July 2009

The Tennessean posted a really good article and interview with Tre Cool. He talks about the tour, how the band wants to make these shows memorable, and how the music has grown over the years. The author, Dave Paulson, does a good job of summing of Green Day's ...

Rolling Stone and MTV confirmed that Green Day will be performing at the 2009 VMA's on September 13th. On RollingStone.com, Billie Joe is quoted saying "We are excited to be performing at the Video Music Awards, you never know what’s going to happen, and it ...

Last night Green Day played at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. The set list was pretty normal with not many rare songs. At the end of the show Billie played Macy's Day Parade acoustic and then played Christie Road acoustic. Hopefully someone recorded ...

Last night Green Day played their second show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. If you thought that the first show on the 27th was a rocking show, just wait till you look at this!This would have to be the best set list on the tour so far ...

GD+NRDC (Green Day's collaboration with the National Resource Defense Council) has a booth and some volunteers walking around at the New York shows (last night in Madison Square Garden, and again tonight at Gate 65). They posted a couple pictures on their ...

Last night Green Day rocked Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Green Day boys pulled out some songs that they had not yet played all tour including When I Come Around, and Castaway. Disappearing Boy was played (as it was during the Albany, NY show) ...

Mike Dirnt was recently interviewed by music website AllGigs.co.uk. They talked about 21st Century Breakdown's themes and influences along with other questions about the production of the album. AllGigs: Why did you recruit Butch Vig to produce the album?Mike ...

Last night Green Day played at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. The set list last night didn't have as many old songs a few of the previous shows, but Green Day still did bash out one old song, Disappearing Boy. In the encore Billie played Last ...

Last night Green Day played a show in Hartford, CT at the XL Center. Yet again another rocking show. The past few shows Green Day has been throwing in some old songs into the set list. If you're a fan of the older material, last nights set list will blow you ...

Are you an Xbox and Rock Band fan? Well if you are then you are in for a treat! Tomorrow, Friday, July 24, at 6:00pm Green Day will be playing Rock Band with Xbox Live Gold members in Hartford, CT. To join you need to send a friend request to the following ...

Last night Green Day played in Pittsburgh, PA at the Mellon Arena. Green Day's shows are getting better every tour stop that they make. For example last night Green Day played many older songs such as 2000 Light Years Away, JAR, At the Library, and Going to ...

As you may know the GDA staff (Andres, Courtney, J'net, and I) attended the Green Day show at the Wachovia Spectrum. I can honestly say that it was the best night of my life. The set list was amazing which included songs such as 2,000 Light Years Away, Give Me ...

Green Day played last night in Boston, MA to a sold out show of just over 13,000 fans at the TD Garden arena. Setlist was similar, only difference was that Billie played an acoustic version of Macy's Day Parade right before the last song. You can find some ...

Think that when you go and see Green Day you just expect to see the band play? Well think again! On the 21st Century Breakdown tour Green Day has gotten a hold of artist Logan Hicks to find a group of artists to create artwork around each song on 21st Century ...

Last night Green Day played in Montreal, QUE. If you wanted Green Day to play some of their older songs from 1039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours or Kerplunk your wish has been granted. Added to the set list is: Words I Might Have Ate, 2,000 Light Years Away, and ...

Verizon Insider was able to snag five pairs of tickets the upcoming Green Day concerts. There are seven different city's you can enter to win in. For a full list of rules and how to enter, head on over to VerizonInsider.com by clicking here. Thanks to amy_runs ...

Green Day played last night in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. Photographer Michael Hurcomb took some really great pictures last night, which you view on Flickr. Here are some videos from the show: 21st Century Breakdown & Know Your Enemy, Ending of East Jesus ...

Everyone should go vote for "21 Guns" music video on VH1's Top 20 Countdown. The show airs Saturday morning, so get voting now so we can get Green Day up in the list.Don't forget that Green Day are nominated for 2 Kerrang Awards, which you can vote on through ...

Green Day played last night in Detroit, Michigan. The Detriot News published their recap with plenty of compliments aimed at the performance. "Throughout the show, Armstrong [...] was a marvel to behold. Never standing in one spot for more than a few seconds ...

You can find some new photos from the Chicago show on Green Day.comHere are some videos from Billie Joe and Tre at the Cubs game on Sunday.

Green Day played last night in Chicago, IL. From the reactions on Twitter, people seemed very content with the show. Here are a few of the photos we've got so far.Unfortunately, the Chicago Sun-Times didn't seem to agree on how they felt about last nights show ...

