Billie Joe Armstrong, Oakland and Green Day

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Too $hort Invest in Oakland Minor League Baseball Team
The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Wednesday (March 5) that Armstrong has joined fellow Oaktown legend rapper Too $hort as part of the ownership
Welcome to Paradise? Billie Joe Armstrong Buys Stake in Minor League Baseball Team (Exclusive)
The privately owned club — it was founded by former head of comedy at Fusion Bryan Carmel and his Oakland boyhood friend and edtech entrepreneur Paul Freedman, with the help of outside investors — offered fans a chance to join a $1.2 million financing round last year. Some 2,200 of them signed up. A $2 million round is planned for this year.
Rapper Too Short, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong join Oakland Ballers ownership group
The Oakland Ballers on Wednesday announced that two Bay Area music icons were joining the team's ownership group with the addition of legendary rapper Too Short and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
Oakland Ballers add Too $hort and Billie Joe Armstrong to ownership group
Last summer, the Oakland Ballers — a Pioneer League baseball team that played its inaugural season in 2024 — welcomed more than 2,200 fans into its ownership group through a community investment round that raised $1.
Rapper Too $hort, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong buy stake in minor league baseball team
Armstrong, 53, founded Green Day in 1987 with Mike Dirnt. The band has sold more than 85 million records worldwide and has won four Grammy Awards. Armstrong also won a Grammy for Best Musical Show Album for “American Idiot,” which also featured Green Day.
Billie Joe Armstrong and Too Short Join Oakland Ballers Ownership Group
The Oakland Ballers are getting ready for the new season by welcoming in a couple of new owners to the team in internationally renowned, yet local musicians Bil
Billie Joe Armstrong invests in Oakland Ballers after months of criticizing A's
Billie Joe Armstrong spent most of last summer slamming the Oakland A’s in protest of their impending move to Las Vegas. Now, the Green Day frontman has found a new East Bay baseball team to throw his support behind.
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Green Day frontman calls J.D. Vance a “ret**d” to 60,000 fans at concert
Billie Joe Armstrong, the bisexual frontman of the rock band Green Day, called Vice President J.D. Vance a “r**ard” during a ...
Green Day calls Vice President Vance slur in rework of band's 2000s-era song
During a set in Melbourne, Australia, this weekend, Green Day changed the lyrics of one of their classic songs ...
Green Day eviscerate JD Vance with offensive slur in changed lyrics to iconic song
While performing their 2004 hit Jesus of Suburbia, Green Day switched the lyrics from ‘Am I r******d or am I just overjoyed?’ ...
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Green Day Changes “Jesus Of Suburbia” Lyric To Slam The Vice President: “Am I Re****ed Or Am I Just JD Vance?”
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has never been shy about his political leanings. The 53-year-old has been very vocal ...
Green Day goes off on Vice President JD Vance
At a show in Melbourne, Australia, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong swapped the lyrics of one of the band's songs to take a ...
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Billy Joel, Joe Fusco Jr. loves you 'just the way you are'
Billy Joel and his band were, as I previously mentioned, awesome. At the tender age of 75, Mr. Joel’s voice is still ...
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Adam Jones and Joe Orsulak elected to Orioles Hall of Fame
The Orioles today announced that former center fielder ADAM JONES and former outfielder JOE ORSULAK have been elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame. Additionally, longtime broadcaster TOM DAVIS will be ...
Oakland Athletics
OAKLAND — Seeking to raise $2 million in community investments, the Oakland Ballers of the Pioneer League added two celebrity ...