May 2009

Here's the video of Green Day playing last night at the MTV Japan VMA's.

Green Day.com posted some photos from Green Day's show in Japan taken by Chris Dugan. Some really great shots, including the one of Tre on the right. Go to this page, scroll down to the photos, then click "Next Screen" till the album for Akasaka BLITZ, Japan ...

Billie Joe is on the August 2009 cover of Guitar World magazine. The magazine is available for purchase now. We will have scans in the next day or two. The photo was taken by photographer Ross Halfin, which we posted earlier in the month about his full photo ...

Tre talked with Rolling Stone magazine about playing SNL, the Bowery and Webster Hall shows in NYC, and about the upcoming tour. News via GreenDay.co.ukIf I was a concertgoer and I got to see Franz and then Green Day, I'd need a new pair of panties....It's ...

The "String Quartet" of American Idiot features renditions of the complete album replacing the sound of full electric guitars and solid drums with the violin, viola, cello and double bass. I can't imagine a more niche audience for target audience, Green Day ...

Absolute Radio did an interview with the band while the band was in the UK, and posted the video of the interview. They ask the band questions submitted by users on our forum, Green Day Community. Yay!The band has made their way to Japan this week, and will be ...

Hey everyone! I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend...well us US citizens who celebrate it anyway. As previously reported, 21 Guns was scheduled to be released as a single this week, that release was just for radio stations which starting playing the ...

Here's a recap of the news for the past week:Saturday May 16: Green Day performed "Know Your Enemy" and "21 Guns" on SNL. The videos we originally linked to have been taken offline, but visit the forum for download links if you haven't seen these yet. Monday ...

Hey everyone! To everyone who didn't get to catch the CBS interview with Green Day that aired this morning, you can watch it here. Thanks to Jen M. for taking the time to upload that. During the airing of the interview, they adverised Comcast's Green Day on ...

Green Day will be on CBS Sunday Morning tomorrow at 9am EST (times may vary, so check your listings). They will have an "extensive interview" with the band, which was filmed last month when they were in Oakland. Here's a preview from the interview where Mike ...

Green Day performed "East Jesus Nowhere" last night on the Late Show with David Letterman. A very awesome performance. FMQB.com mentions that 21 Guns will be the next single, and will be available May 25 or the 26th. No mention of any possible b-sides yet. We' ...

GreenDay.com posted the artwork to the right yesterday, but didn't say what it was for. We are assuming, since 21 Guns is slated to be the next single, that it is the artwork for the single cover. You can click on the image to the right to make it bigger.Green ...

Don't forget to tune into the Colbert Report tonight on Comedy Central at 11:30PM EST. Stephen Colbert will be interviewing Green Day.Tomorrow morning, make sure to wake up nice and early to catch Green Day kicking off the Good Morning America Concert Series ...

GDA visitor Shaun captured and uploaded some really great quality videos from Green Day's performances on Saturday Night Live: - Know Your Enemy - 21 GunsSome songs from Green Day's performance in Berlin earlier this month have found their way onto YouTube. ...

Green Day took the top spot on Billboard's Top 200, selling more than 215,000 albums in an abbreviated three-day sales week. You can check out that article here at Billboard.Also at Billboard, there's an article here about the Bowery Ballroom and Webster Hall ...

Green Day's show last night at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City looked like a blast! Tre even played Blue (Billie's favorite guitar, for all you new fans)! Check out the pictures from the event here.MAGNET Magazine picks the five most overrated and ...

Photographer Bob Gruen took some photographs of Green Day in New York City. The one to the right is similar to the photo he took of The Clash in 1981. You can view the other 2 pictures in our Picture Vault.21st Century Breakdown is doing great on the charts so ...

Hey everyone. Thanks to Anibal for these videos.Green Day Live from Abbey Road (5/15/2009) American Idiot St. Jimmy East Jesus Nowhere Know Your Enemy 21 GunsGreen Day Live from Saturday Night Live (5/16/2009) Know Your Enemy (thanks Tom) 21 Guns (thanks Tom ...

Hey everyone. I hope everyone remembered to watch Saturday Night Live season finale tonight on NBC. Green Day was the musical guest! Don't freak out if you didn't get to catch it on TV though, I'm sure we'll have it on GDA as soon as we can! [+] View the ...

Today's Meet & Greet seemed like a blast, from all I've been hearing. Congratulations to everyone who got to meet our guys today. I've uploaded all the photos I have so far in the Picture Vault, click here to view them. They are amazing pictures.MTV has a ...

Don't forget that Green Day will be on SNL tomorrow night. NBC posted up a funny clip of the guys doing their promo with Will Ferrell, and a short interview afterward where they talk about the new album and the upcoming musical. You can view that here. Tre ...

Today's the big day, May 15th, the day we've been waiting nearly 5 years to celebrate. Green Day's new album is officially in stores and available online to purchase. Visit iTunes where you can order the Deluxe Version, which includes 2 extra b-sides ("A Quick ...

Green Day held a press conference yesterday in Paris, France. For all of you who can read french, check out the article here. For all of us other non french speaking fans, you can view the photos here. They also performed a show yesterday in Paris. François ...

