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Green Day have reflected on the “bummer” of their pre-‘American Idiot’ album ‘Cigarettes & Valentines’ being stolen more than 20 years ago, while also noting that it was a “blessing” in disguise.The unreleased record was written and recorded in 2003, but the master tapes were stolen when it was close to being finished.Instead of being the follow-up to 2000’s ‘Warning’, they released their seminal ‘American Idiot’ in 2004.“They were just gone,” said Tré Cool of the ‘Cigarettes And Valentines’ recordings in a new interview with Audacy, “so somebody probably stole them – maybe didn’t know what was on them”.“I’ve never heard that ever happening to anybody,” added frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. “It was a bummer, for sure.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Green Day decided to have a little fun with their acceptance speech at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, using the time on stage to paraphrase and reference a speech from the 1997 film “Boogie Nights.” The band, which won for alternative artist of the year, got up on stage to accept the award, with band leader Billie Joe Armstrong taking the podium alongside Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt. “Wow.

Legendary punk rock band Green Day took a major swipe at Vice President JD Vance during a recent performance of one of their classic songs.As noted by Rolling Stone and other outlets, while playing “Jesus of Suburbia” in Melbourne, Australia, over the weekend, the band changed the words to suggest that Vance was “r—d.”“Am I r—d or am I just JD Vance?” lead singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong sang instead of the original lyrics, “Am I r—d or just overjoyed?”The band’s set included several other political points, with digs aimed at billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, and a line suggesting their support of Ukraine following the country’s botched deal with the U.S. last week.At another point in “Jesus of Suburbia,” Armstrong sang, “We are the kids of war and peace, From Ukraine to the Middle East,” instead of the original lyrics, “We are the kids of war and peace/ From Anaheim to the Middle East.”With both Ukraine and Vance mentioned in the song, it seems that the band was commenting on the tense Oval Office meeting between the Trump administration and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during which the vice president accused the Ukrainian leader of disrespecting Trump.The meeting grew heated between the world leaders, prompting Trump to send Zelenskyy back to Europe without either signing a rare earth minerals deal between the two countries as originally planned.

Billie Eilish and Green Day teamed up for a live rendition of ‘Last Night On Earth’ for the LA FireAid benefit concert last night (January 30).Eilish joined the band for the performance of the 2009 song at the Kia Forum with frontman Billie Joe Armstrong kicking off the song before Eilish joined him for the second verse.With the words “Los Angeles” appearing in massive block letters behind the band, Armstrong placed special emphasis on the song’s poignant chorus: “If I lose everything in the fire / I’m sending all my love to you.” You can watch the performance below.The band kicked off proceedings at the concert by performing ‘Still Breathing’ from their 2016 album ‘Revolution Radio’ before closing the set with ‘Dookie’ single ‘When I Come Around’. In the middle of the band’s set, Armstrong declared: “Los Angeles, we’ve got your back no matter what.”Later, Eilish headed over to the Intuit Dome for a performance of her own at the second of FireAid’s two shows, playing ‘Wildflower’, ‘The Greatest’ and ‘Birds Of A Feather with her brother Finneas.The event was first announced earlier this month in support of the victims of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.Armstrong and Eilish previously interviewed each other in a special edition of Rolling Stone magazine.“I know this sounds [weird], but I always gravitate toward music that sounds like freedom.

Green Day have taken a shot at Elon Musk during a recent concert in South Africa – check out footage of the performance below.On Sunday (January 19), Green Day performed their first show of the year at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. While performing ‘American Idiot’, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong swapped out a portion of the song’s lyrics to take a jab at X (formerly Twitter) and Tesla owner Elon Musk.Over the last year, Elon Musk – who is from Pretoria, South Africa – has been instrumental in Donald Trump‘s bid to return to the White House, championing him as the President of the United States.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong‘s covers band The Coverups have announced another intimate London show for 2025 – find all the details below.Formed in 2018, the group features Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt along with Green Day touring member Jason White, their audio engineer Chris Dugan, tour manager Bill Schneider (also of Pinhead Gunpowder), and musician Greg Schneider.The Coverups are renowned for their chaotic shows where they put their spin on tracks by iconic names such as David Bowie and The Rolling Stones.Today, the band confirmed it will play an intimate show at London’s O2 Islington Academy on Wednesday, January 15 2025.A post shared by Thecoverups (@the__coverups)Pre-sale went live today (December 16), and you can grab tickets here – subject to availability.Earlier this year Courtney Love joined The Coverups onstage in London, where she delivered a joint performance of Hole‘s ‘Celebrity Skin’.She also participated in a version of David Bowie‘s classic single ‘Suffragette City’, and again played ‘Surrender’ by Cheap Trick. For that London gig, the band also took on Bryan Adams‘ ‘Summer Of ’69’, The Strokes‘ ‘Last Nite’, The Clash‘s ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’.NME spoke with Green Day at the 2024 BRIT Awards about performing as The Coverups in intimate venues, inviting Courtney Love on stage and potential collaborations.“I was texting with [Courtney Love] and I said come on out and do a song, and she did,” explained Armstrong.

