Green Day lead anti-Trump protest at American Music Awards

Last night saw the great and good of the US music industry (plus Drake and Justin Bieber for some north-of-the-border solidarity) congregate at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater for the American Music Awards.

While the fan-voted awards were dominated by that Canadian one-two, the night’s biggest talking point came during Green Day’s performance, where the Californian trio led a protest against president-elect Donald Trump.

“No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA” they chanted mid-‘Bang Bang’, referring directly to Trump’s endorsement by the white supremacist groupTrump’s endorsement by the white supremacist group (and silence about it - despite, you know, having time to call out the cast of a Broadway show for not showing total deference to his choice for VP).