Guardian Music — We were liveblogging, red carpeting and, er, red wining at the Mercurys as Polly Jean walked away victorious. As for you? You were mostly slagging off the Beatles ...All the chatter from this year's Mercury prizeRebecca Nicholson gives Mercury prize ... more info

The Quietus — Billy Joe Armstrong thrown off flight more info

Guardian Music — Billie Joe Armstrong removed from US flight because his 'pants sagged too low'Billie Joe Armstrong has a trouser problem. The Green Day singer was recently kicked off a flight on Southwest Airlines. The reason? His low-slung crotch."All the passenger... more info

ContactMusic — Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of punk-rock group Greenday has been kicked off a south-western flight from Oakland, California to Burbank, California on Thursday night (01. 09. 2011)Announcing his surprise on Twitter the 39-year-old rocker said "J... more info

Pop Crunch — In what seems to be a situation wherein Green Day’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong was kind of a jerk and a flight attendant was a bit of a control-freak, [...] more info

People.com — According to the miffed rocker, he was kicked off because his "pants sagged too low" more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The incident occurred Thursday night on a Southwest flight at the Oakland airport. more info

ContactMusic — Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was left fuming after he was kicked off a plane on Thursday (01Sep11) for wearing his trousers too low. The rocker was onboard a Southwest Airlines jet when a flight attendant asked him to hike up his trousers ... more info

NME — Singer takes to Twitter following argument with air stewardess more info

Gigwise — Singer hits back over Twitter... more info