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Green Day have been forced to cancel the final show of their Australian tour due to the Tropical Cyclone Alfred.The band were coming to the end of the Australian leg of their ‘Saviors’ tour, with the last gig having been scheduled to go down at the Gold Coast’s Robina Stadium on Wednesday (March 5).However, on Tuesday (March 4), they announced that they had no choice but to call the show off due to the projected extreme weather conditions that are set to hit the Queensland area later this week.Writing on their Instagram Stories, they posted: “Hey Australia, unfortunately due to circumstances out of our control, tomorrow’s Gold Coast show has been cancelled.”“With Cyclone Alfred bringing some seriously nasty weather, it’s just not possible to go ahead safely. We know this is a huge disappointment, and we’re just as bummed as you are.

Green Day delivered a spoof speech while at the iHeartRadio Awards 2025. Check out footage of the moment below.The moment took place earlier this week at the ceremony for the iHeartRadio Awards 2025, which was held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and saw the pop-punk trio win the award for Alternative Artist Of The Year.After beating off competition from Cage The Elephant, Linkin Park, Sum 41 and Twenty One Pilots, the members – comprising Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt – took to the stage and used their speech to make a nod to the 1997 film Boogie Nights.Holding the award, Armstrong paraphrased the whole speech from the film while his bandmates started to laugh behind him.“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.

Green Day have mocked the United States’ Vice President JD Vance during a recent concert in Australia.At the band’s recent concert in Melbourne, Australia on March 1, Green Day hit out at JD Vance, who is currently serving as President Donald Trump‘s second-in-command. For the concert, the band performed the seminal ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’ albums in full.During the ‘American Idiot’ portion of the set, Billie Joe Armstrong and co.

Green Day have put out a casting call for a new film inspired by the band’s early days. Find all the details below.Earlier this month, it was reported that Live Nation Productions was working on a comedy movie called New Years Rev, with all three members of the pop-punk trio involved.

Green Day‘s early days is in the works.According to reports from Variety, Live Nation Productions is working on a roadtrip comedy titled New Years Rev, with all three members of Green Day producing. The film is currently in production in Oklahoma.New Years Rev – which was inspired by Green Day’s early days living and touring in a van – will tell the story of three friends as they travel across the United States after mistakenly thinking they’ll be opening for a Green Day New Years concert in Los Angeles.Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman and Ryan Foust star as the young group of friends who embark on a life-changing journey.

Green Day frontman has spoken about collaborating with Billie Eilish at the recent FireAid benefit concert, calling the singing “awesome”.Eilish joined the trio for a performance of their 2009 song ‘Last Night On Earth’ at the Kia Forum in California last week. The star-studded show raised funds to support the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, and help prevent future blazes in the area.Armstrong and co.

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.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Green Day and Alanis Morissette set the tone at the FireAid benefit with songs of hope and resilience. Then came Anderson .Paak, who turned the stage at the Kia Forum into a California celebration, bringing out legendary musician Sheila E.

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.

Billie Joe Armstrong has shared his support for those caught up in the LA wildfires, while calling out some of the online “shitposting” about the disaster.The Green Day frontman delivered an impassioned speech during an intimate gig with his covers band, The Coverups, at the O2 Islington Academy in north London last night (January 15).“I just wanted to tell you guys to keep everybody in your hearts, and don’t be afraid to reach out or anything like that,” Armstrong told the crowd ahead of the show’s final song – a cover of ‘(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding’.“I don’t know… This is gonna keep going for a long time,” he continued. “I don’t know how specifically you can do anything [to help] right now ’cause there’s a lot of stuff that’s on the internet, that people just are shitposting right now.”The singer and guitarist, who is from Oakland, California, then introduced the “last song” of the evening.

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.

Film star Ryan Reynolds turned up at a Welsh pub with a fellow Hollywood A lister.

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong were in the stands at Wrexham’s match against Cambridge United earlier today (December 14).The club has been of considerable interest since Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought it in 2021, which has also boosted its performance in the football league and inspired the Disney+ series Welcome To Wrexham.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music If there’s a patron saint of New York City’s rock scene, it’s Jesse Malin. The frontman for the bands Heart Attack (a punk outfit he formed when he was 14) and D Generation, as well as a prolific solo artist, he’s been a vibrant presence on the city’s venues, rocker bars — some of which he’s owned — and extended social scene for nearly four decades, and seems to know everybody.

Post Malone spilled the beans.When announcing his 2025 ‘Big Ass Stadium Tour’ with Jelly Roll via Instagram, the crossover country star included two Indio, CA show dates on his itinerary, which prompted speculation that he was headlining next year’s Coachella Arts and Music Festival.Now, just one day after the whoopsie, the annual, two-week extravaganza confirmed the “Sunflower” singer will perform next year along with Lady Gaga, Green Day and Travis Scott at Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA on April 11-13 and April 18-20.Each of the household name artists has a bit of unique history with the festival.Lady Gaga took Beyoncé’s headlining slot in 2017 following Queen Bey’s pregnancy announcement. Post Malone made a handful of guest appearances in the past — and played a set at the Sahara Tent in 2018 — but 2025 will be his first official Coachella headlining stint.

Thania Garcia Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Green Day and Post Malone will headline the 2025 Coachella festival, promoters confirmed Wednesday in a complete lineup reveal. The 24th installment of the desert festival will take place at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif., on the weekends of April 11-13 and April 18-20. Also on the lineup are Missy Elliot, Megan Thee Stallion, Charli XCX, Anitta, Benson Boone, FKA Twigs, Clairo, Zedd, Junior H, Jennie, Glorilla, Lisa, Mustard, Ivan Cornejo, Kraftwerk, Shaboozey, The Go-Gos and many more.

Hole‘s Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur have reunited on 070 Shake‘s new cover of Tim Buckley‘s ‘Song to the Siren’. Check it out below.It follows the former Hole members revealing they had been in the studio together for the first time in over two decades, earlier this year.The cover comes from 070 Shake’s new album ‘Petrichor‘, and marks the latest rendition of the iconic track.

artificial intelligence (AI) in the creation of music, and said that it may lead to some “interesting” but “soulless” tracks.The Facebook creator opened up about the highly divisive topic during a new appearance on the Track Star show. As part of the interview segment, he took part in a quiz, where he had to identify songs within just seconds of hearing them.During the interview, he shared his love for a range of different artists, including Olivia Rodrigo – who he said he “loves” and introduced his daughters to – and Daft Punk, who he named as one of the main artists he was listening to when creating the coding for Facebook back in 2004.About halfway through, Zuckerberg correctly identified a song by American punk trio Green Day, before the host asked him if he believes a band – with the help of AI – could ever be “as good as” Billie Joe Armstrong and co.“AI will probably be able to produce technically interesting music,” he responded.

Muse, Green Day and Avenged Sevenfold leading the line-up.Taking place annually near the city centre of Oslo, next year’s instalment of the festival will take place between June 25 and June 28. Now, the first wave of artists booked to play have been announced, with four headliners confirmed to be playing at the site for the first time.On the first day of the event (Wednesday June 25), British rock icons Muse will be closing out the night with a headline slot on the main stage.

Green Day‘s performance of ‘American Idiot’ on a 2004 episode of …Letterman has been re-uploaded to YouTube following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.Trump’s win will make him the first former President to go back to the White House in more than 130 years. He currently has 294 electoral votes, while Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has 223 (via BBC News).In an apparent response to this result, a live rendition of Billie Joe Armstrong and co’s political hit single ‘American Idiot’ has been reshared on the YouTube channel for the Late Show With David Letterman.Per a description, the trio appeared as the musical guests on the US chat show in September 2004.