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Green Day‘s classic hit ‘Boulevard Of Broken Dreams’ has been performed live by 150 musicians in Romania.Flashmob CITYROCKS took to the grounds of Bánffy Castle with vocalists, guitarists, bassists and drummers of all ages gathered to collectively run through the ‘American Idiot’ single.

Green Day have shared a new single called ‘Holy Toledo!’ – you can listen to it below.Arriving today (November 5), the band’s latest release follows on from this year’s tracks ‘Pollyanna’ and ‘Here Comes The Shock’.‘Holy Toledo!’ begins with a stripped-back verse, with frontman Billie Joe Armstrong expressing his desire to visit “where the trouble begins“.

Green Day have pranked Weezer by storming on stage in strange costumes at the end of one of the latter’s sets.The two bands have been touring together with Fall Out Boy for the rescheduled ‘Hella Mega Tour’, and look to be making as much fun as possible about life on the live circuit.A video filmed from the crowd and shared from Green Day’s official Twitter account yesterday (September 7) appears to show bandmembers Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool running onto the stage in costumes

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s son’s band Ultra Q have shared a new single – listen to ‘Bowman’ below.The California-based four piece are fronted by Jakob Armstrong and include brothers Enzo and Chris Malaspina and Kevin Judd.The group, who have recently signed to Royal Mountain Records – the same label as Mac DeMarco, Alvvays, Orville Peck and others, have also unveiled details of their third EP, ‘Get Yourself A Friend’, which arrives on November 19.The new video for the track can be

Green Day have shared a behind the scenes look at their recent Hella Mega Tour warm-up show in Tulsa, Oklahoma – check it out below.Last week, the band played a host of classic hits at a warm-up show at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa ahead of the start of the US leg of the new stadium tour.With the tour itself beginning in Texas at the weekend (July 24), the band have now shared a four-minute exclusive look back at the warm-up show, shared through Billie Joe Armstrong‘s company Oakland Coffee.Watch

The long-awaited Hella Mega Tour kicked off on Saturday night, resuming more than a year after all 2020 dates were cancelled due to the pandemic.

Green Day have joined a growing list of musicians and bands in getting their own Funko Pop! dolls.The punk trio’s collaboration with the toy company was teased earlier this year as part of the ongoing Funko Pop! Rocks range.The new dolls are modelled on the band’s 2004 video for ‘American Idiot’, which saw Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool dressed up in black shirts with coloured ties.See the new dolls, and the video which inspired them, below.

Green Day‘s Mike Dirnt has teased that new music could be on the horizon.The pop-punk trio – completed by Billie Joe Armstrong and Tré Cool – returned with the single ‘Pollyanna’ last month, which followed on from February’s ‘Here Comes The Shock’.

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong has revealed what he believes to be the band’s best song and his favourite album ever released by the band.The punk icon was speaking in a new interview with Vulture when he revealed that he considers ‘Jesus Of Suburbia’, the band’s 10-minute 2004 epic, to be the best song they have ever recorded.“‘Jesus of Suburbia'” is the one that sticks out.

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Pinhead Gunpowder, the punk band featuring Green Day​’s Billie Joe Armstrong, are reissuing their entire discography on vinyl.The Californian band, which is completed by Aaron Cometbus (Crimpshrine, Sweet Baby), Bill Schneider (Monsula, Dead Sound) and Green Day touring guitarist Jason White, is preparing to all of its albums and EPs over the coming months.1−2−3−4 Go! Records will reissue the band’s seven EPs, which were released between 1991 and 2008, alongside other records in five phases over

Billie Joe Armstrong, Sleater-Kinney and Sting are among the special guests who will feature on the upcoming new series of Audible’s Words + Music.The music-focused podcast series is housed on the Amazon-owned audiobook and podcast site Audible, with each episode “combining storytelling and music”. Previous guests include St.

Green Day are set to perform at the NFL Honors awards show on Saturday (06. 02.

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong has revealed that he’s been writing a lot of new music in recent months.Speaking in a new interview with NME, the frontman was asked whether his recent ‘No Fun Mondays’ covers series has influenced anything else he’s been working on.“I’ve been writing a lot,” he explained.

Tiger King and kidding ourselves that hanging out on House Party wasn’t totally soul-destroying.Meanwhile, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong used his time in quarantine to a do a little crate-digging and share covers of some of the more obscure gems from his record collection, each and every week.

It may be Tuesday but Billie Joe Armstrong has Mondays on his mind.

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong has opened up about his views on fame and social media.The frontman admitted that he is not comfortable with fame or having his picture taken by anyone other than fans.He told Kerrang!: “Sometimes it’s great – when I’m able to communicate with fans and people are cool, and when people get something out of the music and you make these connections.“But I think the thing that makes it uncomfortable is how fucked-up social media has become, and how everyone’s got a

SWMRS drummer Joey Armstrong, son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, is speaking out after being accused of sexual misconduct.

The Regrettes.In a statement shared on Instagram earlier this week (July 20) Night alleged that Armstrong, the son of Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong, had forced her into sexual acts during a one-year relationship that began in mid-2017.During this period Night was also under the age of consent in California at 16 (Armstrong was aged 22 at the time).A post shared by lydia! (@lydianight) on Jul 20, 2020 at 12:47pm PDT“Every time we took a step sexually it was because he wanted to and made it

Lydia Night is speaking out. The Regrettes' frontwoman accused SWMRS drummer Joey Armstrong of emotional and sexual abuse in a lengthy Instagram post on Monday (July 20), which Billboard confirmed was penned by the musician.

Billie Joe Armstrong has shared a cover of The Equals’ ‘Police On My Back’ – you can listen to it below.Throughout the coronavirus lockdown, the Green Day frontman has taken on a wide range of weekly new covers.This is the second time the singer’s ‘No Fun Mondays’ track has been shared on a Friday, with last week’s rendition of Billy Bragg’s ‘A New England’ arriving on July 10 “because no one knows what day it is anyway.”“This was originally written and performed by The Equals, Eddy Grant’s beat

Billie Joe Armstrong has shared a cover of John Lennon‘s protest anthem ‘Gimme Some Truth’ – you can listen to it below.Arriving in place of his usual weekly No Fun Mondays instalments, the Green Day frontman instead has offered up a No Fun Monday Hump Day edition of his quarantine series.Released in 1971, the track – which was written during the Vietnam war and originally featured on John’s Imagine album – has been covered a number of times over the years.Most notable versions include those by

Norah Jones released her blockbuster debut, “Come Away With Me,” in February 2002, it was just five months after 9/11.Now — 18 years, nine Grammys and two kids later — the Brooklyn-based piano woman is back torching the ivories with “Pick Me Up Off the Floor,” her new studio LP, which arrives Friday in the wake of a global pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests that have rocked the world.“I remember back then not making the connection of people being comforted by music after 9/11,” Jones, 41,

Taylor Swift has condemned U.S. leader Donald Trump for threatening violence in the wake of anti-police brutality protests in Minnesota.

The band have had to cancel a host of their Hella Mega Tour dates with Fall Out Boy and Weezer

Billie Joe Armstrong's version of "I Think We're Alone Now" is clearly winning fans, as it surges on multiple Billboard charts. Among those impressed? Tommy James and Tiffany. James and h

The Green Day frontman's latest 'No Fun Mondays' cover version came out on, er, a Wednesday

Tommy James And The Shondells' single was made famous by Tiffany

UK dates are still set to go ahead though