'It's nice to be out of America!' Rockers Green Day slam 'horrendous' US election at MTV EMAs.. before attacking presidential hopeful Donald Trump during closing performance

Published: 00:12 GMT, 7 November 2016 | Updated: 00:21 GMT, 7 November 2016

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As the US presidential election enters its final hours, stars are continuing to chime in with their thoughts on the heated battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

And as rockers Green Day took to the stage at the MTV European Music Awards on in Rotterdam on Sunday night, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong made his feelings clear about the particularly contentious race to the Oval Office.

After collecting the Global Icon Award from Idris Elba, Billie said: 'It's nice to be out of America just for a second because of this horrendous election that's going on right now. The entire country is about to have one big, collective heart attack.'

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Sweet escape: Green Day rockers (l-r) Tré Cool, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt expressed their joy at being away from the 'horrendous' US presidential election while attending the MTV EMAs at Rotterdam's Ahoy Arena on Sunday night

Flanked by his bandmates Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, the star was applauded and cheered by the audience, seemingly in agreement with his statement.

While the rocker's brief mention of the election failed to single out either of the presidential candidates, the band's closing performance certainly did.

As they took to the stage to perform their 2004 protest anthem American Idiot - which slams former President George W. Bush - the they altered their lyrics to contain the words 'Trump America'.

Speaking out: Frontman Billie made the comments on the band's behalf as they accepted the Global Icon Award from Idris Elba, right

Contentious: Donald Trump, left, and Hillary Clinton, right, have been battling it out for the Oval Office in what has been deemed a particularly contentious US presidential election cycle

Swipe: As the rockers closed out the show, they altered the lyrics of their 2004 hit American Idiot to take a swipe at Donald

Billie's comments came a day after music magazine the NME released an interview, in which he blamed Donald Trump's political rise on 'uneducated white working-class people'.

He said: 'There’s this white nationalism that’s been brewing under the radar for a long time. But now [Trump’s] been able to cause people to lash out and blame minorities and it’s really confusing. I mean, blatant misogyny going on at the same time.'

'I’ve got family members from Oklahoma that are big Trump supporters,' he continued. 'And there’s no clear answer on why they’re supporting him because he doesn’t even have any policies.