic to be sure, but he's absolutely correct. The U.S. has gone rotten to the core and yet grows worse still; and there's no reason for anyone to stick around and "fight" if they have other choices.

Maybe he's histrionic, maybe he's inarticulate in his point, maybe he's an asshole, a pretend bisexual, a bad tipper, or doesn't treat his dog well.

It's mock noble to pretend that he should stay and fight when people more knowledgeable, more articulate, more seasoned in communications or politics have been undone and proved ineffective despite superior position and passion.

This coward as you would say is cushioned by money enough to live well more or less wherever he might want to live. I don't blame him in the least for exercising his options and putting the U.S. an ocean away.

He won't be part of a redneck agenda.

I think we can all understand how he feels, but it is a shame that he doesn't use his celebrity to help the Democrats raise money or something.

R31 Upper middle class support Trump more than they do. You classism use showing you fucking pig.

R35 *is

For those wondering why the pushback, are you very young? Some of us elders remember countless celebrities saying they would move out of the US and renounce their citizenship if: GHW Bush won; "W" won; "W" won re-election; Trump won; etc.

I can't recall any specific claims, but it wouldn't surprise me if people were proclaiming the same thing when Reagan was running the first and second times.

As far as I know, all of these terribly traumatized multimillionaires are still here in the US. So I call bullshit, and I call tantrum.

It would impress me a LOT more if someone with tremendous wealth and influence left the country and renounced their citizenship, and THEN explained that they'd done it because of Roe, or Trump, or W, or whatever.

(As a side question, since most of these celebrities deplore colonialism, whiteness, and the hideous racism it brings, why aren't they moving to nonwhite countries? Why do they always want to move to Europe, birthplace of colonialism and whiteness? After all, the infant US learned most of its worst tendencies at the knee of Mother England.)

[quote] Just curious: With all the troubles, (and The Troubles) in the UK, has anyone ever heard a British rock star go off about "Fuck the UK! Piece of shit country populated by cunts! I'm moving to [the US, France, wherever]!!"

The Troubles are not a good comparison to what's happening in the US right now. Arguably a better parallel is to 1930s Germany since it restricted civil rights to an unprecedented degree. Many Germans got the fuck out in the 30s when they saw which way the wind was blowing.

Good. And take the British actors with you, to.

Once the conservatives take over, we can finally get rid of the foreign actors that un-American, ultra-liberal Hollywood has forced upon us the past 15 or so years.

We're taking back America for Americans!

*too

If that pic of him in OP's post is recent he looks damn good for 50.

Wimp!

What guys has he hooked up with?

Gasp! Oh god no, please not Billie Joe Armstrong!

Jk, what a nitwit.

[quote]Upper middle class support Trump more than they do. You classism use showing you fucking pig.

I don't know what you're talking about but I suggest you take another look at one of those countless Trump rallies in rural America and tell me those people in the audience are "upper middle class." The truth is Trump attracts supporters from every class. His numbers are especially high among non-college educated voters.

A DLer claimed they hooked up with Billie and he had a dirty ass.

And who's to say that all these other countries, particularly in Europe, don't eventually fall to their own wave of fascism that is sweeping slowly but surely throughout other parts of the world?

We'll see how serious he is if 1) he stops touring in the US and 2) starts paying British taxes.

I'll bet he does neither.

Omg. He's 50 now. Christ I'm getting old. Always loved his spirit.

I remember when Stephen Baldwin threatened to leave the US if Obama won. I don't think he ever followed through on that.

RENOUNSHING HISH SHITTIZENSHIP!

His cut cock won't fit in over there.

The Dems will do what with the money? Campaigns for more anti abortion Dems like Cuellar?

I assume he's already been permitted to live in the UK?

Those 50 year old lips are mucho kissable. Lucky Brits!

Good for him! I would if I could and I appreciate the sentiment. America has become a loathsome place.

Eh. He was probably thinking of relocating anyway. Now he can get attention and kudos for it.

A rich white man move from a rich white majority country to another rich white majority country.

This never happened before !

so now he's just a regular idiot?

[quote] I don't understand the pushback on this thread.

Really? How about the fact that he’s a fucking pussy? The Christian Reich, led by Uncle ThomASS has declared war on OUR country. So I guess you can pack your bags and leave, like the draft dodging pussy Donald Trump would, or you can man or woman-up and stand your ground and take back what belongs to us. Understand now?

