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Green Day Goes 'High' Fashion For John Varvatos Spring Campaign - Full Article @ MTV: Here

The Official John Varvatos Spring/Summer 2012 Campaign Video Featuring Green Day.
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Green Day's American Idiot 'more my bag' says Talia Aaron: Here

The 25 Most Anticipated Albums Of 2012: Madonna, Usher, Green Day @ HitFix: Here

Rock musical American Idiot comes to Toronto @ Metro News: Rock musical American Idiot comes to Toronto: Here

Billie Joe Armstrong is a busy guy. In addition to writing/recording a new Green Day record and acting in the broadway version of American Idiot, the Green Day frontman has created a band with the members of his immeadiate family.

The project is called The Boo and features Armstrongs wife Adrienne and sons his Jakob and Joe and have released a limited run seven inch.

Buy tickets for American Idiot the musical in the U.K. and Ireland now at the Official Site: Here

Vote "Depression Times" (Featuring Green Day and Jesse Malin) as Coolest Song of 2011 at Little Steven's Underground Garage: HERE

LIVE 105 MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2012 @ Live 105: HERE

You toured with Green Day last year. What was that like?

Bob Gruen: Oh yeah, I really have a lot of fun with those guys, they are among the funniest people I know. They're constantly cracking each other up. They're great. They're one of the best band's I've hung out with, and I really enjoy their music and I really enjoy them. They're punks, they've got a real great attitude. You know that Walmart is one of the biggest sellers [of CDs] -- I think Walmart sells about half the CDs and albums in the U.S., and they're very strict about the language on CDs. Some bands will change the lyrics so that Walmart will carry their record. When their last record came out, Green Day refused to change their lyrics, and Walmart wouldn't carry the album. When they asked Billie Joe how he felt about that, he said, "Well if they think it's dangerous why don't they just move it out of the record department and sell it over by the guns and knives and the other dangerous things they sell." That's the reason I like Green Day. They just have common sense and a good sense of humor.

The group announced that they were going to have a surprise concert somewhere in the U.S. on their site and on twitter. They disclosed the location on Thursday. Within 15 seconds the concert was sold out.

"It was crazy how fast it sold out. But we knew it was going to happen," said Green Day fan Drew Evertt.

Green Day will hit the stage at 11 p.m.

Read more: here

Billie Joe Hinting on his twitter: RT @BJjOfficial "Green Day show this Thursday! Hint, it's not in California or New York..."

Jesse Malin's interview on Little Steven's Underground Show. He talks about recording with Green Day: here

New photos from Green Day's recent gig in San Francisco available now at GreenDay.com: HERE

GREEN DAY PERFORM SURPRISE SHOW IN SAN FRANCISCO @ Bsides: Here

The TV star went on to make movies and co-found the popular website FunnyorDie.com in a career that won the 44-year-old the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Conan O'Brien, Jack Black, Matthew Broderick, Ben Stiller and Billie Joe Armstrong from the rock band Green Day performed Sunday in Ferrell's honor, joined by Molly Shannon, Tim Meadows and Andy Samberg from Ferrell's "SNL" days.

The awards will be broadcast on PBS October 31st.

Read the full article at MSNBC: HERE

Billie Joe coming to Nurse Jackie @ E! Online: HERE

HOVEN VISION TEAMS UP WITH GREEN DAY

Hoven Vision and Grammy®Award winning rock band Green Day announce their creative collaboration for sunglass eyewear. Hoven Vision and Green Day have designed two new colorways in the RITZ and BIG RISKY sunglass styles.

The Ritz is a signature Hoven oversized style that is perfect for the custom inside graphic treatment from Green Day's latest live album Awesome As F*ck. The Ritz is available with polycarbonate polarized lenses and has a suggested retail price of $65.

The Big Risky is a timeless classic black and white handmade frame with Green Day graphics on the inside temples and CR-39 lenses and has a suggested retail price of $80.

"Green Day have been friends of the Hoven brand for a long time," said Vice President of Design and Marketing Tony Davis. "We feel extremely fortunate to team up with them on these designs. This is a super big deal for us."

