Green Day fans bid to get American Idiot to UK Number 1 for Donald Trump’s July visit
GREEN Day fans are campaigning to get "American Idiot" to Number 1 in time for Donald Trump's visit to the UK.
The scheme was announced in January last year but has gained momentum after the President confirmed he was making a "working visit" to Britain on July 13.
The Facebook page, called "Get American Idiot to No.1 for Trump's State Visit", already has more than 11,000 likes.
A statement said: "We have a date, he's coming Friday 13th July... so if we ALL buy enough downloads of Green Day's 'American Idiot' between Friday 6th-Thursday 12th it will time PERFECTLY to hit No.1 the very day he arrives on UK soil!
"Streaming counts too but less effective. Let's do this!"
Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong hasn't hidden his hatred of Trump and led chants against him at the American Music Awards last year.
While performing single Bang Bang, they shouted: "No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA."
And in 2016, at the MTV Europe Music Awards, Green Day changed the American Idiot lyrics from "can you hear the sound of hysteria? / The subliminal mind-f*** America" to "subliminal mind-Trump America".
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Armstrong also shared a screenshot of the Facebook campaign on his Instagram with the caption: "'.. just going to leave this here.." but it has since been deleted.
Trump is visiting the UK in July after the Nato summit in Brussels and is expected to meet the Queen.
A planned visit earlier this year was cancelled after more than 1.8 million people signed a petition protesting at Theresa May's state visit invitation.
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