Grass is always greener, Billy Joe Green Day.

Well, he did have the time of his life here.

If you won't fight for what you believe in, even when you know you might lose, you don't belong in America.

I will fight for my rights until my death. And the rights of others. Because that is MY America. No single group or man controls America. We the People do. We seem to have forgotten that, or think that means we need to tweet more.

And, R32, you, sir, are a coward.

Also,

She, she screams in silence.

I don't care how bad I might not like it in the US, I would NEVER renounce my citizenship.

He's a loser and a user. He don't need no accuser.

Who's had him?

good riddance, can't stand him.

Green Day is a total rip off of The Clash.

this guy is too short to be a rock star. ugly. punch and delete. won't be missed.

He’s a doll

R60, R62, R65, You, sirs, are patriotic fools who don't stand a chance. It's a damn shame that you don't, but what do you think you will do: Vote? Protest? Make $500 contributions to the candidates you favor? Volunteer with Get Out the Vote Drives? Smite your Republican relatives? Preach to the already converted? Molotovs?

You've already lost key rights and the ability "to create change," but structurally you're severely weakened and in numbers of like minded souls? Sorry, that news is worse, whether in reality or in rigged voting districts, or rigged election results. What are you going to shine a light on when truth and lies are inseparable in the minds of the yokels?

I wish you good luck, but you will need much more.

The UK is in shithole status re: BREXIT. If you have the means move to New Zealand. New Zealand, not Australia.

While I agree with him politically, I'm not going to give up everything my ancestors fought for.

Meh. You don't always have to fight especially battles you can't win in your lifetime. In the early 90s I was a young man and I was absolutely fried and destroyed by AIDS killing some of my friends and even two lovers. It was NYC and some people suffered horribly extra because there was no social safety net and no universal access to humane dignified health care. NYC was already becoming one of the global cities designed to serve the very rich. Capitalism was running amok. Well I have three passports so I got the fuck out of dodge. I love USA but there are battles I can't win. There are people who hate the poor and the sick and minorities and gay folks, too. For one of the richest countries in the world, a lot of people are getting shafted, since mid 80s, moving more and more wealth up the ladder, destroying nice lives that should be available for most, since the country and GDP is so large. Its simply not as dog eat dog in other rich countries. The American national government is severely broken, not productive and both parties seem content with the ever widening gap between rich and poor.

Bye.

At least he'll probably have quicker access to finding retro-Lulu wigs there.

What a privilege to just decide you're leaving one country for another and then to announce it to cheers from an adoring audience.

Just you watch, he won't do nothing.

^^ either that, or he'll be begging to return to the US within 5 years

I don't think it's that easy to do this. Eduardo Saverin (Facebook co-founder) did this and I remember reading he had to jump through hoops. And of course once it's done...good luck if you change your mind.

Billi Jo might have to re-think.

R79: It's not that difficult to relinquish or renounce one's U.S. citizenship (there's a slight difference, the first being the usual route for someone who moved to Portugal having started a life there with no intent to return to the U.S. or to continue citizenship.) First, you must have citizenship in another country in hand; they won't do it if it would render you country-less. There is an application with fees of about $2350 and an interview in a U.S. embassy or wherever you hold another citizenship and wish to make your home.

Then there is the settling up financially with U.S. tax obligations and wealth transfer if applicable. Up to a certain amount you need only prove that your last year of taxes on U.S. income are paid (and last five years of taxes reviewed), beyond that there is an exit tax which applies I think after the first $699,000 of capital gains from the U.S. It would be a one-time accounting worry for some, but would do away with the need to file a U.S. tax statement, whether or not you owe U.S. taxes, for the rest of your life.

Renunciation or relinquishment is permanent. They in theory can cause potential complications should you travel to the U.S. Social Security eligibiity is not affected.

It's not that complicated: Say "I'm out of here" in an embassy interview, settle up your taxes, pay any exit taxes of funds transferred out of the U.S. on your leaving, Thant's it. Of course people with tons of money, a Facebook founder, say, have a greater burden of evidence, but it's just once.

Billi is just doing this because he doesn't want to pay taxes on his millions.

Oh and remind me never to listen to artists named Billie.

Leftist Billi wants to go to another patriarchal pasty people country. Hmm. Why doesn't he emigrate to Zimbabwe, or North Korea?

