American Idiot

After an incredible final performance on Broadway last night, Green Day took to the stage along with the cast, Michael Mayer and Tom Hulce, who confirmed that the musical will be going on tour, starting in North America and then on to Europe, Australia and ...

Tonight is the final show for the American Idiot musical, which opened just over a year ago this month. Some of the GDA team have gathered in New York to watch the final performance and the end of Billie Joe's run as St. Jimmy. I will be taking over the GDA ...

Al Musical Finale on Broadway, now for The Silver Screen! Alex, Matt and Tony are joined this week by Tanya to talk about the final weeks of American Idiot on Broadway as well as the confirmed plans for a film. Tanya's been a dedicated Green Day and AI Musical ...

Would you be interested in seeing Green Day perform on the Great Lawn in beautiful Central Park, NYC? Of course you would. Gothamist did a brief write up about how amazing it would be seeing Green Day perform in one of the nicest areas of New York City. You ...

Rolling Stone has put together a list of their top 25 boldest career moves in the history of rock. They included Green Day's decision to turn 2004's American Idiot album into a Broadway musical at number 16. Punk rock and Broadway are at two ends of the ...

Podcast Ep. 35: Moffie, Jimmy, Courtney, J'net and Tony talk about the American Idiot Musical, more highlights from the Green Day fan party in NYC, and Song Of The Week: Horseshoes and Handgrenades! Length: 1 hr 01 min You can listen to the show below, or even ...

A new website has been launched by Green Day called AwesomeAsFuck.net. On the site, visitors can upload their stories, videos, and photos from shows that they attended dating all the way back to the early '90s. Content can be submitted through March 31st. ...

Recently, AFI lead singer, Davey Havok got to sit down for an interview with AOL Music to talk about his current role as St. Jimmy in the American Idiot musical. I received a phone call in January and was asked by Billie [Joe Armstrong] if I would like to fill ...

If you're looking to go see the musical in March, you should definitely order early. An email was sent yesterday to let people know that tickets are on sale for the entire month of March, up to $100 off for some tickets. You need to order your tickets at least ...

Yahoo News has announced that AFI's frontman, Davey Havok, will be joining the cast of the American Idiot musical for two weeks starting March 1, directly after Billie Joe's final performance February 27th. The news comes as indie-rocker Melissa Etheridge ...

Today is the 17th anniversary of the release of Green Day's first major label album, Dookie. Dookie brought Green Day forward to the mainstream of the world and into millions of lives. Much of Green Day's later work has been compared to the success of Dookie. ...

Recently, Inspiredology.com made a list of what they thought were the "99 Best Designed Album Covers". Green Day made the list twice with American Idiot and Dookie. Other bands that made the list with their album covers include Yellowcard, The Clash, Paramore ...

Gibson.com has included 'American Idiot' in the top 10 concept albums of all time. They were listed at #5, between some very worthy names like Pink Floyd, The Beatles, and The Who. Here's what they said about the album, Punk rock and opera might seem like a ...

Tonight, the cast of the American Idiot Musical will be performing in Times Square to bid farewell to 2010 and bring in the new year. The cast's performance will air on NBC's New Years Eve with Carson Daly beginning at 10:00pm and lasting through 11:00pm EST. ...

Green Day has been listed as one of Rolling Stone's "Top Eco-Friendly Rock Stars" alongside other bands including The Dave Matthews Band, Barenaked Ladies and many others. With the release of American Idiot in 2004, Green Day cemented their transition from ...

Last night, contestants on the NBC show "The Sing-Off" opened the show with an a cappella version of "21 Guns." The stage was decorated much like the American Idiot musical set, and the musical arrangement was very similar to how the song is sung in the ...

Last night, VH1 Classic refreshed Green Day's biography in a new episode of Behind the Music: Remastered. The first half-an-hour or so is pretty much a repeat of the original episode. But, the second half-an-hour is new stuff including a recent interview with ...

Adeline Records has launched a redesign of their online store, and have included a 25% off discount for most items listed. This includes their awesome Adeline Merch, as well as most merchandise and products from other bands. If you guys were looking to buy ...

In yesterday's news about the American Idiot Musical album being nominated for 'Best Musical Show Album', we forgot to point out that Rob Cavallo (Green Day's producer for most albums since Dookie) was also nominated for the "Producer of the Year" Grammy. Even ...

If you have seen American Idiot on Broadway then you know that the set's back wall is full of posters, decals, and flyers. Currently designer, Christine Jones is holding a contest for you design your own "Idiot-inspired" artwork for the set of American Idiot. ...

Thirteen years ago today, Green Day's fifth studio album 'Nimrod' was released. Nimrod has a variety of musical styles in it, ranging from fast punk songs, to slower-paced punk, and to acoustic ballads. For me personally, Nimrod is included in my top five ...

Fifteen years ago today, Green Day's fourth studio album 'Insomniac' was released. Insomniac followed up Green Day's major label debut, Dookie, and had big shoes to fill. The band released a darker, more angry album than Dookie was. Producer Rob Cavallo stated ...

Music clothing store, Hot Topic has started carrying a new Green Day shirt called "Rat T-shirt". The shirt has the looks of an old school Green Day shirt, but the hand grenade that the rat is holding reminds me of the American Idiot era. The shirt is available ...

Here is a video of the American Idiot musical's performance from last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The women of the cast performed "Letterbomb." Be sure to watch it in HD! Update: The video was removed by YouTube. Sorry folks. Download: Video | Audio