The Ritz and the Big Risky sunglasses from Hoven Vision and Green Day are available at HovenVision.com, Tilly's and other fine Surf/Sake/Snow shops nationwide.

For more information visit HovenVision.com and GreenDay.com.

More More More... presales for some of the upcoming American Idiot performances. We got our hands on a limited number of great tickets for the two performances of American Idiot (the play) at the Stanley Theatre in Utica, NY on Dec 21 & 22, 2011.

Presale will begin TODAY, Oct 10 at 12:00pm EST

In addition to regular tickets available for purchase, you Idiots will also have the opportunity to purchase an awesome Ticket Bundle that includes all of below:

American Idiot Enhanced Ticket Bundle is $49 + Ticket Face, and includes:

-1 Premium Seat Ticket
-1 Exclusive American Idiot Poster
-1 Commemorative VIP Laminate
-$5 Discount on Idiot Club Fan Club Membership or Renewal

More info at IdiotClub.com: HERE

Little Steven's Underground Garage debuted April 7, 2002 on 23 radio stations, it was a celebration of all things cool, especially all 60 years of Rock and Roll.

From Bo Diddley, Little Richard and Chuck Berry, to the Stones, the Who and The Beatles, from the Shangri-Las and The Chiffons to The Runaways and Blondie, from The Beach Boys and the The Byrds to the Ramones, and The Hives, from Eddie Cochran to Jack White, and everything in between.

Throw in a dash of B-Movies, 60's psychedelia, Rat Fink, Film Noir, Pin-up girls, motorcycle gangs, pop culture, cartoons, muscle cars, twinkies, and Go-Go Girls and you have Little Steven's Underground Garage.

Fast Forward to October 2011- and the show is now broadcast on 148 stations in over 200 markets and internationally in Canada, Italy, Norway, Spain, Ireland, The Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, the American Forces Network, and the Voice of America Music Mix Network. 1500 bands, over 3000 songs (and that's not including the cool musical beds!), hundreds of Freaks of the Week, 3 national tours, a festival, dozens of concerts and band battles, 10 albums, TV Specials, 499 Coolest Songs In The World later and we have to come to Show 500.

Freaks, misfits, and outcasts come join us to celebrate this milestone October 21st - Live at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square.

Little Steven will be there spinning songs from the 500th episode along with interviewing some special guests including Billie Joe Armstrong, Debbie Harry, Darlene Love, Steve Buscemi, Tim Robbins, Jesse Malin, Garland Jeffreys, and Vinny "Big Pussy" Pastore, plus video tributes, and some surprises!!!

This a FREE event - we are not selling tickets.
If you and a guest would like to attend please email your FULL NAME / city and state / and let us know if you are bringing a guest (we don't need their name) to ugparty@undergroundgarage.com

There is a very limited amount of seats for this event. We will start sending out confirmation emails on Wednesday October 12th. Doors are at 6:00 and the event will begin at 6:30

More info: HERE

Paul Gambaccini explores the history of Reprise Records - the label set up and owned by Frank Sinatra - 50 years after his first song was released on it. Throughout the programme, we look back on their impressive roster - which as well as Frank himself - included acts as varied as Sammy Davis Jnr, Dean Martin, Jimi Hendrix, Nancy Sinatra, Trini Lopez, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder, Josh Groban, Green Day, Stevie Nicks and Michael Buble. @ BBC: Here

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OAKLAND (APOnline) - Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong says his sagging pants cost him a seat on a Southwest Airlines flight. The singer-guitarist for the San Francisco Bay area band sent a message to his Twitter followers on Thursday expressing his indignation at being tossed from an Oakland-to-Burbank flight for wearing his trousers too low.

"Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the f***? No joke!" he wrote.

An ABC7 news producer who was on the same flight told the station that a flight attendant approached Armstrong as the plane was getting ready to take off and asked him to hike his pants higher. The producer, Cindy Qiu, says Armstrong initially responded by asking the attendant if there weren't "better things to do than worry about that?"

But the attendant persisted and told Armstrong he could be ejected for his refusal to comply. When Armstrong insisted he was just trying to get to his seat, he and a traveling companion were taken off the plane.

Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins released a statement saying Armstrong was allowed onto the next flight to Burbank and had told a customer relations agent who contacted him he had no further complaints.

"As soon as we became aware of what had happened, we reached out to apologize for this Customer's experience," the statement read. "He elected to take the next flight. We followed up with this Customer and involved Employees to get more details and, in our latest conversations, understand from the Customer the situation was resolved to his satisfaction."

Sajous made her Broadway debut originating the role of the Extraordinary Girl in Green Day's American Idiot.

Full interview at Playbill: Here

Hoven Green Day Ritz polarized sunglasses. 100% UV protection. Impact resistant polycarbonate lens. Grilamid injection frame. Stainless steel hinges. Grey lens. Metal Hoven logo decal on temples. Green Day logos and artwork on inside of arms. Imported. Lifetime guarantee. Check them out: HERE and HERE

From Macbeth:
We love working with Mike, and he's come up with another great shoe this season. The 3rd in his series of military inspired Schubert's, this slick Grey version is one of our favorites. Royalty form this shoe gets donated to charity. Pick up a pair at Loserkids today! You crazy kids in Europe can go to Macbethshop.com

P.S. here are the lyrics for The new song Amy...

Amy
Is your heart singing out of tune
Are your eyes just singing the blues
Dirty records from another time
Some blood stains on your shoes
No one really knows about your soul
And I barely even know your name
Burning rhythms and posting lies
For a bunch of fools drown in shame
Amy don't you go
I want you around
Singin' woah please don't go
Do you wanna be a friend of mine?
Did you tattoo a lucky charm
To keep you out of harms way?
Warding off all evil signs
But it never really kept you safe
You're too young for the golden age
Cause the record bin's been replaced
27 gone without a trace
And you walked away from your drink
Is your heart singing out of tune
Are you eyes just singing the blues?
Dirty records from another time
Some blood stains on your shoes
May I have this last dance
By chance if we should meet?
Can you write me a lullaby?
So we can sing you to sleep

As you know, due to an overwhelming response for tonight's club gig, The Tiki Bar and the City of Costa Mesa have asked us to pre-sell tickets for tonight's event.

Presale tickets will be available beginning at 1:00pm PST today. As usual, tickets are limited and are available on a first come, first served basis.

Few things to note:

- This is a Will Call only show. Once purchased, there will be NO name changes permitted.
- There is a strict NO cell phone or camera policy in the club.
- All ticket buyers must be 21 years of age or older. No exceptions.
- No tickets will be sold at the venue.
- No lines will be allowed to form at the Tiki Bar prior to 7pm.
- No one without a ticket will be allowed in the immediate area of the club.

To purchase presale tickets at 1pm PST, go to http://tixx1.artistarena.com/greenday/

From Blondie's video for 'Rapture' in 1981, through to Lady Gaga's various creative music videos today, our selection of music videos celebrates the various visuals that bands and artists create to compliment their music.

Those videos featured in the list include Michael Jackson's epic 'Thriller' and Britney Spears' 'One More Time', as well as videos from Green Day, Foo Fighters, Spice Girls, Beyonce, Will Smith, Coldplay, Gorillaz, MC Hammer and Rihanna.

Full article at Gigwise: HERE

Vote Green Day at Q Magazine: HERE

Alfred Music Publishing, the official print music publisher of thousands of popular artists and songwriters, releases Green Day: Lyric & Chord Songbook, a collection of most revered songs spanning the Grammy® Award-winning band's impressive 24-year career, compiled in an easy-to-carry handbook. More Here

Green Day and music stars including Madonna, Lady Gaga, Jimmy Buffett, Rod Stewart, JAY-Z and Justin Bieber, team up with Live Nation Entertainment, Bravado International and City of Hope to Raise Awareness, Funds for Cancer Research.

Collectible "Hope, Love and Rock & Roll" Artist T-Shirts Now Available at www.CityofHopeShop.com!

