Loudwire.com listed Billie Joe's infamous drop kick in to the crowd at number 9 in their "Top 10 Hard Rock Smackdowns" - it also features some other high profile acts that have got into a scuffle in the past, including Nirvana, Axl Rose and ... read story
[img=100111_billierem.jpg]In a recent Rolling Stone article talking about the breakup of R.E.M., an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, Green Day's longtime producer and friend, Rob Cavallo told Rolling Stone Billie Joe's reaction ... read story
[img=100211_billie_gruen.jpg]Looks like Billie Joe has been racking up the air miles again! He was in New York City this week, pictured on the right with friend and photographer Bob Gruen.
Bob Gruen was signing copies of his new book Rock ... read story
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Billie Joe took Broadway by storm as he announced he would be playing the role of St. Jimmy for a week from Sept 28th to October 3rd.
The news made headlines and took Green Day fans by ... read story
This week's Song of the Week is the whistful Words I Might Have Ate, released in 1991 on Green Day's second album, Kerplunk. Despite its cheery, upbeat sound, Words I Might Have Ate's lyrics are ones of a lost love, regret, and not truly ... read story
Green Day played another surprise show last night, this time at Oakland's 1-2-3-4 Go! Records. It was announced very last minute yesterday (probably to avoid the issues that came last time with people from all over the world descending into ... read story
[img=092111_fuse.jpg]FUSE wants to know which band has "made the greatest impact on your life" and Green Day are in the running. Right now, they're up against Three Days Grace and it is a very close race! It looks like this is the first ... read story
This week's Song of the Week is the international super-hit Boulevard of Broken Dreams, released in 2004 on Green Day's equally super American Idiot. Boulevard of Broken Dreams was the second single released off American Idiot, and helped ... read story
Mike Dirnt is featured in the latest issue of Kerrang. It's only a small blurb which talks about the "Unsung Heroes" in rock music and talks about Mike's contributions to the band. Below is a scan of the article courtesy of Raven0252 on the ... read story
As revealed earlier in the week, Larry Livermore is going to be putting out a record with Adeline Records. According to Larry's most recent blog post, it looks as though the title will be "The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore" - inspired by ... read story
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[img=091311_Jets.jpg]Billie Joe and American Idiot Musical director Michael Mayer were hosting "Idiot University" - a series of post-show talkbacks following performances of ... read story
It's time for some speculative news. Larry Livermore, long-friend of Green Day, has caused a bit of a stir on twitter along with on our forum when he tweeted this:
Didn't think I'd ever get involved in putting out records again, but @ ... read story
Will Ferrell will be honored next month at the Kennedy Center with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and Green Day is one of the performers scheduled to salute the actor.
The show will take place October 23 and will air October ... read story
This story just won't go away! Check out this song parody by Lamont and Tonelli on their podcast. They pretend to be Billie Joe responding the "pantsgate" incident, done to the song Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life).
It's highly amusing, ... read story
As most of you are already aware, the Green Day world is a bit short on news right now. Andres has already gone on a covert operation to the band's secret underground hideout in Albuquerque. As of yet...we have heard nothing back. Instead, ... read story