Green Day changed the lyrics of ‘Jesus of Suburbia’ to include a reference to the Israel-Palestine war during their Coachella 2025 set.

Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong took advantage of the band’s Coachella debut to make a political statement that had the crowd cheering.

A Green Day performance wouldn’t be complete without a powerful political message, and Billie Joe Armstrong delivered exactly what fans were expecting — and more — during the band’s epic Coachella 2025 debut.

The pop-punk rockers performed for a packed crowd at the Indio, Calif., music festival’s main stage on Saturday night, with a setlist that spanned their entire discography, including a couple of quick covers (just a few chords of Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’ and a few lines from Tom Petty’s ‘Free Fallin’).

While the energy never dipped, with fans jumping, dancing, and singing along throughout the entire hour-and-a-half set, some of the biggest reactions came after Armstrong altered a few lyrics to reflect the current, tense political climate.

During the band’s opener, ‘American Idiot,’ Armstrong repeated the same lyric change he introduced during their recent appearance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest: ‘I’m not a part of a redneck agenda’ was changed to ‘I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda.’ The crowd responded by cheering as loudly as if it were the first time Armstrong had sung those words.

But the response to Armstrong’s second, more recent lyric update was even bigger. During ‘Jesus of Suburbia,’ he changed the line ‘runnin’ away from pain when you’ve been victimized’ to ‘runnin’ away from pain like the kids from Palestine, tales from another broken home.’ The reference to the Israel-Palestine war had festival attendees clapping and cheering as Armstrong allowed the message to sink in for an extended moment. If everyone hadn’t already been dancing, it felt like Armstrong would have received a standing ovation.

The set kicked off on a high note after the crowd sang along to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ which played loudly over the speakers before Green Day walked on stage. Following a Star Wars–themed introduction, the band launched into ‘American Idiot’ and continued to roll out hit after hit with an aggressive pace, as though they didn’t even need to stop for breath. From classics like Dookie to their latest album, Saviors, they played it all, and the crowd was loving every second — mosh pits formed all the way in the back, as if they weren’t a football field away from the stage.

Armstrong brought that audience energy on stage multiple times during the set, starting by inviting a woman named Brooke to sing ‘Know Your Enemy’ with him. The visibly shocked and awed fan more than proved her Green Day knowledge by belting out the lyrics perfectly alongside Armstrong.

Later, during the ‘Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)’ encore, the singer brought another fan on stage who promised he knew how to play the song on guitar. Although the man stumbled a bit at first with a good-natured ‘f—!’, he quickly recovered and played the chords with a professionalism that even Armstrong couldn’t help but commend. While the frontman was impressed, he ultimately took back the guitar to end the show the way it should be: with Green Day rocking out as if it were still the ’90s.

Green Day is scheduled to return to Coachella for the festival’s second weekend on Saturday, April 19.