Green Day news stories from this month in the GDA archive.
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Back in 2009, Bay Area punk band Pansy Division recorded a cover of Green Day's "Coming Clean" . The song was available as a b-side to their single "Average Men". The cover was uploaded to YouTube, so I invite you guys to check it out. Pansy Division was the ...
For this week's download of the week, we bring you a live recording from O2 Academy, London, England on August 21st, 2013. This audio was recorded by forum member marioweezer with the quality being 4 out of 5 stars. The setlist features regular songs from the ...
Green Day has released a clip from their upcoming documentary Broadway Idiot where Billie Joe asks director Michael Mayer about Facebook. More details about the film's official opening on October 11th in New York City as well as the film's ondemand release ...
My goodness, how time has flown by. One year ago today, the opening album to Green Day's ¡UNO!, ¡DOS!, ¡TRÉ¡ trilogy, ¡UNO!, was released worldwide. ¡UNO!'s release was overshadowed by the band's iHeartRadio incident and the news of Billie Joe's trip to ...
On the eve of the one year anniversary of ¡UNO!, Green Day has released the final installment for the "Trilogy era," their making of DVD ¡CUATRO!. ¡CUATRO! documents the Green Day's journey through the album writing process for the band's most ambitious ...
With Green Day taking a little break for most of 2013, we're wondering what kind of content you guys would like to see from GDA. Let us know with the poll below, or leave a comment below if you want to expand on your thoughts.
One thing is absolutely certain: Green Day and its fan base, in a joint effort, have perfected the art of the surprise show (alternatively called the secret show). There are plenty of bands out there who, for reasons beyond their control, could not pull off a ...
This week, we've got some very practical eBay items to share with you. If you care about your iPhone, you probably have some sort of protective case on it. If you do, these Green Day-emblazoned ones are way better. If you don't currently have a case, you ...
9 years ago today (21st September) we were lucky to experience the masterpiece that is American Idiot. The 7th studio album brought us five singles - "American idiot", "Jesus of Suburbia", "Holiday", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", and "Wake Me Up When September ...
Rolling Stone has released a third teaser video for Green Day's "making of" documentary ¡CUATRO! which will released next Tuesday, September 24th. In this preview we see Billie Joe Armstrong recording a demo for "Missing You" from ¡Tre! in his home studio ...
To celebrate the 9 year anniversary of American Idiot, we bring you an audio recording from their release show. The show was performed at Irving Plaza in New York on September 21st, 2004. The show features American Idiot played in full along with a few older ...
Green Day's touring third guitarist, Jeff Matika, has just launched his official website which includes all of your need-to-know information on the Little Rock native. The site includes news, photos, videos, and links to all of the albums that Jeff has ...
This weekend, while Billie Joe was in New York filming his lines for the the upcoming movie "Like Sunday, Like Rain," bassist Mike Dirnt was in LA spending time at the fourth annual Emmys Week kickoff. You can check out a few pictures of Mike, his wife ...
Green Day's official YouTube channel has just uploaded a second teaser video from the band's upcoming DVD release ¡CUATRO!. According to a press release from earlier this week, ¡CUATRO! will be available for purchase on September 24th through Amazon, iTunes ...
Earlier today, Billboard.com announced that Green Day's documentary film, Broadway Idiot, would be kicking off New York City's CBGB Music and Film Festival on October 10th. After the film's opening at the festival, Broadway Idiot will continue screen at ...
Deadline Hollywood has exclusively announced Billie Joe's involvement for the upcoming film "Like Sunday, Like Rain." Billie Joe has been cast to play the boyfriend of lead actor Leighton Meester's character in the indie film. Tuesday, we posted a picture of ...
To officially confirm what we posted last month, Green Day has announced the DVD release of ¡CUATRO! for September 24th in the US. According to the press release, the DVD will be available for purchase through Amazon, iTunes, and Qello. Best Buy's website is ...
I am thrilled to introduce our friend Ross Double as our next featured photographer. Ross, who is no stranger to photographing Green Day, recently photographed the band at the Brixton Academy in London, England. Ross is also quite the photographer away from ...
