News Archives - April 2010

Green Day to play Rolling Stones cover on Jimmy Fallon

Apr. 30, 2010 / Comments

"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" is having "Stones Week" to celebrate the reissue of the Rolling Stones album 'Exile on Main Street'. 'Late Night' will have four artists covering Rolling Stones songs, started with Green Day on May 10.

Excerpt from Billboard.com

"Green Day will kick off the special week on May 10. Previously announced participating artists include Keith Urban (May 11), Sheryl Crow (May 12) and Phish (May 13). On May 14, the show will premiere a new documentary about the making of "Exile on Main Street" titled "Stones in Exile.""

Late night with Jimmy Fallon airs at 12:35am EST on NBC. Green Day was recently interviewed on 'Late Night' about the American Idiot musical, you can watch the interview here.

Related article from Gigwise.com.

AI Musical Cast on David Letterman

By Matt · Apr. 30, 2010 · 0 Comments

Last night, the cast of the American Idiot musical performed the song 'Holiday' on the Late Show with David Letterman. The performance was great to say the least. Below you will find a video of it as well as a download of the performance ... read story

924 Gilman looking for help with increased rent costs

Apr. 29, 2010 · 0 Comments

The venue where Green Day started out is asking for help as their rent increases this year by $3000 / month. Here's an excerpt from the 924 Gilman Blog: The club's rent has been increasing every year for the last twenty three years, and ... read story

American Idiot Cast to appear on Letterman tonight

By Jimmy · Apr. 29, 2010 · 0 Comments

Tonight, the cast of the American Idiot musical will be making an appearance on the David Letterman show. The show airs at 11:35 EST on CBS. We will have a video of the performance posted as soon as possible. In other news, the ... read story

Musical tops Broadway box office

Apr. 28, 2010 · 0 Comments

Variety posted the list of broadway show box office numbers, and listed American Idiot at the top for increasing sales of 67% over the past week. Here's an excerpt from this MTV.com article After opening last Tuesday, the musical ... read story

Spins 125 Best Albums in the Past 25 Years

By Jimmy · Apr. 28, 2010 · 0 Comments

Spin.com has posted a list of the 125 Best Albums in the past 25 years since Spin has opened its doors in 1985. Green Day came in on the list twice, once for American Idiot at number 119 for American Idiot and then again at number 42 for ... read story

Billie Joe in Acoustic Rock magazine

By Matt · Apr. 27, 2010 · 0 Comments

Billie Joe Armstrong is featured in a recent issue of Acoustic Rock Magazine in which he talks about his usage and experience with the acoustic guitar. He also talks about it's prominence in the album, American Idiot. Billie Joe Armstrong ... read story

Rolling Stone and Larry Livermore review Foxboro show

By Jimmy · Apr. 26, 2010 · 0 Comments

RollingStone.com posted a recap of of the Foxboro Hot Tubs show that took place yesterday at Bowery Electric in New York City. The show was a dervish from the first note, bodies colliding and songs arriving in white hot flashes. Armstrong ... read story

Billie being interviewed on the Sixx Sense radio show

By Jimmy · Apr. 26, 2010 · 0 Comments

Nikki Sixx posted on Twitter yesterday that Billie Joe is going to be interviewed on his radio show, Sixx Sense tonight. Here is Nikki's original twitter message: Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day on Sixx Sense Monday. Cool way to start ... read story

Fuck Facebook, come to GDA instead

Apr. 25, 2010 · 0 Comments

Because that's what the Rev said on Twitter: I dare everyone to quit Facebook. Go to greendayauthority and andres will tally the # of people. It'll be a pole! Sting baby girl! therev [poll]3110063[/poll ... read story

American Idiot cast poster signing at Bloomingdales

By Jimmy · Apr. 25, 2010 · 0 Comments

The cast of American Idiot is unveiling their 10-window display at Bloomingdale's on 59th Street in New York City this Tuesday, April 27th at 5pm on the second floor. In addition, the cast of American Idiot will be doing a meet and greet ... read story

Joan Jett supporting Green Day in Europe

By Jimmy · Apr. 25, 2010 · 0 Comments

Green Day has announced another one of their support acts for their upcoming European tour, Joan Jett. Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, and actress who is known for her best work for band Joan Jett & the ... read story

Foxboro debutes "It's Fuck Time" last night

Apr. 24, 2010 · 0 Comments

The Foxboro Hot Tubs played in New York City last night. They debuted a new song called "It's Fuck Time", which they played no less than 8 times throughout the night. They also played Stop Drop & Roll a few times, along with St. Jimmy, ... read story

Top 10 'Green' Musicians

By Matt · Apr. 23, 2010 · 0 Comments

MySpace posted a list of the top 10 musicians that are aware of Earth Day and who are doing their part in raising awareness about 'going green' and other safe environmental habits. Green Day came in at #2 on the list behind Tom Yorke. ... read story

Green Day perform after last nights musical

Apr. 23, 2010 · 0 Comments

After last nights show for the American Idiot musical, Green Day walked on stage and played 'American Idiot' and 'Basket Case'. We had seen a tweet posted earlier in the day that said the band might perform, I'm happy J'net convinced me to ... read story

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