Proceeds Support Lifesaving Research and Treatment at City of Hope

LOS ANGELES--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Fans of Lady Gaga, John Lennon, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, George Michael, Green Day, Shakira and more than 25 other top musical acts can rock out in collectible edition t-shirts showing off their favorite artists and their support for City of Hope, a leading research, treatment and education institute for cancer, diabetes and HIV/AIDS. Beginning this month, fans who visit the artists' official websites and CityofHopeShop.com can purchase "Hope, Love and Rock & Roll" t-shirts featuring their favorite artists, with not less than 50-percent of the retail price benefitting research and treatment programs at City of Hope.

"I'm a big believer in the power of music to connect and heal," said Irving Azoff, chairman of Live Nation Entertainment. "I'm so grateful to the many artists and friends who are contributing to the unique 'Hope, Love and Rock & Roll' merchandise program supporting City of Hope, an organization my wife Shelli and I are deeply committed to."

Added Shelli Azoff, a longtime member of the City of Hope Music and Entertainment Industry Group, "The artists in this program inspire millions of fans through their music and example. I'm personally inspired by City of Hope's doctors and researchers, who work every day to develop treatments and cures for life-threatening illnesses, and am delighted that music fans can join Irving and me in supporting this important organization just by purchasing one-of-a-kind t-shirts."

Featured artists in the program include:

Avenged Sevenfold, Avril Lavigne, Barbra Streisand, Eminem, George Michael,Green Day, JAY-Z, Jimmy Buffett, John Lennon, Journey, Justin Bieber, Kiss, Lady GaGa, Madonna, New Kids on the Block,Nickelback, No Doubt, Ozzy Osbourne, Rihanna, Rod Stewart, Shakira, Shania Twain, Slipknot, Stone Sour, Sublime, Sugarland,Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and ZZ Top

Additional artists will be announced throughout the year.

"Music plays such a vital role in our lives, comforting us in our times of need or galvanizing us into action to make a positive change," said Alexandra M. Levine, M.D., chief medical officer, City of Hope. "We are grateful for the support of these talented musical artists and rock n' roll merchandise companies, Live Nation Merchandise, Bravado International and FEA, which will help City of Hope raise awareness and funds for research to help patients and families who face a life-threatening disease."

The launch of the new merchandising program is the latest in a long history of music industry programs in support of City of Hope. Since its creation in 1973 by key music industry leaders, City of Hope's Music and Entertainment Industry Group has raised more than $96 million. Irving Azoff, chairman of Live Nation Entertainment and a member of the Music and Entertainment Industry Group, and his wife, Shelli, were recently honored with the Spirit of Life Award, City of Hope's most prestigious honor that recognizes individuals who have committed their time and resources to helping those in need. Irving Azoff is the first person ever to be honored twice with this philanthropic honor and the Azoffs were the first couple to receive the award.

For more information and to purchase the limited edition "Hope, Love and Rock & Roll" artist t-shirts benefitting City of Hope, please visit www.CityofHopeShop.com.

News from IdiotClub.com:

We've got a wicked deal for you! We were able to gain access to a limited number of great tickets for American Idiot (the play) at the Boston Opera House in Boston, MA on January 24, 2012 through January 29, 2012. Presale tickets for the upcoming 2012 American Idiot shows at the Boston Opera House will begin TOMORROW Wednesday, July 13 at 10:00am EST

Check it out: idiotclub.com

Congratulations to Tre Cool who won best punk drummer at the 2011 Drummies @ Drum Magazine: HERE

Billie Joe Armstrong Interview: Talking Gibson Guitars @ Guitar International: HERE

15 Awesome 'America' Songs @ Billboard: Here

Unplugged: The Acoustic Side of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong @ Gibson: Here

Q&A with Mike Dirnt: Here

Emily's Army 'Broadcast This'

Meet Green Day: The Next Generation. Emily's Army, a new band comprised entirely of teenagers from Oakland, California, keep the sound of Green Day's California pop-punk roots alive on their debut album Don't Be A Dick. The musical connection to Green Day goes beyond musical influence - the band just happens to include Billie Joe Armstong's son Joey on drums, and the Green Day frontman produced their record. "Broadcast This," the band's first video, shows the boyish rockers ripping through a tune that declares their boredom with all of the music that they hear on their radio. Except for Green Day, of course. Those guys rule.