As if the UK is any better? There's an entrenched class system and monarchy, and he thinks England is progressive?

His hatred of the US blinds him to the realities, R83.

He’s not asked us, first. Perhaps we haven’t room...

[quote] I will fight for my rights until my death. And the rights of others.

...to PAAAAAAAAAAR-DAY?

Please. Lens threatened to leave the US when Trump won, Streisand threatened. So many did. They went nowhere and so will Billie.

[QUOTE] Muhammad has been the most popular name for baby boys in the U.K. for several years now. I'm sure when they become a majority, they'll ban abortion too. Where will Billie Joe move then?

R25 The Muslim community (largely Pakistani) in the UK limit their own chances of having massive political influence by having continual 1st Cousin Marriages, the genetic deformities after a couple of generations are appalling. It's a huge problem in certain Cities, they restrict themselves.

Below are some who made it to young adulthood, there are many with invisible problems.

The U.K. has been in a deep cycle of shit. It's discouraging to see (as it is too for the U.S.), and it won't be shaken off quickly. All the same, their government isn't hell-bent on turning back a century of laws meant to improve the lives of its people. The UK is in better shape than the U.S., now and going looking to the immediate and long term future.

Monarchy? So fucking what? They are mere window dressing for American and Japanese tourists and DL threads. It has about fuck all to do with government or daily life in the U.K., no matter what some old American Selfridge's tea swooning, Downton Abbey swilling, "don't you just love how majestic it all is?" moaning by BRF American fanatics on DL would have us believe.

Entrenched class system? Yeah, the Duke of Beaufort is doing alright, and his kind, but where are the rape the earth Bezos-Zuckerberg-Musk-Koch equivalents who are villains on a world scale? The U.S> has a worse class system because it's not confined to old country seats and London townhouses.

r89 I guess you missed the whole scandal with Prince Andrew? Moron.

Remember when Brandon Flowers from The Killers took offence to Green Day's 'unpatriotic' stance. Too hilarious.

[quote] The Muslim community (largely Pakistani) in the UK limit their own chances of having massive political influence by having continual 1st Cousin Marriages.

Plus the fact that, deep down, the native Brits simply don’t like or trust them that much. Tolerate and patronise for the sake of civility, yes, but no more than that.

Note that this is not the case with many other immigrant populations to the U.K. who have assimilated better, such as the Afro-Caribbeans and the Chinese.

What a privileged asshole.

Idiot, he should stay and encourage his fans to VOTE!

R45 They vote for him on the quiet because these people vote with their pockets. Rallies are like carnivals, upper middle class doesn’t go to those sorts of things. But please, continue to blame the working people - the people who have been fucked over the most, politically. You probably think all Trump voters are white, too.

He used to completely trash hotel rooms.

Pretty sanctimonious starement for someone who made women earning minimum wage clean up after his tantrums because he was so "punk". Punk would be a boot his fucking brat face. He sounds like a rich & whiny suburban kid when he sings, and he obviously never, ever had a shit job.

I'm a bit younger than he is, but I just can't stand people who do these kinds of things. I never liked him or his fake ass "punk" band, but I actively started hating them after that. I always like mention it when his name comes up.

It's totally expected that he would make such a statement. Still having temper tantrums and begging for attention at 50.

He can live with Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Stewart, Chelsea Handler, Ne-Yo, Keegan-Micael Key, Lena Dunham(might have to fight her for a sani.), Neve Campbell, Bryan Cranston, Miley Cyrus, DL Icon Babs, Raven Symone, Amy Schumer, They all left the US when Trump was elected.

Oh wait, they didn't move? Or they all came back when Uncle Joe got in. Well, maybe they can all move out again. Less B.S. in the air for sure.

Byeeeee

Did Billie come out as gay or bi?

[quote]Curious to see if he gets the same blowback that the Dixie Chicks got for much milder comments.

Americans are overwhelmingly anti-American government. The media is also not no longer nationalist. The country is a totally different place than it was in the 2000s. We have fucking coup attempts happening.

R97, Rush Limbaugh snd company said they were leaving when Obama was elected. Cut the crap.

[quote]He can live with Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Stewart, Chelsea Handler, Ne-Yo, Keegan-Micael Key, Lena Dunham(might have to fight her for a sani.), Neve Campbell, Bryan Cranston, Miley Cyrus, DL Icon Babs, Raven Symone, Amy Schumer, They all left the US when Trump was elected.