The new Pinhead Gunpowder CD, "Kick Over the Traces" is out now on Recess Records for $10. This is a compilation of their 'greatest hits' which was announced earlier in the year. Recess Records also updated their blog with some pictures of the very sexy new 7 ...

The GDA stickers are now available for pre-order. They will be shipped off July 23rd. They will only be up while supplies last. Here are the sayings:"There's nothing wrong with being a loserIt just depends how good you are at it""Green Day is better than you"" ...

Green Day played last night in Minneapolis, MN. Those in attendance were lucky enough to hear "Minnesota Girl", a song Billie Joe wrote for Adrienne (she's from Minnesota). I'd really love to hear a better quality version of this song, as it was originally ...

Fuse is having a few hours of Green Day specials tonight. Starting around 8pm (I believe it's EST) they'll air "Influenc'd: Green Day", "100 Percent Green Day", "Loaded", "The Green Day Chronicles", and ending with "Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown". The ...

A few days ago, we mentioned that Green Day will be in the new issue of Amp Magazine. I don't think it's on newstands yet, but I do have the scans for you. The article that will be in the magazine is a song by song review of 21st Century Breakdown. Thanks to ' ...

Last night Green Day played their last Canada date for a week at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Canada. The set list has stayed the same from the previous nights with no change at all. If you have not already seen the set lists previous nights click here to view ...

Tre Cool is featured in the newest issue of Modern Drummer magazine. It is a really great article that includes an interview with Tre, a list of drums used to record 21st Century Breakdown, and information on how to win a Tre Cool drum kit! Over all a amazing ...

Hey everyone! Being a tattoo lover, I'm pretty excited to let you know that Green Day is on the cover of the August 2009 issue of Inked Magazine! All three of the guys talk about their tattoos, which one they are getting next, and the new album. You can ...

Green Day is in the newest edition of Kerrang! Magazine. Included is a three page article plus a poster of Billie Joe. We have the scans of the article to show you thanks to die_in_tradegy. While on the topic of Kerrang Green Day has been nominated twice for ...

Last night Green Day had their fourth date of the 21st Century Breakdown tour in Saskatoon, Canada. One small change has been made to the set list, Geek Stink Breath has been taken out. I really hope that Geek Stink Breath will make it back on the set list for ...

After a one day break Green Day was back on the road last night playing in Edmonton, AB. From what we have been hearing the set list is still the same as the nights before so it looks like the set list we have been seeing will be staying mostly the same for ...

If you want to attend the Madison Square Garden show in NYC, the Idiot Club still has good seats available, just visit the Idiot Club for details. GreenDay.com posted up some of their own photos from the Seattle and Vancouver shows, which you can view here. ...

Just a reminder that today and tomorrow are the last days to order the GDA Wristbands. So if you want one (or two or three), you need to order them soon. Thanks to everyone who already has!Tre is on the cover of Modern Drummer. We don't have scans yet, but ...

There is some great news concerning the up coming 21 Guns EP for you guys today! Green Day will be releasing the 21 Guns EP on July 13th, just eight days from now. The EP will contain the following three tracks:- 21 Guns (Studio Version)- Favorite Son (Non- ...

As Andres said in his post last night, I am Jimmy and will be helping Andres out with news updates and such. To start off I would like to thank everyone who gave me a nice warm welcome in the comments. I am extremely excited and glad to be helping out here at ...

Canada.com has a great article about 21st Century Breakdown, and an interview with Mike Dirnt. It's sort of a "how did this album form" article, with some mention of the whole Wal-Mart issue, the process of making the album, and the Foxboro Hot Tubs. Best line ...

From all accounts, Green Day put on a hell of a show last night. Good way to kick start the world tour. We will be adding photos right here in the picture vault. We don't have permission to re-publish the following photos yet, but they're really great photos ...

Here's a great Q&A with Tre from Canoe Jam! Music. Here's an exciting quote about the new tour: We're switching it up; we're not doing the same songs we did on the last tour. We're adding songs that people didn't get to hear last time and we haven't played in ...

Happy 15th Anniversary to Billie Joe and Adrienne Armstrong. A local newspaper from Mankato, MN - where Adrienne lived during her college years, and where she met Billie Joe during one of Green Day's early tours - posted a really great interview with Adrienne ...

The GDA Wristbands are now available for purchase. Remember that if you want some, you have to order before July 7th! All the details can be found right here. Tickets for Australia and New Zealand shows sold out quickly yesterday, so the band has added more ...