Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and rapper Too $hort are attempting to keep baseball alive in the Bay Area. The music icons are joining the ownership group of the Oakland Ballers, a new independent team attempting to keep baseball alive in the city.

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.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told the crowd at his recent concert at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne that he wanted US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk to "shut the f*** up." Armstrong is a strong critic of Trump and Musk and has targeted them during his gigs.

The stadium gig on the Gold Coast slated for Wednesday night (March 5) was the last stop on the Down Under run of the veteran group's "Saviors" tour.

Californian stadium punks Green Day will be unable to complete their current Australian tour, with their concert scheduled to happen at the Gold Coast's Robina Stadium on Wednesday night cancelled due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

The punk rock icons made the announcement on their Instagram story Tuesday. The show was scheduled for Wednesday at the C-Bus Super Stadium in Gold Coast. “Hey Australia, unfortunately due to circumstances out of our control,