July 2012

Green Day will be peforming at the iHeartRadio festival on September 23rd, and for those of us not lucky enough to attend the Las Vegas show (tickets are already sold out), Billboard has announced that the CW network will be showing the festival on October 1st ...

If you've been visiting GDA regularly, especially in the last month or so, we've been flooded with news about Green Day's upcoming trilogy. On one hand, it's great to be up-to-date. On the other hand, all this news is a hell of a lot to keep track of, ...

74: Let Yourself Go This week we talk about "Let Yourself Go," Billie Joe appearing on "The Voice" and we have a contest for you to win a t-shirt! Listen to the show Or you can right click this link to save the file directly. iTunes You can also subscribe to ...

Earlier this evening, the Idiot Club posted the artwork for Green Day's next single "Kill the DJ." According to various reports and some subtle leaks from the band, "Kill the DJ" will be released on August 14th - but that has not yet officially been confirmed ...

Idiot Club just posted up three new promotional photos of the band. Log in to your account now to see all three of them. We'll post one below just as a taste. The band is looking pretty sexy! Outside of the various magazine article covers, these are the first ...

Hello all you vinyl lovers! Amazon.com is now listing pre-orders for all three of the new albums on vinyl. Exciting, huh? The release dates for these are all the same as the CD and digital release dates: September 25th, November 13th, and January 15th. As far ...

Hits Daily Double posted an interview that they did with Green Day's long time producer Rob Cavallo about the band's upcoming trilogy. Rob has been with the band ever since Green Day signed to Warner in 1993 and has been in the producers chair for every album ...

AltPress.com has just released a live video of Green Day's song "Let Yourself Go" from the bands secret show in Austin, Texas at the Red 7 last November. The song is definitely the fastest song that we've heard so far and has that "punch in the face" type of ...

Today, CBS issued a press release announcing that new Green Day music will be featured in the fourth episode of the new season of CSI New York. The press release stated the following: Music from GRAMMY Award winner Green Day will be featured in the fourth ...

Last night, HitFix.com announced that a new Green Day song, "99 Revolutions," will be featured in the credits of the upcoming movie The Campaign. "99 Revolutions" will be on the forthcoming ¡Tre!, the last album in the bands upcoming trilogy of albums. The ...

Green Day recently sat down with Warner Music Japan to get fans excited for the upcoming Summer Sonic festival which the band will be headlining next month. This is the second clip that we've seen from the band promoting the festival with the first being only ...

Following the news earlier today that Billie Joe would be joining "The Voice" as a mentor for Christina Aguiliera's team, Billie Joe and Christina sat down with Extra to talk about the upcoming seasons.

Yesterday, NBC released new information about its hit TV show, "The Voice." Our very own Billie Joe Armstrong will be joining the show as a mentor to Christina Aguilera's team. Billie Joe also released a statement saying that he and his family love the show ...

It was just announced on IdiotClub.com that AltPress.com will be showing an exclusive video of the band performing "Let Yourself Go" this Monday. The video will be a recording from Green Day's surprise show in Austin, TX last November (here's the full setlist ...

73: We Did That Last Week This week we talk about "Oh Love" a little more and include reviews of the song that came out last week. We also spend a good amount of time talking about the box set preorder and interviews Green Day did with Kerrang and Billboard. ...

Over the past week we've spent a great deal of time discussing Green Day's latest single "Oh Love." We've heard what the band had to say, what critics thought, and even what other fans thought of Green Day's latest work, but now we want to know what you think ...

In a new article from Billboard.com, it is revealed that Green Day's latest single, "Oh Love," will debut at number one on Billboard's Rock Songs chart this Thursday. The track is only the third ever to debut at number one on the chart since it came into ...

Green Day's official site is now taking pre-orders for all three of the new albums and there are a few packages available for pre-order. An Ultimate Box Set, a Digital Box Set, and a ¡Uno! CD Book. The biggest, and coolest, package is the Ultimate Box Set. ...

