Green Day poked fun at Charli XCX and her Coachella ‘headliner’ sash controversy as they took to the stage for their second weekend performance on Saturday.
The iconic rock band headlined the annual festival in California, while Charli, 32, performed earlier in the evening and following her 7.15pm set last week wore a ‘Miss Should Be Headliner’ sash to an afterparty.
As she danced the night away behind the DJ deck, the Brat singer turned heads with the accessory leading some fans to claim she’d had gotten too big for her boots.
However Green Day took it all in good fun and fashioned their own ‘Actual Headliner’ sash out of toilet paper which guitarist Tré Cool, 52, wore while frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, 53, closed the show with a Brat hat in honour of Charli.
The band posted a snap of their sash to social media and the songstress was clearly delighted, as she reshared the image captioning that she was ‘obsessed’.
While Charli, whose real name is Charlotte Aitchison, starred on the mainstage, it was Green Day, who has won 96 awards and nominated for 218, who headlined.
Green Day poked fun at Charli XCX and her Coachella ‘headliner’ sash controversy as they took to the stage for their second weekend performance on Saturday – leaving her ‘obsessed’
The iconic rock band headlined the festival , while Charli, 32, performed earlier in the evening and following her 7.15pm set last weekend wore a ‘Miss Should Be Headliner’ sash
However Green Day took it all in good fun and fashioned their own ‘Actual Headliner’ sash out of toilet paper which guitarist Tré Cool, 52, wore while frontman Billie Joe Armstrong , 53, closed the show with a Brat hat in honour of Charli.
After the picture of her sticking her tongue out and putting her sash on full display was posted to Instagram last weekend, music lovers were sent into a frenzy.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, the singer said: ‘one ‘summer’ album and these girls are acting like they’re bigger than everyone else’
‘No, she sucked last night. It was the same s**t she’s been doing on her tour.’; ‘A two hit wonder is not worthy of headlining.’
‘To the main public she’s not bigger than Green Day’; ‘No one listens to that 2024 album anymore, next’
‘She only had one viral album be so fr rn’; ‘I still don’t know who that is. Is she popular?’; ‘one mediocre album had her acting up like this????’
Charli has been nominated for 172 awards and won 47 over her career so far and became a hit on social media following her Brat album release in 2024.
The album featured Guess which managed to score her a UK No.1 for the first time in over a decade.
While Charli may have seen some recent success with her individual songs over the last two years, Green Day have dominated with their overall album success.
The band posted a snap of their sash to social media and the songstress was clearly delighted, as she reshared the image captioning that she was ‘obsessed’
The band took to the stage for their final headline show
While Charli, whose real name is Charlotte Aitchison, starred on the mainstage, it was Green Day, who has won 96 awards and nominated for 218, who headlined
After the picture of her sticking her tongue out and putting her sash on full display was posted to Instagram last weekend, music lovers were sent into a frenzy
Green Day have achieved five UK album no.1s, 10 top 10, 17 top 40s and has spent nearly 500 weeks in the top 75, according to the Official Charts website.
For comparison, Charli have achieved two album UK no.1s, two top 10, six top 40s and has spent 56 weeks in the top 75.
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The Von Dutch singer was joined by Billie for her first set for the live debut of their Guess remix from her 2024 hit record Brat.
Lorde also surprised the crowd when she joined Charli for Girl, So Confusing and Troye Talk Talk.
After performing with Lorde – who days earlier shared a preview of her first new solo song since 2021 – Charli declared: ‘Lorde summer 2025!’
Hollywood actor Timothee Chalamet was among the famous faces spotted watching Charli in action, while model Alex Consani took part in the viral Apple dance moment.
Following her second perfomance she teased a ‘different kind of summer’, prompting speculation about a new album as she wrote the caption ‘coming soon…’
She included a photograph of her on stage with the words ‘Maybe it’s time for a different kind of summer?’ on the screen, hinting at last year’s ‘Brat summer’ cultural trend sparked by her album Brat.
The singer-songwriter shared a collection of images from the festival which included photographs of pop star Addison Rae and American singer The Dare, after performing two weekends at Coachella where she brought out singers including Troye Sivan and Lorde.
Following her second perfomance she teased a ‘different kind of summer’, prompting speculation about a new album
The singer-songwriter shared a collection of images from the festival which included photographs of herself scantily clad
She also frolicked with fellow singer Addison Rae (L)
The pair set pulses racing as they posed up a storm
Charli (L) also slipped into a tiny bikini as she shared a glimpse of how she relaxed while off stage
She captioned the post: ‘Coming soon..’
The final video sees Charli standing on stage with the words ‘Does this mean that brat summer is finally over????? IDK? maybe? maybe it’s time for a different kind of brat summer? maybe it’s time for me to let go? maybe it’s time to make way for….’
This comes after Green Day’s singer Billie Joe Armstrong closed the rock band’s headline set wearing a bright green Brat cap.
Charli XCX won five categories at the 2025 Brit Awards including the coveted album of the year for her culture-shaping record Brat.
Released in June 2024, Brat soared in the charts and inspired the ‘Brat summer’ trend which became a cultural movement promoting self-love, positive body image and sultry style choices.
The trend became so big that Brat was named the 2024 Collins Word Of The Year, redefined as ‘characterised by a confident, independent and hedonistic attitude’.
The singer topped the UK singles charts with the Icona Pop song I Love It and has had two number one albums including Brat and Crash.