April 2013

In typical Green Day fashion, Billie Joe hasn't taken a break since the first leg of the band's "99 Revolutions" tour has come to a close. Two days ago, Billie first teased us on Instagram that he was working on re-mixing the guitar tracks (apparently they're ...

Earlier last week, we posted a video of 2CELLOS covering Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) and now the group has uploaded yet another cover of the band. In their latest video you can watch them perform a cover of "When I Come Around" live.

We're back with a new set of featured eBay items for your buying pleasure (you should buy them). Back in November when ¡DOS! came out, record stores starting getting the vinyl version of the album on their shelves. When you bought the ¡DOS! vinyl, you ...

A limited amount of tickets have been available for the screening of Cuatro at the Newport Beach Film Festival tomorrow. If you live in the area and can be at there for the 5pm screening, you can purchase tickets for $14.00 here. Here are some photos of Green ...

Hey guys it's Liam here from GDC. I'll be working with the news team to bring weekly downloads to you guys. To mark the ending of Green Day's 2013 North American tour, I bring you a recording of Brutal Love, the closing song of every show of the tour (with the ...

Last night, Green Day attended opening night of the Newport Beach Film Festival for the screening of their film Broadway Idiot. The film follows Billie Joe's journey from pre-production of the musical through Billie's role as St. Jimmy on Broadway. Check out ...

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In this week's installment of #ThrowbackThursday we're brining you back to 2005 when Green Day performed on VH1 Storytellers. On the show Green Day plays their American Idiot album from front to back. The band also sits down between songs and has a Q&A with ...

Just discovered this fantastic cover of "Last Night on Earth" by Argentinian band NHEM while browsing YouTube. Know of any other covers as good as this on YouTube? Leave them in the comments!

Want to see Green Day at the Rock Werchter Festival in Belgium this July, but haven't gotten around to picking up tickets yet? Luckily for you the festival is currently holding a contest to win a pair of tickets to the festival. What's the contest you ask? To ...

Hot Topic has restocked on their classic American Idiot shirt that simply displays the cover artwork from the 2004 album. If you're interested in picking up the shirt, head on over to HotTopic.com where it's available for $20.50, or visit your local Hot Topic ...

Earlier this week, Alternative Press put together a list of side projects that they would love to see make a comeback. Green Day's garage rock project, The Foxboro Hot Tubs, made the list getting lots of love. When you're Green Day, you can pretty much do ...

Ever since the song "X-Kid" was released on ¡TRÉ!, Mike Dirnt has posted numerous Instagram pictures about the song's title. For example, he posted a picture of two jet trails crossing in the sky to form an "X," and captioned the photo with the song's title ...

Green Day's ¡Cuatro!, the documentary that follows the band through the recording of ¡Uno! ¡Dos¡ ¡Tre!, will air on Palladia twice this week. The version of ¡Cuatro! that Palladia will be showing is the 40 minute version of the film that was originally ...

As many of you know, Emily's Army released their debut record (Don't Be A Dick) in 2011 on Adeline Records. The band consists of brothers Max and Cole Becker, guitarist Travis Neumann, and drummer Joey Armstrong. Billie Joe produced their first record, which ...

Very quick note just to let you guys know that we are now on Instagram under the name @gdauthority. We post photos of Green Day (SURPRISE!) every day or two. Most have been related to photos of them during the last tour. Add us!

From now until June 5th, Talent House will be holding a contest where you could win a signed ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tre! box set and a Canon 5D MK III camera by making a short film to go along with a song from Green Day's ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tre! trilogy. Green Day wants ...

Here at GDA, we're adding an additional way of delivering the news to you all. We're trying this video update series that will (hopefully) be a regular occurrence. In this episode, Jimmy, Jack, and I discuss the tour, ¡Cuatro!, and some other happenings in ...

Green Day has just been added to the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland taking place July 7th. The annual festival, which takes place over 15 days, has bands of all genres of music open the show each day. Other bands include Prince, Wyclef Jean, Sting and ...

We've just started selling this "Stupid" long sleeve baseball t-shirt inspired by Billie's shirt from the mid 90's. We had a contest on our forum for people to write the text we'd use on the design and GDCer Florence won with her design, a close replica of ...

Here's a video of Billie Joe arm wrestling a fan, Biggletron, after last nights show in Berkeley, CA. I won't spoil the results. [note]Thanks to Schlappy for posting this on our forum.[/note]

Back to the start where it all began, that's where Green Day's documentary film Broadway Idiot is headed. Next month, the film will be screened at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre where the American Idiot Musical made it's debut in 2009. The screening will be ...

