March 2013

The Ocean County Register just announced that Broadway Idiot, Green Day's documentary about the making of their American Idiot musical, will open the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 25th. The opening film April 25 will be the West Coast premiere of " ...

Last night, the Idiot Nation, Green Day's official fan club, posted the second part of their interview with Tre Cool. The questions answered in the video were submitted by Idiot Club members back in early February. The second part of the interview continues to ...

Rolling Stone has posted a review of Green Day's return to touring at last night's show in Chicago, IL. You can view the setlist from last night. Here's an excerpt from Rolling Stone's review: It's been a slightly unpredictable path," Billie Joe Armstrong told ...

[note]Editors Note: The following recap was written by GDA's co-owner and business manager, J'net Newton, who attended a few of Green Day's warm-up shows earlier this month. [/note] On March 10, I flew to Phoenix full of anticipation and uncertainty - ready to ...

Green Day has advanced to round 2 in MTV's Musical March Madness, defeating the Deftones by 20% of the vote in round 1. The band is currently ahead in it's next match up with Tegan & Sara by 16%. Vote for Green Day here. If Green Day wins here they'll be up ...

Idiot Nation has just posted details on a very, very cool new contest. They will be sending one fan an advance copy of ¡Cuatro! to watch in their own home the night before EACH US tour date. You can have friends over to watch the currently unreleased ...

Here are a couple short video interviews with director Tim Wheeler (¡Cuatro) and Doug Hamilton (Broadway Idiot) where they briefly talk about how they got involved with the upcoming documentaries, which were screened at SXSW earlier this month. Thanks to ...

Last night, Green Day's official fan club, the Idiot Nation, posted episode one of their interview with Tre Cool. The questions answered in the video were submitted by Idiot Club members back in early February. The interview takes place in the parking lot of ...

Music Radar has announced that the Total Guitar app is now featuring a downloadable Green Day fanzine, complete with exclusive content. Total Guitar, Europe's best-selling guitar magazine, has dug deep into it's archives and found interviews (both new and old ...

Since November of 2006, Green Day has partnered with the NRDC (National Resource Defense Council) in an effort to push environmental conservation and revolution. The partnership started with the "Move America Beyond Oil" initiative, and has been running strong ...

After a few months of waiting for official word, we finally have an actual release date for ¡Cuatro!, which is now set to be released April 9th. Emails were sent to those who pre-ordered the trilogy box-set saying they would be getting their copy around this ...

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Earlier today, Green Day's official fan club, the Idiot Nation, revealed their new renewal shirt for the 2013 membership year. In my opinion, this is the best renewal shirt that they have come out with to date. If you've already renewed after December 12th of ...

Green Day has just announced a new contest through Bands in Town on Facebook where you can win a pair of tickets to any US or Canada date of the band's upcoming "99 Revolutions Tour." The contest is pretty simple to enter, all you need to do is click here and ...

Green Day are in the newest issue of Kerrang Magazine where they talk about the band's comeback shows after their five month hiatus. While Green Day isn't on the cover of the magazine, it does include a quote from Billie on the top left corner which simply ...

Yep, it's that time of year again! Today marks the start of MTV's annual "Musical March Madness" competition. In round one Green Day are up against the Deftones and are currently in the lead holding over 70% of the vote. In 2011 Green Day fans from around the ...

This week's Download of the Week is a day late, but as the old saying goes, better late than never. For this week's download we have an audio recording from Green Day's comeback show last week at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California. This recording is from ...

Yesterday, Green Day made their South By South West debut by screening their films Broadway Idiot and ¡Cuatro! and performing later in the night. From what we've heard the day went off without a hitch and both documentaries were a success. Many fans got ...

Today is a big day for Green Day and fans alike as the band screens their two documentary films Broadway Idiot and ¡Cuatro! at the South By South West Festival in Austin, Texas. Along with these back to back screenings, Green Day will also be performing at ...

AltPress.com has announced that Stickup Kid will be opening for Green Day tomorrow at their SXSW performance in Austin, TX. The California-based band is signed to Adeline Records. The band was featured in AP's recent "100 Bands You Need To Know" issue, and ...

It's been a little over two weeks since we learned that Billie Joe would be on the cover of Rolling Stone's March issue. "The Road Back From Hell" is an intense interview with Billie Joe where he opens up to the world about his struggle with alcoholism and ...

Currently, The New York Times is reporting that Billie Joe is back into the world of theater again. This time instead of adapting another Green Day song for the stage he will be writing songs for Yale Repertory Theater's production of "These Paper Bullets." ...

With Green Day playing club shows all week in preparation for their stadium shows at the end of the month, we decided to look back at 2009 when the band was doing the same thing. For this week's #ThrowbackThursday we're going back to Green Day's tiny club show ...

