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Win a drum stick autographed by Tre Cool from the Idiot Nation

By Jimmy · May. 18, 2013 · 30 Comments

Tre Cool

Idiot Nation has been on a roll with their contests lately and have just announced another cool one. Idiot Nation is now giving away eight autographed drum sticks from Tré Cool.

To enter, all you have to do is fill out a simple form over on Idiot Nation's site. Winners will be chosen this upcoming Friday, May 24th.

On a related note, here's some good news for those of you outside of the United States: All of Idiot Nation's contests are now open for international entries.

Related: Idiot Club

Billie Joe featured in SPIN's "Top 25 Rock Deities"

By Matt · May. 17, 2013 · 19 Comments

SPIN Magazine has released an article that lists the "most noteworthy instances of musicians going God mode" and Billie Joe is featured at number 15 on the list. SPIN's driving factor behind this list is the large number of musicians " ... read story

Download of The Week - Live at The Independent, April 7th 2009

By Liam · May. 17, 2013 · 0 Comments

To celebrate the 4 year anniversary of 21st Century Breakdown we decided to bring you the first ever performance of the album live as download of the ... read story

#ThrowbackThursday - Green Day's 2009 Rhapsody commercial

By Jimmy · May. 16, 2013 · 30 Comments

This might be my favorite #ThrowbackThursday post that we've done thus far here on GDA. This week's feature is Green Day's 2009 Rhapsody commercial for 21st Century Breakdown which includes over fifty Green Day references. Were you ... read story

Today marks the 4th anniversary of 21st Century Breakdown's release

By Jimmy · May. 15, 2013 · 77 Comments

Four years ago today, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown, the band's eighth album, was released world wide. The eighteen track album spawned five singles, "Know Your Enemy," "21 Guns," "East Jesus Nowhere," "21st Century Breakdown," and " ... read story

Best Coast talks about their time on the road with Green Day

By Jimmy · May. 14, 2013 · 0 Comments

Independent.com recently caught up with Best Coast, the support act for Green Day's North American leg of the "99 Revolutions" tour, to talk about what it's like to play arenas and open for a huge band every night. The shows went really ... read story

Learn more about Green Day's trilogy themed skate decks

By Jimmy · May. 13, 2013 · 0 Comments

Today, Adeline Records posted a video with the help of Actions Realized giving a more in depth look at the Green Day skate decks and how they will be impacting the kids of the Oakland Children’s Hospital. Interested in purchasing one ... read story

Hot Topic adds a new mens trilogy themed shirt to their online store

By Jimmy · May. 13, 2013 · 0 Comments

Hot Topic is now selling a new mens Green Day t-shirt based on the design of the trilogy. The black shirt features a skull with the eyes crossed out, which you can see to the right, and an "Oh Love" heart on the back. If you're ... read story

Download of The Week - Live at Greek Theater

By Liam · May. 10, 2013 · 7 Comments

For this week's download of the week, we're bringing you a full live audio recording of Green Day's second last show of the North American tour at ... read story

Green Day featured on Premier Guitar's "Rig Rundown"

By Matt · May. 9, 2013 · 30 Comments

Premier Guitar stopped by one of Green Day's rehearsal shows in DeKalb, Illinois before the band kicked off their North American 99 Revolutions Tour to talk with the tech crew about the live sound. The video features interviews with Billie ... read story

Billie Joe and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones last night

By Jack · May. 9, 2013 · 27 Comments

Last night, Billie Joe saw the Rolling Stones on their 50th anniversary tour in San Jose, CA. He posted this Instagram picture (with the caption "#godblessrocknroll") of what looked like a great show: Before the show, Rolling Stones ... read story

Billie Joe will be featured on The Lonely Island's new album

By Jimmy · May. 7, 2013 · 140 Comments

Moments ago, LoudWire.com announced that Billie Joe would be one of the guest performers on The Lonely Island's upcoming release, The Wack Album. The comedy rap group is most well known for their videos on Saturday Night Live. The ... read story

Green Day's touring guitarist Jeff Matika joins Instagram

By Jimmy · May. 6, 2013 · 0 Comments

Jeff Matika, Green Day's touring third guitarist and backup vocalist has joined Instagram. Earlier today, Jeff announced on Twitter that he had made the account for fans to follow. You can follow Jeff's account by clicking here. So far ... read story

"Longview" listed as one of Ultimate Guitars top 10 greatest punk songs

By Jimmy · May. 6, 2013 · 0 Comments

Ultimate Guitar has included Green Day's "Longview" in their list of the "Top 10 Greatest Punk Songs." "Longview," the band's first single came in at number six on the list. Green Day's first major label single started life as a bass riff ... read story

Mike Dirnt celebrates his 41st birthday today

By Jimmy · May. 4, 2013 · 4046 Comments

Today, Mike Dirnt celebrates his 41st birthday. On behalf of the entire GDA team, I'd like to wish him a very happy birthday with many more to come! Check out this video that Greek fans made for Mike's birthday ... read story

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1	2	3	4 May 4, 2013 Happy Birthday Mike Dirnt! He turns 41 today.
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15 May 15, 2013 4 year anniversary for the release of 21st Century Breakdown	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24 May 24, 2013 Tour Date: Rho	25 May 25, 2013 Tour Date: Trieste
26	27 May 27, 2013 Tour Date: Belgrade	28	29 May 29, 2013 Tour Date: Vienna	30 May 30, 2013 Happy Birthday Jimmy! He turns 18 today.	31