Green Day: Obama Nobel 'premature'

Green Day don’t think Barack Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize yet.

The ‘American Idiot’ rockers said they don’t understand exactly why the current US president has been awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in the world after only nine months in office.

Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong said: “He’s got a lot of work to do. I mean, he’s got a huge job, you know.

“Winning the Nobel Peace Prize - they might have been premature on that, you know, you’ve got to create a little bit more peace before you get something like that.”

Green Day – completed by bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool - are presently on a world tour in support of their latest album ‘21st Century Breakdown’.