Watch the video at Rolling Stone: Here

Guitar World- August 2011- 100 Greatest Classic Rock Guitar Songs

Guitar World presents the 100 Greatest Classic Rock Guitar Songs of All Time, complete with stories from the bands that made them. Our ranked listing includes Fifties hits like Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" and Link Wray's "Rumble," Sixties tracks such as Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" and the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction," classic rock tunes including Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb," and loads of songs from the previous 30 years, like Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train," Van Halen's "Eruption," Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle," Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and much more.

Plus: Special guest commentary from... Billie Joe Armstrong on "Surrender"

ORDER NOW: Here

Teen Nick's summer concert series "Rocks Out" will begin July 1st.

Look for the series to air two Green Day songs from their performance at Lollapalooza.

The Family Business: Stan Freese and Sons Josh and Jason @ OC Weekly: here

Check out the new look of the Official Greenday.com Website!

Mike Dirnt video on his new restaurant Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe in Oakland's Uptown

Green Day Bassist Plays Part in Oakland Rebirth @ NBC: here

Billie Joe to play St Jimmy in American Idiot movie @ Hollywood Reporter: here

Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions Announces Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods,' Mattel's 'Major Matt Mason,' Green Day's 'American Idiot' (Exclusive)

After the gods and the space adventurer comes the idiot. Besides American Gods, Playtone is also developing American Idiot, a screen version of the Broadway musical adapted from Green Day's eponymous concept album, for 2013 premiere.

Director Michael Mayer of the stage version will direct the movie, while Billy Joe Armstrong will reprise his Broadway role as St. Jimmy in the movie version. The adaptation is Playtone's second musical after the blockbuster hit, Mamma Mia!, which grossed over $600 million worldwide.

"Mamma Mia! proved that if the musical is right, obviously it can go into the stratosphere, as far as box office gross. We're always looking for musicals," said Goetzman, whose company also owns the films rights of Spring Awakenings, which the partners are planning to produce in an independent way. Hollywood Reporter: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-hanks-playtone-productions-announces-197012

Billie Joe's son's band, Emily's Army played this weekend at BFD in Northern California. Proud father Billie Joe can be seen moshing in the pit:

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Interview with Green Day tour chefs: HERE

Lady Gaga Recalls Buying Green Day Album In MTV Special
In MTV's upcoming 'Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside' special, Gaga reveals that the band's Dookie was the first album she ever bought. More @ MTV: Here

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has already influenced and turned on a new generation of teenagers to punk, and now he's doing the same for Generation Y.

Emily's Army, a pop-punk group made up of four Bay Area teenagers, is set to blow up with the June 14 release of their debut album, Don't Be A D***. On the drums: Armstrong's 16-year-old son Joey. Side note: A 16-year-old rocks harder than you. Deal with that.

But Billie Joe's hardly just attaching his name to a vanity project. He produced the 14-song album, a mix of proto-punk, pop-punk and garage rock, and is releasing it on his own Adeline Records. (Coolest. Dad. Ever.) Expect to hear a mix of politically conscious and personal lyrics, with the group -- made up of brothers Max and Cole Becker, Joey Armstrong and Travis Neumann -- presumably taking a few pointers from the king of pop-punk himself.

Emily's Army range in age from 15 to 17 -- the perfect age to be starting a punk band -- but have already spent the past two years touring up and down the West Coast. Once known as Raining Souls, the group took their name Emily's Army from the Cystic Fibrosis fund-raising organization as a way to honor the Becker brothers' 15-year-old cousin Emily, who was diagnosed with the disease in 1998.