This week's "wtf article" comes courtesy of Salon.com. Writer Stephen Deusner goes out of his way to bash Green Day all based on the first single "Oh Love." It's not easy for any artist to write a song that is simultaneously anthemic and inconsequential, but ...

Hot Topic has listed this girls shirt (it says dolman top, but I'm a terrible gay and have no idea what the fuck that means) of the Kerplunk flower. Pretty awesome design, which we first saw last year on this t-shirt Green Day released for City of Hope charity ...

Editors Note: The below post was written by a member of our community, justcause, on our forum. We asked her permission to cross-post it here. In the post below she's responding to the question "What do you think of Oh Love?" Our thanks to Angeline for letting ...

Warner Music Japan posted a quick, and when I say quick I mean really quick, video to their YouTube page of Green Day promoting the Summer Sonic festival that the band will be playing late next month. Green Day kicks of their string of festival shows before ...

Billie Joe's record label, Adeline Records, is currently holding a giant blowout sale on their t-shirt inventory. When Adeline says that that they are having a sale you better believe it, almost every t-shirt in their store has been marked down to only $3.99! ...

On Wednesday, Kerrang Magazine's latest issue with an exclusive interview with Green Day was released to news stands. I had the chance to read the interview and I'm happy to say that it's an excellent read! No real groundbreaking news is surfaced in the ...

Earlier today MTV News posted the second installment of their interview with Green Day, the first part was posted earlier this week. The band is once again on the set of the "Oh Love" video where we get some nice teaser footage from the filming of the video. ...

Live in Italy and want Green Day's complete discography along with four tickets for you and your friends to see Green Day at the I-Day Festival on September 2nd? Well if you do then it looks like you're in luck, Virgin Radio Italy is currently holding a ...

After the initial premiere of "Oh Love" this past Monday and it's immediate release to the US iTunes store, nothing was to be found in the UK store and rumors began to float around wondering if "Oh Love" was a US only single. Whispers from various UK radio ...

After yesterday's release of "Oh Love," Green Day's first single off of the forthcoming ¡Uno! many major news sites have begun voicing their opinions of the new song. Unfortunately some were disappointed when they didn't receive the "big bang" that they were ...

Over the past few days many of you have been asking if you will be able to buy a physical copy of Green Day's "Oh Love" single. After doing a little bit of digging I was able to find out that Walmart will be selling an exclusive Oh Love EP which will be ...

Green Day's Kerrang cover story is finally out today after months of Kerrang's editor hinting about "big Green Day news" on twitter for the past few months. Like we posted late last week, GDA is excited to have teamed up with the folks at Kerrang once again to ...

On the set of their "Oh Love" music video, Green Day talks to MTV News where the band breaks down their latest single. In the segment Billie Joe and Mike Dirnt talk about what the song means to each of them. Mike says the following about the song: It pulls ...

Name: M1KEY. That's all you're getting. Location: Vancouver, BC How long have you been a fan: Since One Nine Nine Four. 18 years! Favourite lyric or quote (one-liner): "Handcuff your soul to my wrist and I'll vow my trust to you." I know the line is probably " ...

72: Oh Love This week we talk about "Oh Love." Our favorite things and criticisms of the song. We also talk about the Billboard interview and the new stuff announced in that article. Listen to the show Or you can right click this link to save the file directly ...

Yesterday, during the mass hysteria of Green Day releasing their first singe off of ¡Uno!, "Oh Love," Billbaord.com posted a behind the scenes video from their recent cover shoot with the band. The video actually turns out to be more of an interview rather ...

Last week, Billboard.com announced that Green Day was going to be working with director Sam Bayer for their "Oh Love" music video amidst the headlining news of the band working on two new documentaries. Not many specifics are known just yet about Green Day's ...

As of Monday the 23rd of July all three albums will be available for pre-order as "the ultimate box set". There's a sneak peek of what this will entail on the official Green Day website and it includes: - All three albums, in individual forty-eight page books ...

