Green Day's 'American Idiot' number one for Trump UK visit

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Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ tops British charts for Trump’s UK visit
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American punk band Green Day reportedly topped the British music charts with a 14-year-old protest anthem, ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to England. The album, entitled ‘American Idiot’, was initially released in 2014 – but rose to the top of the British Amazon best-seller list prior to the US president’s first official visit.

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