March 2010

Green Day is joining a group to help support a "Second Chance Prom" after a school district in Mississippi cancelled their prom because a lesbian student wanted to go to the event with her girlfriend. You can read about the whole situation on this press ...

San Diego listeners have the chance to win tickets to see Green Day in Chula Vista, CA, or win a 5-day trip to see Green Day at Wembley Stadium in London, thanks to 91X radio. Listen to 91X all this week for the cue to call 570-1-91X. If you are caller 9 you ...

Billie Joe's side band, Pinhead Gunpowder, played a rare show at 924 Gilman in early February. A few weeks later the Gilman street club released the audio of the show on their official website. Eariler this week @924Gilman posted that KILLTHATCATvideo on ...

Don't miss the premiere of Green Day's next music video, 'Last of the American Girls' Thursday morning, April 1st, at 6:00am EST on MTV.com and the MTV Networks. You can watch a 30-second sneak peak right now on MTV.com. The preview seems be blocked for those ...

According to Green Day in an Access Hollywood interview, an 'American Idiot' Cast album will hopefully be released in late April. Billie says that the band plays their respected instruments on the tracks while the cast sings (just like the '21 Guns' version). ...

Today six more dates go up for pre-sale for Idiot Club members along with Citi credit card holders through Ticketmaster. Tickets go on sale at noon local time. The pre-sale runs on a first come, first serve basis, and there are a limited amount of tickets ...

Philadelphia radio station, Radio 104.5 is giving away tickets for Green Day's first show of the summer US tour at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. To enter to win you have to text "green" to 91045 when you hear two Green Day songs played ...

This month UK magazine, Big Cheese is having a special collector's issue entitled 'Pop Punks Back'. In the article Green Day is featured as being part of the complete history of pop punk. Other artists include Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, The Ramones along with ...

Green Day Rock Band will be released on June 8th. Here are two more gameplay videos from the upcoming game. Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Wake Me Up When September Ends: Thank you to Nick S. for sending us the videos

If you're in the New York area, be sure to tune into Q104.3 today at 9:00pm to hear Jonathan Clarke's interview with Green Day. More information can by found on the Q104.3 website by clicking here. You can also view some photos from the interview here. You ...

Hello everyone, this is your newest GDA team member, Matt. I am from the state of Iowa in the USA and I am currently a senior in high school. I would like to thank Andres and the whole GDA staff for this wonderful opportunity to be a team member. So without ...

Before I start off, I'd like to let everyone know we've brought on a new team member, Matt (gdkid2010 on the forum) to help us out. He'll be joining us as a news editor starting tomorrow, so you'll be seeing his name pop up here regularly . I'm looking forward ...

Today five more shows goes on sale to the general public at 10am (local time at each venue). Alpharetta, GA - View TicketsMansfield, MA - View TicketsEnglewood, CO - View TicketsToronto, ON - View Tickets Next up are the following shows. Dates in parenthesis ...

For all you Green Day fans who are drummers, you might be interested in The Tre Cool Artist Series Drumstick, now available at Musician's Friend. The drumsticks cost $9.49, US currency. Here's an official description of the drumsticks: The Tre Cool Artist ...

Each week, Billboard.com hosts Mashup Mondays, a series that gives some of music's biggest acts a chance to cross genres by performing a stripped down cover of a famous tune that is beyond their usual sound. This week, rapper Iyaz covered Green Day's song 21 ...

AP-Red.com, posted this 8 minute video on YouTube with interviews from a couple days ago, the day of the soundcheck for the musical. They talk to some fans waiting to see it, to a couple of cast members, director Michael Mayer, and Green Day. Here's a video ...

Tickets for the following two shows will be available to purchase today at 10am (local time). Holmdel, NJ - View Tickets Clarkston, MI - View Tickets Tomorrow the general public will be able to purchase tickets for these dates: Alpharetta, GA - View ...

The official site announced this morning that the 'Last of the American Girls' music video will be released online one week from today, on April 1st. We are proud to present the Exclusive Global Premiere of Green Day's latest video, "Last Of The American Girls ...

We've been getting in a lot of questions about tickets, so this post to help answer some of those. Average ticket prices vary from $25 - $85, depending on the venue. The closer you are to the stage, the higher the prices. The band has announced that more dates ...

The newest issue of Kerrang, which is out now, features Billie Joe on the cover (amongst other artists) with the title "Rock Icons of the 21st Century". The issue also includes a poster of the band from the 90's. The article talks about Green Day's story a bit ...

The cast of the American Idiot Musical held a press conference/soundcheck last night, and tonight will be the first preview performance of the new Broadway show. Photos from the event can be seen in the Picture Vault. Last night, director Michael Mayer spoke, ...

If you're an Idiot Club member or have a Citi credit card, pre-sales for the following dates are available today for you after 10am (venue time). It's first come, first serve basis. There are a limited amount reserved. These tickets are available to the ...

The Idiot Club posted details about the pre-sales that will begin tomorrow. We're adding links to tickets on the tour page, but you will need the Idiot Club coupon codes to order early. A couple of dates are listed has being available for sale to the general ...

It seems that with the success and attention on the Broadway musical, talks about making the American Idiot story into a movie are in process again. This hasn't been confirmed anywhere, hence all the cautious words like "reportedly". Contact Music and Deadline ...

It looks like some more tour dates have rolled out. Live Nation, which is a very good and reliable source of information, has several dates listed in the eastern United States. It was also confirmed on AFI's site, who will be supporting the band for these ...