And just like that, the ¡Uno! ¡Dos¡ ¡Tré! era has officially begun with the premiere of "Oh Love," the first Green Day single in over two years and the first from ¡Uno!. The track has been uploaded to Green Day's SoundCloud account. Holy hell is it good ...

With the debut of "Oh Love," the first single off of Green Day's forthcoming ¡Uno! only a few hours away, iTunes has begun updating their stores across the globe. It was brought to our attention in a discussion about the trilogy on our forum that a deluxe ...

Here at GDA, we love what we do. We do our best to keep you updated about anything that's going down in Green Day-land. However, there are some other great sites and Twitter accounts that are doing just the same! With everything that's currently going on ...

We're excited to announce that once again we've teamed up with the folks at Kerrang to distribute the next issue of Kerrang Magazine, which comes out Wednesday (July 18th). We know Kerrang can be hard to get for some people (it's based in the United Kingdom), ...

In the latest issue of Billboard, which was just released today, the magazine sheds some light on the marketing aspects of the upcoming trilogy of albums, as it relates to a tour, TV appearances, singles, and much more. As we've noticed, releasing three albums ...

Here's this week's "Static Noise" which features the GDA team in San Francisco. We recorded this last weekend right after the finale of the American Idiot musical in San Francisco. This is our recap of the trip.

Green Day is on the cover of the new issue of Billboard Magazine which is due out tomorrow and on newsstands come Monday. The wording on the cover is suggesting that Billboard has an article about the marketing of the albums included in the issue. A few days ...

Green Day's tour musician, Jason Freese, has been interviewed by Brazilian fan site Green Day Eulogy. In the interview they talk to Jason about how he became a touring member of the band, what it's like to tour with them, and about his current projects (hint: ...

Listen to a 15 second preview of the first single, "Oh Love". The full thing will be posted Monday morning (9am EST), July 16th, on GreenDay.com. Check out this post for the artwork.

IdiotClub.com has just posted the cover art for Green Day's first single, "Oh Love" from their upcoming trilogy. The song will make it's debut next Monday, July 16th, and will be posted on the official site at 9am EST (6am PST). You will be able to pre-order ...

Name: Leisha K Location: From Perth, Western Australia. How long have you been a fan: 7 years Favourite lyric or quote (one-liner): "I guess that's why they call it...ping pong." Favourite music video: 21st Century Breakdown/When I Come Around Funniest Green ...

Many of you may remember that last October after Green Day's secret Halloween show in New York, Rolling Stone revealed that the band was filming the show for a new documentary. After a few months of hearing nothing more about the teased documentary Billboard. ...

IdiotClub.com has just posted an announcement that Green Day will be performing this September in Las Vegas at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. You can find any info we have about the show in the tour section. The festival takes place September 21st and 22nd at ...

Knowledge fans - here is part two of NME's Green Day trivia special! Everything you could ever want to know about the band, its members, and what they like to have for breakfast in the morning... Video Run Time: 4.14 Post your thoughts on the video, its ...

For many, the artwork on the front of an album is taken as the "first impression" for the record, or for the band as a whole. The artists commissioned to design album artwork are certainly aware of this, as are the bands that put their names on the cover. The ...

Youtuber Chad Neidt likes to do one minute mashups, previously covering Blink 182, Tenancious D, and TV theme songs. He decided his next one would be Green Day, which he posted just this week. Watch the video below, and you can follow Chad on Twitter @ ...

Name: Adam J C Location: Studio City, CA How long have you been a fan: 1993 Favourite lyric or quote (one-liner): To live and not to breathe is to die in tragedy. Favourite music video: Basketcase Funniest Green Day moment: In '94, I met the boys (Tre and Mike ...

70: Preview of ¡Tre! and "Oh Love" We talk about the new trailer for ¡Tre! and "Oh Love." And other stuff not suitable for minors. Listen to the show Or you can right click this link to save the file directly. iTunes You can also subscribe to the show in ...