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Green Day Has "A Ton of New Songs"

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has revealed on his Twitter page that the band has “a ton of new songs” for their ninth studio album....  read more

Green Day Balks at Wal-Mart Censorship Policy

Green Day is saying "good riddance" (rim shot) to Wal-Mart, refusing to make its latest album, 21st Century Breakdown, clean enough to make it onto the store's obscenity-free shelves. The world's largest retailer is known for its long-standing policy of not selling CDs that wear a parental advisory sticker, but Green Day is not giving in....  read more

Green Day Plans Summer Tour

In support of the band's May 15 release, 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day will take it to the road this summer in a 38-date tour across the U.S. and Canada....  read more

Green Day's American Idiot becomes a musical

Green Day fans, get ready to dookie yourselves. The band's multi-platinum selling album American Idiot is going to be made into a musical, and a "respectable" one at that, apparently. Spring Awakening/Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer will helm the project, set for a one-month run in the band's old stomping grounds, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre....  read more

Green Day's Breakdown set for May release

Five years after its controversial, multi-platinum seventh album, American Idiot, Green Day is returning with 21st Century Breakdown. But you already knew that. The big news this week is that we now have a release date for the three-act rock opera. May 15 is said date, which falls on a Friday, begging the question: Is new-release Tuesday having its very own Breakdown? (See Prince's triple-album Sunday, March 29 excursion.) ...  read more

Green Day to experience 21st Century Breakdown in May

Yep, that's the name of the name of the forthcoming (now with a tentative May release date), long-awaited Green Day album: 21st Century Breakdown. The three guys made a special appearance at Sunday night's Grammy Awards to announce the winner of Album of the Year. The announcer told the audience the name of the band's forthcoming record, a tidbit that was circulating around the web only hours earlier. (Also making an appearance last night and announcing their return were the guys from Blink-182, another '90s radio-punk staple.) ...  read more