Green Day has been nominated for three awards in the MTV European Music Awards. The band have been nominated for three awards - Best live band, best rock band, and best world stage (for Rock Am Ring). You can head over to MTVEMA.com vote though it appears ...
Last Thursday, Clear Channel Communications and Warner Music announced a new licensing agreement. The deal will give major Warner artists, like Green Day, more playing time and radio promotion on Clear Channel's 850 broadcast stations. According to a New York ...
According to a post on FanForum.com, Billie Joe Armstrong is included in the cast for the upcoming movie "Like Sunday, Like Rain." The film is currently being filmed in New York and a release date is unknown. At this point, it is unclear what role Billie Joe ...
This week, we're featuring some very cool eBay items that are fairly rare, and pretty hard to get ahold of: 99 Revolutions tour guitar picks. The picks in these auctions are exactly the same as the picks that Idiot Nation has given away on a couple of ...
As part of Billboard's 25th anniversary celebration of their Alternative Chart, the music magazine has listed their top 50 alternative artists of all time. Green Day has cracked the top five, coming in at number four on the list. A pretty high honor, if you ...
For this week's download of the week, we bring you a live recording from Santiago, Chile on October 24th 2010. This recording comes from an audience recording but the quality would be given 5 out of 5 stars. It contains a few rarities such as Stuck With Me, ...
Back when Billie Joe was on Broadway playing St. Jimmy in the American Idiot musical, Jack went to the show and snagged a few extra copies of the Playbill. It lists Billie Joe as part of the cast and has a short bio for him (and other cast members). We're ...
Green Day's official fan club, the Idiot Nation, has just posted part two of their interview with Mike Dirnt, as part of their online series "The Jeff Matika Show." The band's touring guitarist Jeff Matika asks Mike questions that were submitted by Idiot ...
After many votes casted and dozens of photos captured--we have a winner! Eleonora's (Minority103 on the forum) fabulous photo, representing the song "Walk Away," was voted the winning entry. She will be receiving a one year membership to Idiot Nation.
In celebration of their 25th anniversary, Billboard has compiled a list of their top hundred songs from over the years; Green Day has two songs on the list in the top twenty. The band's 2004 hit, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" came in at number 17 on the list. ...
For this week's download of the week, we bring you a live recording from Shibuya-AX in Tokyo, Japan on August 16th 2012. This recording comes from an audience member though it is amazing quality, one of the best non-soundboard sounding recordings. This was ...
Really badass, unique acoustic cover of "Basket Case"
In an article written by Australia's The Age Entertainment, Mike Dirnt has officially endorsed C-3PO as Prime Minister of Australia in the country's upcoming election. C-3PO is a character from the (fantastic) movie series, Star Wars. Australia's federal ...
Just a couple hours ago, Melbourne, Australia radio station Triple M interviewed Mike Dirnt about Green Day's upcoming trip to Australia for the Soundwave Festival. Mike talks about the band's past year in regards to getting back on their feet and touring ...
Last year, Hot Topic released Green Day's major label debut, Dookie, on limited edition green vinyl. After selling out rather quickly in 2012 the store has restocked the album in their online store. When the pressing was originally released it was limited to ...
The Broadway Idiot Facebook page has just announced that the film will be featured in the UK BFI London Film Festival during October. UK PREMIERE! We're really excited to announce that Broadway Idiot will screen in the UK as part of the BFI London Film ...
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Green Day performed "A Quick One While He's Away" at Leeds festival last month. The band released a cover of The Who song as a bonus track on 21st Century Breakdown. Green Day played the song at Madison Square Garden back in 2009 and a few times as the Foxboro ...
We have marked down the Rage & Love Wristbands for the month of September by 20%, they're now available for $4 for the pair. Shipping in the US is only $1. We do ship worldwide, the average shipping cost for international orders is around $2.50. We've also re- ...
Currently, NME is holding a poll on their website asking who the best performer of this year's Reading and Leads festival. If you have ever seen Green Day live or watched one of their live DVD's you know that Green Day deserves to top this poll. Right now ...
Green Day hosted the Oakland A's 'Fireworks Night' last night. Tré Cool threw out the ceremonial first pitch and Billie Joe joined him on the field before the game. Below is a video from News10 of the pre-game festivities that is focused on Billie Joe and Tr ...
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