Green Day News

Billie Joe As Iconic Guitarist

January 20, 2009 - Billie Joe was named as one of the 15 most iconic Les Paul players according to Gibson.com. Others to make the list include Bob Marley, Zakk Wylde and Jimmy Page.

Rumors have also been circulating around the internet claiming that Green Day has finished recording their new album. Neither the band nor Warner Records has confirmed this in any way, but if you're interested in the details of the rumor more information is available on Punk.bz.

Green Day Nominated For 'Best Act Ever'

Oct 2nd 2008 - Green Day has been nominated for "Best Act Ever" for the MTV EMA's (UK). You can go vote for them now, right here. They're up against Britney Spears, U2, Christina Aguilera, Tokio Hotel and Rick Astley. Pretty terrible group, so Green Day needs to win.

The awards will be held in Liverpool on November 6th. They'll air on MTV UK, I'm not aware of anywhere they'll be showing in the US.

Many of you are not wondering if Green Day would be at the awards show, and though we haven't heard anything from the band themselves about this, I would assume they won't be. They usually don't start attending shows till after the new album is out, and it's not likely that we'll see the album out before the end of the year.

But, now that we've got the band nominated lets give them as many votes as possible to win.

Green Day Announces Foxboro Hot Tubs Tour Dates

May 19th 2008 - Foxboro Hot Tubs, the side project of Green Day, have announced their first set of tour dates.

The band’s shows will begin in Little Rock on May 19th, and include dates in Austin (May 22nd) and San Diego (May 26th).

The eight-date tour will conclude in Long Beach on May 28th.

Tickets, priced at $20, for the tour will only be available on the day of the concert from the venues box office.

The band’s tour dates are:

Little Rock, AR, Juanita’s Cantina - May 19
New Orleans, LA, One Eyed Jack’s - 20
Dallas, TX, The Loft - 21
Austin, TX, Emo’s - 22
Phoenix, AZ, The Brick House -25
San Diego, CA, Soma - 26
Los Angeles, CA, The Roxy - 27
Long Beach, CA, Alex’s Bar - 28

Billie Joe Armstrong Revives Side Project in L.A.

February 5th 2008 - Billie Joe Armstrong can still DIY when he wants to. His side project Pinhead Gunpowder hadn’t played a gig since 2001, but the punk-pop quartet roared back to life this week in a quick tour of SoCal club dates. On Monday, the Green Day singer-guitarist was back to basics at the top of a three-band bill of melodic loudfastrules at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. Ticket price at the door: $7. With a beanie pulled over his bleached hair, Armstrong strolled onto the stage like one of the roadies, a Red Stripe in one hand and a guitar in the other. It was only the band’s 19th show in seventeen years, but the room was packed with fans who sang and crowd-surfed to “At Your Funeral,” the new “Westside Highway” and a cover of Diana Ross “Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To),” shifting the lilting Seventies ballad into punk-rock overdrive. Armstrong pulled fans up to watch from the stage, but also told them to put away the digital cameras. “YouTube can’t own everything,” he said. “There’s also something called memories.”