[img=090611_saggypants.jpg]We recently reported that Billie Joe was kicked off of a Southwest flight due to his pants sagging too low. Besides being all buzz on twitter and tumblr, the news has made a small buzz amongst legitimate news sources, including CNN.

The article basically sums up the story with a few quips ("Talk about a fashion victim..."), but I think its nice to see our boys back in the news, even for something as ridiculous as this.

Just as a refresher, Billie did get on the next flight and was compensated by Southwest. Other than the twitter post heard 'round the world, he has not been available for comment.

The picture to the right shows Billie's story making big screen headlines at a shopping center.

Thanks to Jaymee for the photo.
Congratulations to the winner of our first GDA/GDC Remix Contest, Wobbie! While we received several great remixes from lots of talented participants, Wobbie's mix of "East Jesus Nowhere" just stood head and shoulders above the rest. Wobbie' ... read story
This week's Song of the Week is the defiant Reject, off Green Day's fifth album, Nimrod. Reject was inspired by a letter sent to Green Day in 1996 from an irate parent complaining about Green Day's "rubbish" music and the concern she had ... read story
If I was posting this on our forum, Green Day Community, I would put this whole post in a "spoiler" tag because I don't like openly promoting this artist and/or genre of music on GDA. But, we are a Green Day news site so we kind of have to ... read story
[img=090511_ebaymags.png]One of our forum members is selling her collection of Green Day magazines, a total of 37, that she's collected over the years. This includes all kinds of magazines from 1994 to more recent ones. Each magazine has a ... read story
[img=staticnoise.png]This week on the GDA Podcast, Static Noise, we talk about Billie Joe being removed from a plane for his saggy pants, a new book by photographer Bob Gruen, and talk about what Green Day was up to "on this week" in years ... read story
A couple of nights ago, Taylor Swift covered Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" at her concert in San Jose, California. Check out her rendition of the Nimrod classic... Judging by the audience reaction, it seemed to go down ... read story
Thanks to @Whatsername1964 for finding this most appropriate photo. Here are some new stories related to the incident. Los Angeles Times, SF Gate, NME, US Magazine, CBS News, The AP and many more ... read story
[img=090211_billie_moon.jpg]Billie Joe finally posted a new update on Twitter yesterday, much to the excitement of fans everywhere. Unfortunately it was to let us know that he had been kicked off a Southwest flight because his pants were ... read story
Gibson has listed 20 Essential Facts about the J-180 and mention Billie Joe twice in the article, talking about his signature version of the guitar. 17. The Billie Joe Armstrong J-180 is the latest version of this legendary guitar. The ... read story
For all of the guitar-tech fanatics in GDA-land, we've just seen a great tour of Billie and Jason's guitar rigs during the first 21st Century Breakdown tour in 2009. The band's guitar techs give away a lot of great information about the ... read story
[img=082911_lookforlove.jpg]When Billie Joe was just five years old he used to go around to hospitals and nursing homes with his dad to sing to the patients in hopes of making him feel better. This soon led to Billie recording his first ... read story
On this week... (click the year to watch a related video) Last Year:[img=083111_green day homecoming.jpg] Green Day were at the tail end of the 2nd leg of their 21st Century Breakdown North American tour. The band stopped in Dallas, ... read story
A video has surfaced of the band performing "Words I Might Have Ate" in East Orange, NJ, way back in 1992. Apparently, Billie broke a guitar string right before this, leaving Green Day no choice but to improvise. The result was a unique ... read story
This week's Song of the Week is the timeless 16, off Green Day's first album,1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. 16 is Green Day at their beautifully simplistic best - it's a universally relatable song for any teenager approaching adulthood; ... read story
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