Just recently, music printing company Hal Leonard listed guitar tab books for the last two albums of Green Day's recent trilogy. Back in February, an ¡UNO! tab book was also released by Hal Leonard. Guitar players, rejoice! We now have a comprehensive tab ...

Billie Joe just posted this image on his Instagram in response to the bombing in Boston today.

Over the weekend we held a riddle trivia contest that hand many of you racking your brains trying to figure out the damn answers. I'm sorry to anyone who found their frustration so unbearable they resorted to violence. I will admit that we had way too much fun ...

Time for a little riddle. It's not easy and will require you to use a little brain power. Solve it and you have a chance to win a Warning 7" yellow vinyl. You have until Sunday night (11:59pm EST) to submit your answer. If you get it right you'll be put in a ...

Hot Topic has put up an Uno Dos Tre girls tank top that features the album names and skulls with pink x eyes. The shirt is currently on sale for $15.38 (was $20.50). If you're interested in picking it up, visit HotTopic.com.

Fall Out Boy has come back from their hiatus and released their first album in 4 years titled "Save Rock and Roll." In an interview with Faster Louder, bassist Pete Wentz talks about the title of the album and mentioned how important Dookie was to his ...

When Green Day was on the 21st Century Breakdown tour in 2009, RJM Music talked to the band's guitar techs, Hans Buscher and Greg Howard, and gave us a tour of Billie Joe Armstrong and Jason White's guitar rigs. Even though Green Day does not appear in the ...

To keep with the ¡Cuatro! theme today, Green Day's official fourth member, Jason White, has decided to follow in the footsteps of his bandmates and create an Instagram account. You can follow Jason at jw_cuatroxx. So far, he has posted a couple photos of ...

After a long period of unconfirmed release dates, changing release dates, and much confusion, today is the day that ¡Cuatro! gets released. The documentary, which runs for 75 minutes, was released late last night as a download to those who ordered the Digital ...

Will you be seeing Green Day on their 99 Revolutions tour? Answer below.

We need to rotate that header banner that's been at the top of the site since roughly the time when dinosaurs were still a threat. Anyone have some skills in Photoshop wanna try and throw something together for us? Banners should be 1045px width X 75px height ...

Entertainment Weekly has featured Green Day in their latest issue. The magazine featured a concert review in their music section from Green Day's opening tour night in Rosemont, IL. They talk about the band's break from promotion late last year just as ...

Yesterday, Vinyl Collective announced that Hot Topic will be releasing American Idiot on red and black swirl vinyl later this month. This pressing will be limited to 800 copies and will be selling for $27.99 each. This limited edition will only be available in ...

For this week's installment of #ThrowbackThursday, we're taking you back to when Green Day played the 1994 Woodstock Festival, and ended up starting the largest mud fight in history. The 1994 Woodstock Festival was one of Green Day's landmark performances. It ...

Believe it or not, a week has already passed since Green Day embarked on the North American leg of their 99 Revolutions tour. From what we've heard (and seen, in Matt and Jack's cases!) here at GDA, the shows have been everything the fans have wanted. Setlist- ...

Recently, Billie Joe and his wife Adrienne donated four tickets to Green Day's upcoming show in Berkeley, CA, to be auctioned off with the proceeds going to The Chimp Sanctuary. The tickets you're bidding on include after show passes and an exclusive VIP meet ...

Yet again, Green Day has advanced in MTV's Musical March Madness competition and are now up against 30 Seconds To Mars. Right now the voting is pretty neck and neck with Green Day barely holding the lead with 51% of the vote. If Green Day wins this round they ...

Hey! Our (what used to be) weekly Featured eBay Items article hasn't been posted in awhile, due to a lack of really interesting Green Day stuff to post about. But, now, I think I've found something that will tickle your fancies. All of them. Especially you ...

Green Day has advanced to round three in MTV's Musical March Madness, defeating the Tegan & Sara in round two. Green Day has taken an early lead in this week's vote against Fun. Vote for Green Day now by clicking here. If Green Day wins here they'll be up ...

Adeline Records announced today that they will be selling limited-edition skateboard decks with artwork from Green Day's trilogy, as well as ¡QUATRO! (with Jason's face on it). The boards are part of a collaboration between Green Day, Actions REALized, and ...

Earlier today, Mike Dirnt announced on his Instagram account that he would be making a stop at the House of Guitars in Rochester, NY, before tonight's show. I'll be at House Of Guitars in Rochester tomorrow between 3pm-4pm to sign stuff and give away tickets ...

Two years ago on Easter Sunday, American Idiot on Broadway had it's final performance at the St. James Theatre in New York City. For this week's Download of the Week we've uploaded the audio from the final show from April 24, 2011. Aside from just the ...