The Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong will write new songs for Yale Repertory Theater’s production of “These Paper Bullets,” a rock ‘n’ roll updating of “Much Ado About Nothing” that will have its world premiere next March, the theater announced on Thursday.
Elano Pizzicarola of LA Weekly,makes the argument that Green Day never sold out, we (the fans) just all got old. Personally, I don't give a shit if a band sells out or whatever (that term stopped meaning anything to most of us years ago), as long as they're making music I like listening to. And well, it's no secret that I think the last three Green Day albums embarass the band's catalog.
They continued to flex their punk muscle even more recently. In 2009, they ripped though a live version of "American Idiot" on Good Day America before a Central Park audience. The band ignited a mosh pit and got the rollicking crowd to chant some of their profane lyrics. Green Day basically gave the...
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day will be on the cover of the next issue of Rolling Stone and talks about his experience with substance abuse and rehab in the cover story.
Green Day will perform at SXSW this year on March 15th. The band will also be showing their documentaries ¡Cuatro! and Broadway Idiot back-to-back at the Paramount Theatre.
Green Day have announced additional tour dates. Check them out the replies, along with details on SXSW screenings of their ¡Cuatro! and Broadway Idiot documentaries.
Green Day's ¡Dos!sold just over 60k to enter at 10 on Billboard 200 (¡Uno! debuted at 2 with 139k). Deftones' Koi No Yokan was right behind at 11 with just over 59k, while Lana Del Ray's Paradise was at 9 with 66k albums sold and The Weeknd's Trilogy opened at 4 with nearly 91k albums sold.
They forgot to include Hayley Williams on this list, however, according to another article from the same site, she's worth around 8 million dollars. Fred Durst is on the list for having 8 million dollars (he's #84).
Green Day have canceled their remaining 2012 tour dates and postponed their shows in January and February. New dates will be announced soon. To make up for it, the release of ¡Tré! has been moved up December 11th.
Green Day has released the tracklisting for their final album in the trilogy, ¡Tre!. The band has also released a trailer for the second album, ¡Dos!, which you can check out in the replies.
Tracklisting:
01) Brutal Love
02) Missing You
03) 8th Avenue Serenade
04) Drama Queen
05) X-Kid
06) Sex, Drugs & Violence
07) Little Boy Named Train
08) Amanda
09) Walk Away
10) Dirty Rotten Bastards
11) 99 Revolutions
12) The Forgotten
Mumford and Sons sold another 156k copies of their new album last week, again landing at number one on the charts. Muse came in at number two with just over 100k. Green Day dropped to number 10.
Track Listing
1) See You Tonight
2) Fuck Time
3) Stop When The Red Lights Flash
4) Lazy Bones
5) Wild One
6) Makeout Party
7) Stray Heart
8) Ashley
9) Baby Eyes
10) Lady Cobra
11) Nightlife
12) Wow! That’s Loud
13) Amy
Even though Green Day's new album ¡Uno! just hit stores yesterday, the band has posted a teaser clip of new song "Lazy Bones," which is off the second part of the trilogy ¡Dos!. You can check it out in the replies. ¡Dos! hits retailers on November 13th.
Watch Green Day's full set from last night's iHeartRadio Music Festival in the replies. It ends with the band's set being cut short and frontman Billie Joe Armstrong going on an F-bomb-filled diatribe before smashing his guitar.
