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[img=090611_saggypants.jpg]We recently reported that Billie Joe was kicked off of a Southwest flight due to his pants sagging too low. Besides being all buzz on twitter and tumblr, the news has made a small buzz amongst legitimate news ... read story
If I was posting this on our forum, Green Day Community, I would put this whole post in a "spoiler" tag because I don't like openly promoting this artist and/or genre of music on GDA. But, we are a Green Day news site so we kind of have to ... read story
Thanks to @Whatsername1964 for finding this most appropriate photo.
Here are some new stories related to the incident. Los Angeles Times, SF Gate, NME, US Magazine, CBS News, The AP
and many more ... read story
[img=090211_billie_moon.jpg]Billie Joe finally posted a new update on Twitter yesterday, much to the excitement of fans everywhere. Unfortunately it was to let us know that he had been kicked off a Southwest flight because his pants were ... read story
Gibson has listed 20 Essential Facts about the J-180 and mention Billie Joe twice in the article, talking about his signature version of the guitar.
17. The Billie Joe Armstrong J-180 is the latest version of this legendary guitar. The ... read story
For all of the guitar-tech fanatics in GDA-land, we've just seen a great tour of Billie and Jason's guitar rigs during the first 21st Century Breakdown tour in 2009. The band's guitar techs give away a lot of great information about the ... read story
[img=082911_lookforlove.jpg]When Billie Joe was just five years old he used to go around to hospitals and nursing homes with his dad to sing to the patients in hopes of making him feel better. This soon led to Billie recording his first ... read story
[img=080211_kerrangbjanew.jpg]Billie Joe is featured on the cover of their weeks issue of Kerrang magazine. The topic being covered in this weeks issue is "50 Greatest Rockstars in the World Today".
We will have scans up of the ... read story
In the most recent issue of Kerrang Magazine, Billie Joe is featured in the magazine's "30 Amazing Facts" section celebrating Kerrang's 30th anniversary.
Only 29 of the 30 facts are correct and if you can pick out what one is the false ... read story
[img=072611_bobinterview.jpg]Back in March the UK television network, Sky, did a special documentary on photographer Bob Gruen. Bob is known internationally for his work with punk and rock stars such as The Who, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, ... read story
[img=070211_2168136main.jpg]Back in September of last year Billie Joe and Michael Mayor took part in the "Broadway Talks" series that was being held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Up until now only short video clips from the event ... read story
[img=070111_bjawedding.jpg]On behalf of everyone here at the Green Day Authority I would like to wish Billie Joe and Adrienne a happy 17 year wedding anniversary.
Billie Joe first met Adrienne on Green Day's first tour in Minnesota. ... read story
[img=062511_guitarworld.jpg]In the upcoming August edition of Guitar World Magazine, Billie Joe will be discussing the Cheap Trick song "Surrender" as a part of Guitar World's "100 Greatest Classic Rock Guitar Songs" issue.
In the past ... read story
With the [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/2375/]news that Billie Joe[/turl] might play St. Jimmy in the upcoming American Idiot movie, we've had a lot of feedback from you guys about this. So, here's a poll to see how many of you ... read story
Rolling Stone has a list of 40 "Dads Who Rock", and included Billie Joe in the mix.
He's listed between Paul McCartney and Rod Stewart. He's #19, but I don't believe the list is ranked (how could you rank who was a better dad...), but ... read story