They never said that. Sit down with your Right-wing cut and paste job, retard.

I hate to break it to you, but Americans are fed up and will be leaving just as their ancestors did. America is unlivable. Wait until contraceptives are banned.

[quote]Good boy. Don't stay and fight.

There’s nothing to fight for, retard. This is a done deal. The court had spoken and it’s going to get worse. These are lifetime appointments. People cannot afford to live in the US. Wake up.

He's exactly right. The US IS a shithole.

If I had the money and opportunity, I too would get out

England isn’t much better. That Country is riddled with it’s own problems. Racism and theft is rampant there.

just like those bitches on The View complaining about Roe being overturned, yet they don't seem to know the fact that the Bahamas (where they're on location) doesn't allow abortions either

[quote]Americans are fed up and will be leaving just as their ancestors did.

Really, R102...just how do you suppose they'll do that? Just pack a bag and flounce into some other country, who will welcome them with open arms? Of course, being Americans, they camove anywhere in the world, without regard for immigration laws. or money. Delusional.

Americans are blissfully unaware that our current immigration policy is by far the most liberal and open in the world. Every other country on Earth has much stricter controls on who comes in, and who stays.

Americans think they can just waltz into any other country, fling their arms open, say, "I'm here!," and be accepted.

Blow Job Armstrong

He's a pair of cheesy, slimy balls. Never liked their music, so it's fine. Goodbye. Good Riddance. = D

Would anyone like to throw him a going away (FINALLY) party??

I know nothing of this person or their work and so I do not have any interest in his outcome. But, I do have a lot of friends in the UK and regret that they are to be burdened with someone of his ilk.

[quote]Americans are blissfully unaware that our current immigration policy is by far the most liberal and open in the world. Every other country on Earth has much stricter controls on who comes in, and who stays

Americans are blissfully unaware because it's not true. The U.S. is in top 10 lists of countries by number of immigrants admitted, or refugees (another point(, but not by the ease and friendliness and openness to immigrants, R108.

I don't imagine you've ever petitioned the U.S. government for permanent residence status for a non-U.S. citizen spouse? Liberal and open are not words that come to mind in the process.

R107, Canada is open. People are leaving.

[quote]just like those bitches on The View complaining about Roe being overturned, yet they don't seem to know the fact that the Bahamas (where they're on location) doesn't allow abortions either

They don’t live in the Bahamas, you fucking idiot, nor are they planning to move there. Do you even think before posting?

Green Day punk? My ass. They really don't know what punk is. Shut up Billie Joe and go write another song about masturbation.

R115: You are asking a serious question of someone 9n DL who watches The View?

[quote]Do *you* even think before posting?

It's obvious that rich Americans and Australians always migrate to The UK because it's Anglophone and it has this image of being "high-class." It's funny how the fancy British stereotype has never evolved past the Victorian era in American eyes. The British I've met who worked in The US, seem just as boring and dim as Americans and they have just as bad fashion sense too..

I find it funny nobody thinks of Canada as an option at all. If you're an American, Canada is basically the same culturally and there's little variation of the accent except in the Francophone areas. Canada has a higher living standard. Plus Toronto and Vancouver are used a lot for filming American TV. I'm surprised minor American TV stars don't just live there especially Hallmark actors.

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[quote]Billie Joe Armstrong

[quote]I find it funny nobody thinks of Canada as an option at all. If you're an American, Canada is basically the same culturally and there's little variation of the accent except in the Francophone areas.

Canada is a frozen wasteland. Even the trash it produces like Justin Bieber refuses to go back.

I love Green Day's music.

I used to appreciate Billie Joe Armstrong and to a certain extant I still do.

But he's had some serious substance abuse issues and I think he's been losing his mind since his drunken tirade a few years ago.

I wouldn't be surprised if he had some mental health issues that he was struggling with.

I was flipping around various stations on the radio in my car today, and Green Day was on three times in the 20 minutes I was in the car.

R83 research has show there is more class mobility in now in UK than in the USA. USA is low among industrialized nations for class mobility.

I can "believe" he'd renounce citizenship.

And actually mean it — right now.

Especially after Jan. 6.

He can do it.

And if he does leave the USA in disgust.

Then why not announce it?

But I wish he'd say he was going somewhere more interesting, like, Mexico.

Or somewhere more respectable, like, Canada.