Green Day have postponed the first three dates of their upcoming tour due to an illness affecting several members of the band and crew. The full press release can be found below.
‘Ordinary World’ Trailer
The trailer for the upcoming film, Ordinary World, has been released. The movie stars Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day.
Green Day – “Bang Bang” Video
Green Day have released their new video for “Bang Bang.” You can find that below. The video was directed by Tim Armstrong.
Green Day – “Revolution Radio”
Green Day Announce New Tour
Green Day have announced some new tour dates. They’re below.
‘Ordinary World’ Staring Billie Joe Due Out in October
Deadline reports that the upcoming film staring Billie Joe of Green Day, now titled Ordinary World, will be released on October 14th:
The Green Day frontman plays Perry, an aging former punk rocker who’s now a married father of two. He leads a sedate life in Queens until his brother (Chris Messina) gives him money to throw a huge 40th birthday rockstar bash in a fancy Manhattan hotel — a chance to get it out of his system. But Perry’s puck past clashes with his middle-age reality. Judy Greer, Selma Blair, Dallas Roberts, Fred Armisen, Brian Baumgartner and Kevin Corrigan also star in the pic from writer-director Lee Kirk.
Billie Joe Interviewed in Q Magazine
Green Day’s interview in the latest episode of Q Magazine can be found over at GreenDayAuthority. Billie Joe’s comment about the trilogy is just about dead on:
Those records have absolutely no direction to them. It was about being prolific for the sake of it. So we were just going and going.
Billie Joe Takes on the Real American Idiot
Green Day’s Billie Joe is, unsurprisingly, not a fan of Donald Trump. He speaks with Kerrang in their upcoming issue:
“The worst problem I see about Trump is who his followers are,” frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said. “I actually feel bad for them, because they’re poor, working-class people who can’t get a leg up. They’re pissed off and he’s preyed on their anger. He just said, ‘You have no options and I’m the only one, and I’m going to take care of it myself.’ I mean, that’s fucking Hitler, man!”
Green Day – “Bang Bang”
Green Day have released their new song, “Bang Bang,” on Spotify and their website. The song comes from the new album, Revolution Radio, due out October 7th. Pre-orders are now up. The band sat down with Rolling Stone to talk about the upcoming album:
It’s about the culture of mass shooting that happens in America mixed with narcissistic social media. There’s this sort of rage happening, but it’s also now being filmed and we all have ourselves under surveillance. To me, that is so twisted. To get into the brain of someone like that was freaky. It freaked me out. After I wrote it, all I wanted to do was get that out of my brain because it just freaked me out.
Green Day to Release “Bang Bang”
Sparrow Sleeps Releases Green Day Lullabies
Sparrow Sleeps have released a new album of Green Day lullabies called Hypersomniac. You can stream their rendition of “Wake Me When September Ends” below.
Two Thirds of Green Day Team Up With Joan Jett
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Tré Cool played a set at the Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend. They teamed up with Joan Jett for a pretty awesome cover of “Bad Reputation.” They were celebrating the premiere of the new film, Geezer, which Billie Joe is starring in.Some videos from the performance can be found below.
New Green Day Album This Fall?
A fan on the Green Day community forums said he ran into Billie Joe recently and the singer revealed that a new album was being worked on and would hopefully be out “in the fall.” He posted a photo of him with Billie for the non-believers.
Green Day in the Studio?
It looks like Green Day are back in the studio.
Review: Green Day – American Idiot
I still remember the first time I heard American Idiot in full. It was my 14th birthday, and I’d been waiting for the better part of two months to finally give the album a spin. The record dropped on September 21, but as was the norm when I was young, broke, and trying to cut back on downloading, I often had to wait awhile to buy CDs or ask for them as gifts. Such was the case with Green Day’s first full-length album in four years, which I scrawled on my birthday list between other 2004 albums like Keane’s Hopes and Fears and Sister Hazel’s Lift.