During a televised performance on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, Green Day changed the lyrics in one of their most popular songs to criticize former President Donald Trump.

The band's co-founder and bassist also responds to the reaction the song's "MAGA" update garnered among critics, noting that "it’s a wider statement than [Donald] Trump. It’s more important than him." ...

Green Day reworked the lyrics to its hit song “American Idiot” during a performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest Sunday night to take a swing at Donald Trump and MAGA.