Green Day was listed as one of Billboard's Top Money Makers of 2009. Green Day came in at number 32 on the list with making more than $12.1 million this past year. $8.8 million of that is what they made off of their 21st Century Breakdown tour. The other $3.3 ...

Last week we posted that Billie Joe is currently on the cover of latest issue of Spin Magazine. If you have not had the time to pick up a copy of the magazine yourself you can view the scans of the article below. Thanks to Beth for sending us the scans.

On the 28th of February, the MK Awards were held in South Africa. Green Day did not attend this event, but they sill managed to win an award. The band won the award for the category 'Best International Hit' with their song 21 Guns. You can view all the artists ...

Earlier in the week we posted that Billie Joe Armstrong was featured on the cover of Out Magazine's April issue. If you have not had the chance to pick up the magazine for yourself you can now view the scans from the magazine blow. Cover - Page 1 - Page 2 & 3 ...

Green Day's site for the American Idiot Musical has put up a special offer for students only. A limited number of tickets have become available for the first two rows of the orchestra seating. Entries will be accepted at the St. James Theatre box office ...

Support acts have begun to be announced for Green Day's upcoming summer UK tour. So far we know of two acts that will be supporting Green Day on the tour. You can see dates that they will be playing along with information on the bands below: The first act that ...

On February 12th, Billie Joe's side band, Pinhead Gunpowder played a benefit show for Anandi at 924 Gilman Street. Last week the club released a MP3 recording of the show on their website for viewers to download. The show is complete, but is not split into ...

The other day we posted that Kerrang! Magazine had a story that included "exclusive" information about the follow up to '21st Century Breakdown'. As we expected, the article has nothing more then a few lines stating that Green Day has started to write songs ...

Billie Joe graces the cover of the next issue of Spin Magazine. He is one of the several covers available (Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is also one). The article features Billie Joe interviewing Paul Westerberg. As far as I know, the magazine hasn't been ...

Kerrang! Magazine posted details on their upcoming issue and some familiar faces are on the cover. Kerrang! says that they have exclusive details on the follow up to '21st Century Breakdown'. From past experience we know that Kerrang! is not the best source ...

Billie Joe was the at the induction ceremony for the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame last night, giving a speech to honor The Stooges. After his speech, he joined The Stooges on stage during their performance (Mike and Tre also jumped up to dance around). We have ...

Out.com posted the article about Billie Joe that's featured in the April 2010 issue of Out magazine. It's a very good read that focuses partly on the musical, with interviews with both Billie Joe and director Michael Mayer - and also talks about Green Day's ...

You guys know we usually don't promote many other bands - so hopefully me doing this at all will be some encouragement to take it seriously. An up and coming band out of England, The Razorbax, are releasing their debut album today titled "Something To Believe ...

Billie Joe is gracing the cover of the April 2010 issue of 'Out' magazine. The scans originally showed up on eBay. The title reads "Idiot Savant - Billie Joe Armstrong's Unlikely Second Act". 'Out' is a popular gay fashion/entertainment/lifestyle magazine - ...

The official site just announced that Green Day's 2010 US tour will kick off August 3 at Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. AFI will be opening up for this tour. A full list of dates and cities, as well as ticket information will be announce soon. ...

At the Games Developer Conference, some Harmonix employees were showing off Green Day : Rock Band and played Brain Stew / Jaded. They failed once the song kicked into 'Jaded'. Still entertaining and the game looks pretty awesome. Also, there's a new trailer ...

RockBand.com posted a press release this morning announcing a June 8, 2010 release date for Green Day Rock Band. The cover-art was also released. The game will have 47 Green Day songs, and includes over "100 collectible images, and more than 40 minutes of rare ...

Green Day's site for the American Idiot Musical, AmericanIdiotonBroadway.com has released a new video entitled 'The Story Behind American Idiot'. The video features an interview with Billie Joe, Michael Mayer, and a few members of the cast discussing different ...

As promised, the director of the upcoming documentary ONE NINE NINE FOUR posted a clip of his interview with Billie Joe once they reached 5,000 fans on Facebook. More details about the documentary can be found on their site. Thanks to Toma for the link.

Ultimate-Guitar.com is having a contest right now to giveaway the full collection of Green Day tab books. The collections consists of tabs for every album, including Bullet in a Bible, and an extra "GREEN DAY: ULTIMATE GUITAR PLAY-ALONG". The full collection ...

Green Day took the award for Best International Rock/Alternative/Heavy Metal Act in Germany's "Echo" awards. I'll assume they were nominated as the Heavy Metal Act. They were nominated alongside Billy Talent, Kings of Leon, Mando Diao and Placebo for the award ...

The Bay Area Reporter, a newspaper focusing on LGBT issues in the bay area, reported that Tre donated some clothes to 'Out of the Closet' thrift store, and answered a few questions on his way out. You have incredible taste! Why the lust for designer clothes? ...

John Lydon (a.k.a Johnny Rotten, a.k.a lead singer of the Sex Pistols) sure does have his issues with Green Day. When asked what he thought about the Arctic Monkey's, he not only managed to say he thought that band was shit, but managed to knock Green Day in ...

You guys voted over the weekend and Mike M. was chosen as the lead vocals for 'Minority' in our Record a Sawng project. You can now send in your entries for backup vocals. All the details can be found on the contest page.

We're going to be rebuilding our merch section throughout March, and to start that off, once a week we'll be highlighting some Green Day merchandise from around the web. We plan on sharing discounts and stuff like that when we can. This week we're featuring ...