X96 FM is continuing their twenty-first birthday celebration and this week by offering their listeners a chance to win a trip to see Green Day in San Francisco next month. Enter the X96 Workers Union at X96.com and listen for your name hourly from 9:05 to 4:05 ...

Over the past few days the media has been buzzing with reviews from Green Day's highly anticipated comeback shows at the Fox Theater in Pomona, CA and The Marquee in Tempe, AZ. Rolling Stone was one of the first publications to post their recap of Green Day's ...

"Rehab is behind us, we're ready to get the fuck out there again!" Mike Dirnt tells NME in their new issue out today. After Monday's Reading and Leads announcement NME caught up with Mike to talk about the current status of Green Day and where the band will ...

Earlier today, Green Day announced that they would be headlining yet another European festival this summer. The band will headline the fifth day of The Moon and Stars Festival in Switzerland on July 8th. Other performers at the week-and-a-half long concert ...

Posted Monday on the Phoenix New Times blog website was an article from a staff writer about how Green Day didn't sell out, it's just that people never accepted the successes of the band. The writer, Elano Pizzicarola, goes on to talk about all the major ...

Yesterday, while in Arizona, before playing at The Marquee at night, Mike Dirnt stopped by Fender's headquarters to do some promotional work. Mike's visit consisted of a photoshoot along with the recording of a new promotional video talking about Fender's bass ...

Moments ago, Green Day's official fan club, the Idiot Nation, posted the list of winners for their South By South West day of Green Day contest. Winners gain access to the screenings of Broadway Idiot and ¡Cuatro! on March 15th. Those who won also will be ...

Earlier today, Green Day was announced as one of the headliners for the 2013 Reading and Leeds Festival. Main Stage headliners Green Day are integral to the identity of Reading & Leeds Festivals, with their performances among the greatest in the festivals' ...

Green Day is back. The band is back. After all of the rehab, postponing, cancellations, and the general lack of activity, Green Day is back. The band made their triumphant return last night at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California. It was their first public ...

After five months of the Green Day world being relatively quiet, even with the release of three albums, the band will make their official come back tonight by playing at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California. Green Day will follow up tonight's show with two ...

A Green Day LEGO set? Not yet, but it's an idea from a user on LEGO Cuusoo, a site where users can submit their ideas for LEGO's next product. User Gresh250 created this amazing looking mock-up of what a Green Day LEGO set would look like. The set includes ...

Tonight, as Green Day takes the stage at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California we're bringing you back to 2009 when Green Day performed at the Fox Theater in Oakland. For this week's Download of the Week we have an audio recording from one of Green Day's first ...

Earlier this week, Rolling Stone listed Green Day as a band who will stand the test of time. Green Day rose out of the San Francisco punk rock scene of the late 1980s, but from the very beginning they had global ambitions. Despite the inevitable cries of "sell ...

In this week's installment of #ThrowbackThursday we're bringing you back to 1998 when Green Day got kicked off "Recovery TV" for an impromptu performance of their song "The Grouch." Anyone familiar with "The Grouch" knows that its lyrical content isn't ...

Over the past few years we've posted quite a bit about Larry Livermore's web series, Spy Rock Memories, that has included stories from Green Day's beginnings and Larry's history with Tré Cool. What most don't know, though, is that over the past two years, ...

Ever since I was little, I've loved to take souvenirs away from events I've attended. If I could snag a baseball from a game, I was happy. If I could get an autograph, I was happy. I guess it was only a matter of time until this fascination with event-related ...

A few days ago, GreenDay.com posted about a new Instagram contest that the band is currently running. Upload your best live Green Day pictures to Instagram and use the hashtag #GreenDayTour2013 in the description. Every week the best pictures will be selected ...

To go along with their current cover story on Billie Joe, Rolling Stone has posted a soundtrack to the article over on their website. The soundtrack features a number of Green Day songs spanning from Nimrod to ¡Tre!. Aside from Green Day songs, the playlist ...

Moments ago, the Idiot Nation posted details on how you can attend all three Green Day related events on March 15th at SXSW in Austin, Texas. On Friday, March 15th, Green Day will have a special double feature screening of the world premiere of Broadway Idiot ...

In celebration of Billie Joe's mom's birthday yesterday, we decided to do a something a little bit different for this week's Download of the Week. For this week's Download of the Week we have Tre Cool's song about Billie Joe's mom that was performed at a show ...

With Green Day's much anticipated return just a few weeks away, Rolling Stone has put up a slideshow of pictures that recaps Green Day's twenty-six year career. Head on over to RollingStone.com to view all thirty pictures that shows two decades of Armstrong, ...

As a continuation of Rolling Stone's feature interview with Billie Joe about his addiction and recovery, the magazine has posted an extended Q&A interview with Mike Dirnt on their website. The interview focuses on Mike's point of view and thoughts from ...