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The campaign is to raise money for The Ringo Starr Peace and Love Fund, which provides "stress-reducing, evidence-based Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique to inner-city students, veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress, and women and children who ...

On April 3, it was announced that David Letterman will retire in 2015. Because of the tremendous success of The Late Show with David Letterman, we thought we'd take a look at each of Green Day's appearances as musical guests over the years. Also, we'd like to ...

Tré Cool has been nominated for the "Punk Drummer" award in this year's Drummies! Artist Awards. The annual awards, given out by DRUM! Magazine, highlight the best drummers in the music industry by asking readers/visitors to vote on their favorite drummers ...

Episode number 8 of the Jeff Matika Show is now available for Idiot Nation members to watch. This episode's featured guest is Tré Cool. Talks talks a bit about life on tour, his first drum kit, and the time he went paragliding in Switzerland. Login or sign-up ...

Gibraltar Hardware, a company that specializes in drumset and percussion hardware, interviewed Tré Cool at NAMM 2014 when he was representing the company at their booth. Tré talks a bit about his typical drumset setup as well as why he likes using Gibraltar ...

Alternative Press attended NAMM 2014 last month and briefly caught up with Tré Cool to talk about his new partnership with SJC custom drums and his new "Bunny Kit." For a more in-depth look at the kit, below is a video from DRUM! Magazine that features an ...

Tre shared this photo of Mike and Billie Joe on his Instagram yesterday. Getting ready for Australian tour...Oakland California. Great to play music with my friends again!! #GreenDay2014 #Soundwave #idiotnation Green Day is currently gearing up for Soundwave ...

It appears Converse has teamed up with Tré Cool and SJC Custom Drums to create a special edition high-top model of their famous Chuck Taylor shoes. The shoe design features Tré's logo, the Green Day bunny, the trilogy "X", and the SJC Custom Drums logo. The ...

Video: A first look at the Tre Cool signature drum kit from @sjcdrums

Earlier today, SJC Custom Drums released a picture of the custom kit they have been working on with Tre Cool. As the photograph says, the kit will be limited edition and each will be hand signed by Tre. At the beginning of the month, Tre announced on his ...

Last week, Tre Cool announced on his Instagram that he has partnered up with SJC Custom Drums will be releasing some products this year. While we do not know exactly what products the duo will be putting out together, I think it would be safe to assume that a ...

Green Day hosted the Oakland A's 'Fireworks Night' last night. Tré Cool threw out the ceremonial first pitch and Billie Joe joined him on the field before the game. Below is a video from News10 of the pre-game festivities that is focused on Billie Joe and Tr ...

For the time being, Green Day are back at home on hiatus. But, before heading off to Reading & Leeds later this month, Tré couldn't resist playing one more gig. Last weekend, he sat in with '80s cover band Flashback Heart Attack to play a few songs on an ...

This video is from last month, and we missed it...even though it's been on our forum. Oops. Still entertaining. Just a short video of Tré getting "his heart-rate going" before their show in Sweden (view setlist and photos from that show). It's amazing how ...

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 ...

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 ...

I'm excited to share with you guys a project needed here on GDA for quite some time, yes, a Green Day biography. It's shameful we haven't had one in so long but I think the new one is worthy of the largest Green Day fan site on the net. The first part is up ...

Green Day has created a Dailymotion video playlist, in which Tré Cool introduces six of Green Day's videos. The videos presented are "Oh Love," "Kill The DJ," "When I Come Around," "Basket Case," "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)," and "American Idiot." ...

Billie Joe announced on Twitter yesterday that you could now find him, Mike, and Tre on Instagram. They've been posting photos from their trip in Japan where they're kicking off their pre-tour tour. Usernames are bj_unoxx, treleparc, and mike_dosxx. They have ...

This morning, Tré Cool posted on his official Facebook page regarding the band's progress on the new trilogy, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!. Here's his update: MIXING UNO DOS AND TRE!! Sounds fucking amazing! I cant wait until all three records are out!!! I'm ...

Back in January we posted about Mike and Tré attending the NAMM show in Anaheim. At the show, we noticed that Tré spent quite a bit of time with Gretsch in their drum area. We speculated the he switched from Leedy to Gretsch. In fact, this is true. On ...

I'm not sure how this one slipped under our radar but, apparently back in December Billie and Tre stopped in and jammed with the Soul Rebels after one of Metallica's 30th anniversary shows. The Soul Rebels are a New Orleans brass ensemble who opened for ...

Last night, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool were spotted in Anaheim, California at the annual NAMM Show, one of the largest music product trade shows in the world. According to Gretsch Drums Facebook, Tre was at the show to be welcomed into the Gretsch family. I would ...