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Green Day have announced their 2017 Revolution Radio North American Tour, in support of their latest album Revolution Radio. Against Me! will be providing support for all dates. Read more: Watch Green Day celebrate release of new album with invigorating ‘Tonight Show’ performance Presale tickets will be available to Idiot Nation members Wednesday, Oct. 12 […]

[Photo credit: Dorothy] Every music genre can attempt to be traced back to its starting point, and designers at Dorothy released an intricate map that looks at the history of alternative music and its many, many branches. Check out the full chart below. (via Wired) Read more: The 5 great eras of pop-punk, from the ’70s to […]

Green Day just released their long-awaited twelfth studio album, Revolution Radio (listen here), and kicked off the celebrations with an invigorating performance on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Watch them perform the album's first single, “Bang, Bang,” below, and let us know what you think of Revolution Radio in the comments! Read more: Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ movie has “green […]

Green Day's new album, Revolution Radio—described as their “most intensely personal” album in years by AP's review—is now available. Have a listen below, and be sure to leave us a comment with your own review of the album. Read more: Green Day’s American Idiot movie has “green light” from HBO Revolution Radio releases via Reprise and follows-up the […]

After rumors that Tom Hanks was producing it in 2011, and then rumors again in 2014 that it was confirmed to be written by playwright Rolin Jones, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has confirmed Green Day's famed record American Idiot is being made into a movie by HBO. Not only that, but Armstrong will lend his acting talents to the […]

In December of 2015, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong took to Twitter, announcing his “mission” for 2016: “destroy the phrase ‘pop-punk’ forever.” Fast forward almost a year, Green Day have a new album on the way, and Armstrong has clarified the tweet. Read more: Green Day change “Holiday” lyrics; bash Donald Trump, “all politicians”—watch According […]

Green Day Revolution Radio Whether it’s wrestling with the world outside or the enemy within, punk needs a struggle if it’s going to mean something. For Green Day, wartime under George W. Bush gave 2004’s American Idiot a career-resurrecting sense of purpose, while the existential aftermath of a post-Bush America fueled 2009’s 21st Century Breakdown. […]

Green Day bashed Donald Trump with a lyric-change to their American Idiot song “Holiday” during a show Wednesday night in Sayreville, New Jersey. (Watch footage below.) During the track’s bridge, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong asked the crowd, “Have you been watching the news lately? What do you think of our candidates for the presidency of the […]

Chances are if you grew up in the scene in the early 2000s, your parents put up with a lot. From blasting punk music until 2 a.m. to wearing waaaay too much eyeliner to school, your parents “just didn’t understand!!!” Here are 10 bands we bet they couldn’t stand—which only made you love the music […]

From mud fights to pyromania that would make a firefighter sweat to launching secretive side projects shrouded in denial to landing the story of a disenchanted suburban kid on Broadway, Green Day have done it all in their 30 years as a band. Here are some of the most unforgettable moments featuring Billie Joe Armstrong, […]

[Photo credit: Greenday.com] Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day isn't only making his lead role debut in the film Ordinary World, he is also making an appearance on the Comedy Central show Drunk History. Read more: Green Day release new song, “Still Breathing” He'll be playing the role of Charlie Chaplin in the episode titled “Legends”—which […]

Green Day have released the third single from their upcoming album, Revolution Radio, which is due out Oct. 7. (Pre-orders are on sale now.) Hear “Still Breathing” below and be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! Read more: Green Day postpone tour dates after band, crew members fall ill

Around the AP office, it would be a supreme understatement to say our tastes “vary.” From the heaviest metal to the poppiest superstars, we all would love to design some strange tours—cue a million promoters’ nightmares. We asked members of our staff to put together their in-a-perfect-world concerts and got some pretty bizarre answers… THE […]

Sometimes, the first try really doesn’t work out when it comes to band names. Plenty of bands have changed their names for a variety of reasons from legal issues and style changes to simply poor choices. Here are 18 bands who have changed their names at some point in their career, but have maintained their […]

Green Day recently announced their North American headlining tour, but they have now postponed the first three dates—St. Louis, Chicago and Detroit—and canceled their Sept. 23 Toronto show because of illness. Video: Watch Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong in first lead movie role “We're so sad to announce we have to postpone three shows and cancel […]

Enjoy The Ride and Sony Music have teamed up to re-release a previously out-of-print Ramones tribute album, which features the likes of Green Day, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and Metallica, among many others. Originally released in 2003—but of out-of-print for some time—”We're All A Happy Family,” the Ramones tribute, is now back on vinyl as […]

A man of many talents, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day is making his lead role debut in the upcoming flick Ordinary World. We now have a first look at Armstrong acting in the movie—watch the Ordinary World trailer below, and be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! Read more: Green Day play house show […]

Green Day have released a music video for the lead single, “Bang Bang,” off their upcoming record, Revolution Radio. Check it out below, and be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! Read more: Movie starring Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong gets release date and title change Revolution Radio is due out Oct. […]