December 2013

Congrats to Restlessheart for winning our 2013 Christmas ornament contest with their awesome entry. The runner-up was Amber. Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry!

Here are the top 10 most popular stories from GDA this year. 10) Green Day's upcoming world tour official named 99 Revolutions Tour After Green Day's hiatus which started in September of 2012, fans were very excited to come and found out the official name of ...

If you like Green Day photos and Instagram, well then we have a perfect place for you. Follow us there at instagram.com/gdauthority and get a small, classy, helpful dose of Green Day pictures in your life.

Here are the top 10 entries of our Green Day ornament contest. The winner will receive $20 worth of merch (their choice) from the official Green Day store, vote for your favorite. The winner will be announced on Monday December 30th. 1) Amber 2) Aminta 3) ...

We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. Here's a little something:

As the year comes to a close the entire internet begins writing their "Best ___ of 2013" lists (including us, we're having a contest for photography if you're interested), and Rolling Stone is no exception. They have included the photo on the right of Billie ...

During Saturday Night Live (hosted by Jimmy Fallon) last night, they did a bit parodying many artists in a compilation called "Now That's What I Call Music: Christmas", and included "Billy Joe Armstrong" alongside "Alanis Morissette." Here's the video of just ...

Over on our forum we're having a photography contest to celebrate the end of a fabulous year. We're asking for you guys to submit your best photo that you took this year, Green Day related or not. The winner will be receiving a Dookie vinyl. Rules One Entry ...

To celebrate Christmas coming up in a few days, this week's download of the week is a 6min video of the boys performing the famous Nativity play (also known as the birth of Jesus). The play comes from a show they on November 21st, 1991 while in Wigan, England ...

There are, without a doubt, some artistically talented and creative Green Day fans out there. Today, we'd like to feature an interesting design available for purchase that was created by a fellow fan. For sale are copies of a hand-drawn "lyric portrait" of ...

Amrit Sandhu is an up and coming photographer from London, England. This past summer Sandhu had the opportunity to photograph Green Day not once but twice, at Emirates Stadium on June 1, 2013, and then again on August 21, 2013 at Brixton. Sandhu has ...

After a very very long time away, we've decided to bring back the Static Noise Podcast, a show where some of the GDA team gets together to talk about all the latest stuff going on in the Green Day community. This week we talk about "Foreverly" and speculate ...

Check out these images of the "Foreverly" cassette and its artwork

These are my favorite Green Day lyrics. Lyrics that have stuck with me since I first heard them, either for their personal connection or just my own astonishment at the poetry of them. I'm sure many of you have your own favorites, I encourage you to leave them ...

Reminder that our Green Day ornament contest closes at 11:59pm EDT on December 18th. We're asking you guys to create a Green Day related christmas ornament. The winner will receive $20 worth of merch (their choice) from the official Green Day store. For full ...

Green Day's second guitarist, Jason White, has announced that his side band, The Big Cats, will be playing their annual holiday show in Little Rock, AK. The Big Cats will be returning to White Water Tavern on Friday, December 27th, 2013 for two shows. The ...

"Foreverly" by Billie Joe and Norah Jones is now available on CD and digitally through Amazon. To celebrate the albums release late last month, we're giving away some copies to our visitors. To win a copy of the CD, all you have to do is press the tweet button ...

Billie Joe posted a series of clips on Instagram of him playing "Missing You" on his guitar. I love this. I would love to see Billie doing little things like this, perhaps on YouTube where we can see more than 15 seconds at a time. Anyway, here's the first ...

If you've been paying attention, you'll remember the last couple cars (and motorcycle) of Billie Joe's that he has recently chosen to put up for sale. We've heard lots over the years of his extensive classic car collection, so he can certainly afford to part ...

Grammy Awards: ¡Cuatro! nominated for Best Music Film, Rob Cavallo nominated for Producer of the Year

It's official, the holiday season is upon us! The lights are being hung on the house and the tree is being decorated. We however, think that tree is in need of one more ornament, perhaps something Green Day related. So let us present the Green Day Christmas ...

AcousticGuitar.com writer, David Knowles has put together his list of the Best Albums of 2013 and Billie Joe + Norah's Foreverly has made the cut. Perhaps the most unexpected side-project of the year, this unlikely duo have turned out a stellar reworking of ...

Our next charity auction is this handmade mini-Blue guitar ornament. 100% of proceeds go to charity

In a new poll posted on their website, NoiseCreep wants to know what its readers think is the best Green Day era. The 1990s and the 2000s are the two options NoiseCreep gives. The website puts the trilogy in with the '00s (though it would technically be in ' ...

Today is cyber-Monday as people go back to work and school after a nice break for Thanksgiving last week in the US. To mark the day we're bringing two very good deals to you.. Our poster and wristbands are currently 50% off with $1 shipping anywhere in the USA ...