Green Day and AMI are teaming up to have a few listening parties for tomorrow's album release. View the posters for all 3 events in Grand Rapids, Michigan - Vista, California, and New York City right here. For 3 weeks people can sign up at AMI jukeboxes to win ...

Green Day appear on the next issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, which actually should be out now. Read more about the issue here, where you can look at their photos for the magazine, a video from behind in the scenes at the photo shoot, and their history. They ...

Presales for twenty different shows in the US and Canada will go on sale tomorrow at 3pm (local time for each venue) at the Idiot Club. Tickets go on sale to the general public May 15 and May 16, including those for the show at Madison Square Garden.Green Day' ...

Green Day will be playing a show in Japan on May 28th at Akasaka BLITZ. More info here. Thanks to Komomo.[+]MTV has posted a new interview and video that's a pretty good read. You can view the article and watch the video here.[+]Check out some new shirts in ...

GreenDay.com has confirmed that the opening band for the first part of the tour will be New York indie rock band The Bravery, visit their MySpace to check out some music. They will tour with the band July 3 - July 25th. Green Day will play a special show for ...

More US and Canada shows go on sale today. Check out TicketMaster and TicketsNow for sale times and availability. Full list of shows and their on-sale dates can be found on the tour page.Yahoo Music just posted up 4 videos of the band at rehearsal the day ...

Green Day played in Berlin, Germany yesterday, and will be playing in Cologne, Germany tomorrow night. We got some really great photos from last night in from François (GDV) and Eleonora Gatti, all the photos were uploaded in this album. There's also 3 ...

Tickets for some shows in the United States and Canada are on sale now. Visit TicketsNow for the list of venues and sale times. More tickets are on sale tomorrow, and the rest finishing up May 15th and 16th. Visit the tour page for the full list of shows and ...

TheSun in the UK has the new album streaming right now. For people outside the UK, it's now up on Rhapsody, listen to it here. You can also listen to it now on MTV.com.If those links aren't working for everyone, you can try this link to see if it'll play for ...

Tomorrow is the big day, tickets for US/Canada shows start going on sale, most around 9 or 10AM (local time for each venue). The venues will be listed on TicketMaster. Don't worry if you're venue isn't listed yet, it should be added a couple hours (or so) ...

Franz Ferdinand has been announced as the second supporting act for the upcoming Green Day. They will be on the road with Green Day from August 8th - August 26th. Green Day will be doing a special show in New York on May 19th at Webster Hall. Tickets go on ...

Comcast has started putting up live performances from last months show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA. There will be 10 live performances available in HD through Comcast on-demand. All of these videos, along with a 4 part interview can be found on comcast. ...

Green Day once again graces the cover of the U.K.'s Kerrang! Magazine. The issue, in which Green Day proclaims "We've made the album of our lives!", hits newstands today, May 6. [+]Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 (Pt 1) | Page 3 (Pt 2) | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 ...

KROQ and WAAF both played new songs tonight. 6 new ones (plus Know Your Enemy), along with an interview with the band. These songs were streamed online by the radio stations, and in case you guys missed them, you can listen to them below. Thanks to Alexandrez ...

The Idiot Club announced today that members will be given priority access to upcoming select US and Canada tour tickets starting this Wednesday, May 6. Tickets are on first come, first serve basis. There is a limit of 2 tickets per order. Here are the shows ...

Mike Dirnt celebrates his 37th birthday today. From all the GDA staff, we wish you a very happy birthday, Mike. My thanks to Daysha for the banner.FMQB.com posted up the second part of their interview with the band. Later today radio stations across the US ...

Hey everyone! For all of you who have been waiting to hear Hearts Collide, the 2nd b-side from 21st Century Breakdown, here's a clip. Thanks to Beth via Lorraine via someone else.[player=0503]heartscollide_clip[/player]GreenDay.com will be posting up new ...

The band sat down for a Q&A with Billboard. Again, another great interview that you should all take some time to read. It's nice to see straight up Q&A's so we can read a bit more straight from the guys. They talk about the general story of the new album, ...

Music journalist Jon Pareles has written up a really great article about the new album for the The New York Times. They talked to all 3 band members along with producer Butch Vig, and cover everything from the Foxboro Hot Tubs, thoughts behind the new material ...

Tickets for Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and Austria shows are now available. TicketMaster has tickets listed for Berlin, Köln, Hamburg and München. Tickets for the other countries can be found on links from the tour page.

GreenDay.com confirmed that the Kaiser Chiefs will be supporting Green Day for a handful of shows in the US from July 27th to August 7th. They also announced ticket sale dates for all the US/Canada shows. Some tickets go on sale May 8th (majority of Canada ...

Rhapsody, along with VH1, will be streaming the new album May 8th. To celebrate the countdown to the album release, Rhapsody is doing a daily contest on Twitter, giving away things like mp3 players, TiVO's, and a bunch of other cool stuff. Each day at 10pm PST ...

Many of the European tickets go on sale today at 9 and 10AM GMT. TicketMaster UK has the following tickets listed (as of this posting) available for sale today: Sheffield, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast, London, Birmingham, Madrid, and Barcelona. Other shows ...