News Archives - September 2010

Green Day performing at the Tony Awards

By Matt /Jun. 11, 2010 / Comments

[newsImage]061110_tonyawards.jpg[/newsImage]Green Day will be performing live on the Tony Awards this Sunday on CBS. The ceremony starts at 8:00pm EST. The band has a show the night before in Austria and will catch a flight to New York to attend the ceremony. in case you are wondering, that is about a 15 hour flight.

The American Idiot musical will also perform at some point during the night. The musical is nominated for Best Musical, Best Scenic Design, and Best Lighting Design.

By the articles online and ads on TV, the Tony Awards and CBS seem to be pretty stoked to have Green Day attending and performing on Sunday.

The full list of performers, nominees, presenters, and more can be viewed on the Tonys website.

Green Day in the studio

By Matt · Jun. 11, 2010 · 0 Comments

According to Ilta-Sanomat, Green Day spent a couple days in the Finnvox Studios in Helsinki earlier this week. The guys recorded four demos while at the studio. The manager of the studio, Risto Hemmi, had this to say about the session: We ... read story

Spin Readers Poll

By Matt · Jun. 10, 2010 · 0 Comments

Spin Magazine is conducting a poll to see who its readers think has been the best in the music world the last 25 years. Green Day has been nominated in several categories which include Best Band, Best Album (American Idiot), Best Song ( ... read story

American Idiot Cast Album tops charts

By Jimmy · Jun. 10, 2010 · 0 Comments

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Green Day's musical American Idiot has entered the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart at number 1 and the Billboard 200 at number 43. This sets the highest rank on the charts for a cast recording since ... read story

Rock Band Fan Art Contest Winners

Jun. 9, 2010 · 0 Comments

We started a fan art contest last week that got [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/Picture_Vault/thumbnails.php?album=344]over 250 submissions[/turl] in a matter of 5 days. Way more popular than we expected, but thank you all for ... read story

Lollapalooza, Early Morning Show

By Matt · Jun. 9, 2010 · 0 Comments

The 2010 Lollapalooza schedule has been released and Green Day is going to play Saturday, August 7th, from 7:45-10:00pm CST on the South stage. A 3-day pass to the festival is $215. There are single-day passes available as well for $90 ... read story

GDA Podcast Episode 2: She Hates My Obsession

Jun. 9, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]060210_staticNoise.jpg[/newsImage] In this weeks episode of the GDA Podcast, Static Noise, we're joined by Matt to talk about Rock Band, Mike Dirnt's new MacBeth shoes, some interviews the band did, and Hello Kitty somehow snuck ... read story

Green Day interview with IGN

Jun. 8, 2010 · 0 Comments

[turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/rockband/][newsImage]060810_rockband.jpg[/newsImage][/turl]Here's an interview from IGN with the entire band talking about [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/rockband]Green Day Rock Band[/turl ... read story

Radio interviews with Tre

Jun. 8, 2010 · 0 Comments

[turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/Picture_Vault/displayimage.php?pos=-18410][newsImage]060710_tre_rockband.jpg[/newsImage][/turl]Yesterday Tre called in to numerous radio stations to talk about the release of Rock Band today. Here are ... read story

Poll: Are you buying Green Day Rock Band today?

Jun. 8, 2010 · 0 Comments

As we continue our coverage today of Green Day Rock Band, we wanna know how many of you are buying the game today. Vote, and let us know your thoughts in the comments ... read story

Green Day: Rock Band released today

By Jimmy · Jun. 8, 2010 · 0 Comments

Today Green Day Rock Band is officially released throughout the United States and most other parts of the world. You can find out complete details on the game including videos and links to buy the game on our [turl=http://www. ... read story

Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes

Jun. 7, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]060210_staticNoise.jpg[/newsImage]Last week we launched our podcast 'Static Noise'. Once a week we'll get together and talk about the latest Green Day news, or about something Green Day-related we want to talk about. We got ... read story

Macbeth Mike Dirnt Studio Projects

By Matt · Jun. 7, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]060310_macbethdirnt.jpg[/newsImage]Mike Dirnt's version of Macbeth's 'Schubert' line of shoes are now available for pre-order from Loserkids.com. The website has them listed at $74.99. They plan to begin shipping in mid to late ... read story

Punks Play for Autism in the UK

Jun. 7, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]060610_punksplay.jpg[/newsImage]In a couple weeks some friends of ours will be holding a benefit gig to help raise some money and awareness for The Autism Trust in London. The show will be headlined by The Razorbax. It's taking ... read story

Fender Interview With Mike Dirnt

By Jimmy · Jun. 6, 2010 · 0 Comments

The other day Fender posted a new video interview with Mike Dirnt on their Facebook page. In the video Mike disuses the first Fender bass he ever got and his Squier by Fender signature Precision Bass. Also, don't forget you can enter ... read story

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