Full articlce at MTV: http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/05/12/emilys-army/

The smash-hit, Tony Award®-winning AMERICAN IDIOT is Broadway's most exciting new musical. The New York Times calls it, "thrilling and emotionally charged, as moving as anything on Broadway!" Based on Green Day's Grammy® Award-winning multi-platinum album and featuring the smash hits "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Holiday" and "21 Guns", AMERICAN IDIOT is the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Their search for meaning in a post 9-11 world leads them on the most exhilarating journey of the Broadway season. This amazing show just closed on April 24. The cast and crew has generously donated some one-of-a-kind items to Broadway Cares.. The cast and crew has generously donated some one-of-a-kind items to Broadway Cares. These white size 7 Creepers were part of the original costume design and were worn onstage by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong during technical rehearsals for his original run as "St. Jimmy" in January 2011. They were not worn in performances as the soles of the shoes were too heavy for all the running up and down stairs that Billie Joe did in the show. As you can see Billie Joe has signed one side of the shoes for Broadway Cares. Don't wanna be an American Idiot? Bid now: HERE

Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe ready to open Oakland location in Fox Theater @ SF Gate: Here]

Much like the rest of us, musicians around the world have spoken out via Twitter after news broke last night regarding the death of terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Some responded in a light-hearted fashion while others tweeted more thoughtful, critical comments. "Good news everyone, Osama Bin Laden the terrorist is dead," F---ed Up's Damian Abraham wrote via Twitter this morning. "The bad news however is that Osama Bin Laden the martyr has been born."

Rapper Chuck D wrote several posts regarding the news. "USA is at it again, number one in the rankings of Killing Championships," he said via Twitter. "Stealing the Gold in the Murder Olympics and the crowd goes wild!" The rapper later added, "One f---in dude in a cave, gimme a break please would some UFO come down and straighten this human race out, even if you gotta devour us."

"Do not turn the man into a martyr," Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong tweeted, later adding "this is a global victory."

"Wow Obama 1, 2 punch: lion king video than Osama dead," Fall Out Boy guitarist Pete Wentz said on his Twitter. "Seriously I wanna see who runs in 2012..."

"Ding Dong the witch is dead!!" Flaming Lips singer, and avowed 'Wizard of Oz' fan, Wayne Coyne quipped. "Which ole witch?? The wicked witch!!! Ding Dong the wicked witch is DEAD!!!"

"A moment in the kitchen; remembering those who died on Sept. 11 & not taking any joy in the news," Amanda Palmer wrote early Monday morning.

Metric wrote: "Ok, two things: Osama Bin Laden is dead?" "And tame impala is covering Massive Attack. Remember the innocent 1990s?"

Moby, who was living near ground zero at the time of the September 11 attacks, summed up a lot of people's reactions with a succinct tweet: "Whoa."

Spinner: http://www.spinner.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-death-chuck-d-green-day-flaming-lips/

Billie Joe Armstrong Bids Farewell to Broadway With Hour-Long Concert @ Rolling Stone: here

With Green Day's American Idiot musical set to close on Broadway on April 24, the punk trio will begin working on a movie adaptation of the 2004 concept album, and they have tapped a Hollywood A-lister to produce it: Tom Hanks.

According to Reuters, the actor will work with director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) on the adaptation, which will be co-produced by members of Green Day. Universal studios is in negotiations put out the movie, which doesn't have a production schedule or release date, and Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for writing Milk, is the frontrunner to pen the screenplay.

News about Hanks' involvement first leaked out in January, when it was rumored that Hanks' Playtone production company was interested in working on the American Idiot adaptation. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong also revealed that he would most likely play the role of St. Jimmy. "I think that's a no-brainer," he said.

Hanks' involvement in a rock movie makes sense. He was a producer of Neil Young's 2006 doc Heart of Gold and he executive produced the televised version of the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert in 2009 and the smash movie Mamma Mia! in 2008. He also directed the 1996 rock-based drama That Thing You Do!

Vote Green Day at Battle of the Fans @ Fuse: here

Green Day's American Idiot, the rock opera based on the band's album of the same name, will stage its final Broadway performance on April 24 in New York, but it looks like the story may move to the big screen once the stage curtains close.

The Hollywood Reporter is saying that Universal is negotiating the screen rights to American Idiot, and carrying over the show's director, Michael Mayer. Apparently screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (he won an Oscar for Milk) and Tom Hanks are also in the project's gravitational pull (Hanks would be involved in some kind of production capacity and probably not playing St. Jimmy, the show's nefarious dealer/guest-star magnet).