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong has endorsed Kamala Harris ahead of the US election today (November 5), and shared an anecdote about performing in a casino owned by Donald Trump.The frontman took to Instagram last night (November 4) to encourage fans to vote for Harris and her running mate Tim Walz one final time before polls open.Before sharing a short speech, he posted a video of him and Elvis Costello performing an acoustic version of Costello’s hit ‘Alison’ in a Trump Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.“I noticed one thing, we’re on the stage, there was all these bottles of water that were on the stage and had Donald Trump’s picture on every single one of the bottles, like everything in that hotel. And it was like, like, this big sort of ode, or, you know, Trump and his sort of bullshit businessman persona.“And so I went around these water bottles with a Sharpie, and I put Hitler moustaches on every single one of them.”A post shared by Billie Joe (@billiejoearmstrong)He added: “I just want to say, vote for Harris and Walz.

The Cure played their new album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ at a special launch gig at The Troxy in London last night (Friday November 1), where they also celebrated 45 years of their seminal second album ‘Seventeen Seconds’ alongside a run of hits and favourites. See footage, photos and the setlist below.With a guest list of famous fans including Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong, Radiohead‘s Ed O’Brien, Boy George, Mogwai‘s Stuart Braithwaite, members of Duran Duran, actor Mathew Horne and comedian Stewart Lee, Pale Waves, Just Mustard, Dr Brian Cox, Chris Packham, My Bloody Valentine icon Kevin Shields and a soon-to-be-viral Pedro Pascal, the band continued the celebrations of the release of their first album in 16 years with a sold-out, intimate show in East London.Following Robert Smith and co’s two gigs at the BBC Radio Theatre recorded and broadcast for Radio 2 and 6 Music earlier this week, last night’s Troxy gig was livestreamed on Youtube, and captured Pascal in full flow.A post shared by Billie Joe (@billiejoearmstrong)Pedro Pascal spotted at The Cure Live at Troxy show in London pic.twitter.com/sj0fl0qPBd— Pedro Pascal Daily (@pascalarchive) November 1, 2024With no support band, the band were beckoned on to their early stage time by the ominous sound of thunder, rain and lightning before Smith, bassist Simon Gallup, drummer Jason Cooper, Roger O’Donnell on keys, guitarist Reeves Gabrels and guitarist and keyboardist Perry Bamonte walked out to rapturous applause.

Green Day‘s tour stop at SoFi Stadium on Saturday (September 14), Williams, dressed in all black, was spotted joining other rock fans in the pit.Footage posted on X shows Williams running around in a circle pit with a big smile on her face and waving her arms in the air. Watch below:SERENA WILLIAMS in the pit at GREEN DAY is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer There’s something to be said about aging gracefully in rock music.

Green Day side project Pinhead Gunpowder have begun teasing their return.Comprised of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, touring guitarist Jason White, along with Bill Schneider on bass and Aaron Cometbus on drums and lyrics, Pinhead Gunpowder took to Instagram to post a cryptic message.Though the band have been active since the early ’90s, they have one official studio album, their 1997 debut ‘Goodbye Ellston Avenue’.But it appears there may be more to come. On their Instagram, the band shared a reel including a photo of the four of them, teasing some news would drop on September 5, 6am PDT.

Green Day concert in Detroit was temporarily halted due to a “potential safety issue”.The pop-punkers are currently embarking on their ‘Saviors’ stadium tour, where they are touring the release of their latest album ‘Saviors‘.At their stop in Detroit’s Comerica Park last night (September 4), however, the band were forced to evacuate the stage in the middle of ‘Longview’. According to Billboard, security reportedly spotted an unauthorised drone hovering near the stage, prompting the band to leave abruptly.After ten minutes or so, Green Day returned by finishing off ‘Longview’, with frontman Billie Joe Armstrong requesting fans to put away their phones: “Pull ’em out later.

Green Day caught fans off guard at a recent show in New York, when they came onto the stage dressed as Deadpool and Wolverine. Check out footage of the moment below.The moment took place during the trio’s recent show at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y.

