Recently, Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of Green Day, was removed from a US flight following a disagreement regarding his pants.
The frontman was asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Los Angeles after an 
air stewardess told him to pull up his trousers.
Not long after, he tweeted on his Twitter page Twitter.com/bjaofficial: “Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the fuck? No joke”.
Cindy Qiu, an associate producer for ABC7/KGO-TV, was also on the flight and recounted that when Armstrong was first approached by a flight attendant about his pants, he responded, “Don’t you have better things to do than worry about that?”
He attempted to resume his seat but was instructed to exit the aircraft.
A representative for Southwest Airlines mentioned that they extended an apology to the singer after learning about the incident. He stated, “As soon as we became aware of what had happened, we reached out to apologise for this customer’s experience. He elected to take the next flight.”
Green Day has strongly indicated that they have composed a new tribute song for Amy Winehouse, simply named ‘Amy’.
The pop-punk trio showcased the track during an intimate performance at the Tiki Bar 1700 Placentia in Costa Mesa, California last week, where they premiered a total of 15 new songs.
The band expressed their gratitude to fans who attended the show on their official website Greenday.com, noting that the performance was aimed at raising funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
They also shared the lyrics to the new song ‘Amy’. While they did not explicitly state that the song is about the late singer, some lyrics such as “Dirty records from another time,” “27 gone without a trace,” and “Did you tattoo a lucky charm,” strongly imply that the track has been crafted in Winehouse’s honor.
Additionally, the band provided an update on their progress in writing a new studio album. They conveyed, “We have been jamming and writing new songs for the last few months. It felt great to play these new Green Day songs live and share our ‘work in progress’.”
by Wallace McTavish