Which brings us to the next point: There are plenty of issues in translating splashy stage musicals into compelling films-you need look no further than 2008's Mamma Mia! for proof-but the biggest sticking point in making a movie out of American Idiot will be finding a suitable performer to play the lead role.

Celebrity cameos in the St. Jimmy role from Melissa Etheridge, AFI's Davey Havok and Billie Joe Armstrong himself aside, the Broadway cast is largely made up of stage vets like Van Hughes (Hairspray, 9 to 5) , David Larsen (Good Vibrations), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Passing Strange). Also, Justin Guarani. Yes, that one.

Who would you like to see reprise their roles onscreen, AmIdios? Original Johnny (and Tony-winning Spring Awakening alum) John Gallagher Jr.? Original Jimmy Tony Vincent? Or are there better-known TV or film actors with the singing and dancing Broadway-baby chops to fill those roles-and the celebrity draw to fill cineplex seats?

Full article at EW: Here

Billie Joe Armstrong went from hard-partying troublemaker to Broadway headliner, but don't tell the 39-year-old Green Day front man that he's punked out!

Q&A

DETAILS: You've said that, prior to recording the album American Idiot, you came to New York and did a lot of partying. Did you think about that while playing the drug-pushing character St. Jimmy?
Billie Joe Armstrong: That's more the main character, Johnny-going from being a big fish in a small pond to swimming with sharks. I had a tendency in my past to get caught up in partying too much or making bad decisions. Stealing a limo from David Letterman during the Insomniac tour - I got into a little bit of trouble. In 2003, I ended up in jail with a DUI, and I definitely regret that.

On the risk of being too political: "It dawned on me at the end of the last tour that things had become heavy. It's a f**king balancing act, man. And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics. I don't want to become Rage Against the Machine. Bono is having lunch with George Bush to get money from him. I don't operate that way. I stick to my opinions."

On today's political climate: "The Democrats are a bunch of f**king pussies. It was so smart for the Republicans to embrace the Tea Party: 'We don't believe everything you say, but we'll listen to you.' I get more confused every day. Then I feel like I'm not doing enough. It starts to make my head explode. Maybe I should go talk to the troops in Afghanistan."

On Sarah Palin: "I listen to the shit that comes out of her mouth, and I'm just in awe. These are Sunday-school teachers becoming politicians. Mike Huckabee? He's the guy that diddled you while holding the Bible. He's so soft-spoken, so Mr. Rogers. Palin is the same-it's this sneaky way to make Americans feel comfortable, but you know they're rotten to the core."

The full interview can be found here:

Teenage pop-punk group Emily's Army is gearing up for the release of their full-length debut, Don't Be A Dick, due June 14 on Adeline Records. Produced by Billie Joe Armstrong, the album features heartfelt teenage anthems dealing in cautionary tales, politics and the pressures of adolescence. The record will be available digitally as well as on vinyl.

The 14-song set was recorded and mixed in four days at Oakland's Jingletown Recordings with the help of engineer Chris Dugan. Emily's Army counts the rich East Bay music scene and Gilman Street amongst their influences, along with classic power pop, and garage rock.

Emily's Army consists of prolific songwriting brothers Max and Cole Becker, guitarist Travis Neumann and drummer Joey Armstrong. At the ripe age of 15, 16 and 17 years old, the Oakland-based band has already spent two years touring up and down the West Coast.

The band takes its name from Max and Cole's 15 year-old cousin Emily, who was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis in 1998 and has suffered from the disease her entire life. In tribute, the band adopted the name Emily's Army, which also happens to be the moniker for a fundraising organization in their cousin's honor.

Track Listing:
1 Broadcast This
2 Strictly For The Birds
3 Asslete
4 Rom Drom
5 Little Face
6 Ho-lloween
7 West Coast
8 Statutory Brainrape
9 Burn Apollo
10 The Gutter
11 Regan Macneil
12 I Wanna Be Remembered
13 Bad Cop
14 Loch Lomond

Green Day Defeat Paramore In Musical March Madness Championship

The 2011 MMM title game went down to the wire, but in the end, it's Green Day who stand triumphant.

Full article: HERE