Green Day at Citi Field on Monday night.Like a dog days double-header — in which the Mets home field was transformed into a melting mosh pit by the heat and humidity — this night was set in two acts as the punk-rock triumvirate of singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre’ Cool celebrated two milestones: the 30th anniversary of their major-label debut, 1994’s diamond-selling “Dookie,” and 20 years of “American Idiot,” their 2004 concept-album classic that was adapted into a Broadway musical.But in actuality, this was the “Saviors” tour — named after the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame trio’s 14th studio LP that was released in January — which is hitting US stadiums through Sept. 28.And after the Linda Lindas, Rancid and the Smashing Pumpkins had already played in what amounted to a mini Lollapalooza the day after the festival finished in Chicago, Green Day came pogo-ing on the stage in all their spiky-haired glory to “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” the stomping “Saviors” opener.

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong has covered Jesse Malin‘s ‘Black Haired Girl’ for the latter’s upcoming tribute/benefit album.Armstrong’s cover of Malin’s 2007 track is the latest to be released from ‘Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin’, a tribute and benefit LP for Malin, who suffered a rare spinal stroke last year that left him paralyzed from the waist down.“Jesse is a dear friend to me,” Armstrong said in a statement. “I love his songwriting. He is all heart…His passion is endless.

Green Day have shared the official music video for their latest single ‘Corvette Summer’, starring Mark Hamill. Watch below.The band teased the “turbo-charged” visuals for the ‘Saviors’ song last week, confirming that they would appear alongside Star Wars legend Hamill and actor/comedian Hannibal Buress.“Rev up those engines, the ‘Corvette Summer’ music video is here and it’s one wild ride!!” Green Day said in a statement, before going on to explain the concept of the new clip.“The song was named after one of our favourite cult classic movies [1978 adventure comedy Corvette Summer], so it only made sense to pay homage to it with the music video,” they wrote.“We even took things one step further and got Mark Hamill – who starred in the original [as Kenneth W.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has shared his thoughts on Taylor Swift, after attending one of her ‘Eras’ tour dates.The pop-punk icon took to Instagram earlier this week to share a photo of himself at one of Taylor Swift’s shows, as part of her record-breaking ‘Eras’ tour dates.While at the show in France, he accepted friendship bracelets from fans and went on to share his admiration for the live performance.“Just saw Taylor Swift eras tour in Lyon France!! Great production. Great voice. Great entertainer.

Green Day have spoken to NME about their longtime relationship with Courtney Love and revealed if they have plans to announce more surprise live shows across London. Watch our video interview with the band above.It was during the red carpet for the BRIT Awards 2024 that frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and drummer Tré Cool caught up with NME – ahead of presenting the Best British Group Award at the ceremony (and being controversially described as “the British Busted“).“It’s fun for us.

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong was joined on stage by Hole icon Courtney Love as his side-project covers band The Coverups performed an intimate show of rock classics in London tonight (Tuesday February 27).Following the announcement of the two surprise gigs in the capital last week, the band – famed for their impromptu gigs with renditions of rock and punk staples – took to the stage at The Garage in Islington before a crowd that included Sex Pistols‘ Glen Matlock as well as Blondie‘s Clem Burke and comedy legend Frank Skinner.“How are you guys doing?” said Armstrong, arriving on stage. “We’re The Coverups, we play cover songs.

Green Day have criticised the notion of finding new music “via algorithms”, such as on TikTok, as “lazy”.The legendary rock trio have said in a new interview that they think listeners can miss out on a broader spectrum of new music if they’re reliant on social media to discover emerging artists.“Social media is great for kids but if you’re finding your music via algorithms then that’s just lazy,” bassist Mike Dirnt told The Sun. “I like to organically find new things. All I can say is just clear your search history to find new [stuff].”“I was told that ‘Brain Stew’ was a sudden popular thing on TikTok with a lot of hip-hop kids dancing to it.

Green Day have responded to claims that they are “anti-American” saying: “If we didn’t care about this country, we wouldn’t say anything.”On New Year’s Eve, the band – comprised of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool – played a set as part of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve – hosted by Ryan Seacrest.The gig then hit headlines when Armstrong, altered the ‘American Idiot’ lyric “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda” to hit out at Donald Trump, singing: “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda”. Many including Elon Musk then criticised the gesture, with the X/Twitter boss saying: “Green Day goes from raging against the machine to milquetoastedly raging for it.”Since the band’s controversial performance, many have claimed that they are “anti-American”.