Green Day

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Green Day celebrate 30th anniversary of second album Kerplunk!

See Billie Joe Armstrong’s 30-year-old throwback photos to celebrate the milestone anniversary of Green Day’s second LP, and read a fascinating retrospective piece written by Lookout! Records co-founder Larry Livermore.

Reviews

Album review: Green Day – The BBC Sessions

Green Day thrill on historical document of getting caught in the act at the Beeb…

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Listen: Green Day unearth awesome 1998 performance of Hitchin' A Ride

Because 'cold turkey's getting stale' post-Thanksgiving (we see what you did there, guys), Green Day have shared a throwback performance of Hitchin' A Ride…

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150 musicians cover Boulevard Of Broken Dreams in epic Romanian flashmob

CITYROCKS – who call themselves 'the biggest rock band in Central Europe' – gathered to perform Green Day's Boulevard Of Broken Dreams at Romania's Bánffy Castle.

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Green Day share Walking Contradiction from BBC Live Sessions album

Hear Green Day's 1996 performance of Walking Contradiction from their upcoming BBC Live Sessions record.

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Green Day raise hell on fun new single Holy Toledo!

"Let the trouble begin…" Green Day tease of their new single Holy Toledo!, taken from just-released film Mark, Mary & Some Other People.

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Green Day to drop new song Holy Toledo! this week

Green Day's new song Holy Toledo! is taken from upcoming movie Mark, Mary & Some Other People – a rom-com scored by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump.

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Green Day announce first U.S. show of 2022

They'll be hitting the UK and Europe next summer on the Hella Mega Tour, but Green Day seemingly still have plans for America…

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Listen: Green Day unearth BBC performance of Basket Case from 1994

Hear the next song from Green Day's upcoming The BBC Sessions album: an awesome 1994 performance of Basket Case!

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Green Day announce historic The BBC Sessions live album

Green Day's BBC broadcasts from Maida Vale Studios between 1994 and 2001 are being mastered and made available for the first time later this year!

Features

“We didn’t want to do another Dookie, we wanted to stretch out”: The story of Green Day’s Nimrod

A key turning point in the Green Day story, Nimrod saw the trio flex their creative muscles and in turn sow songwriting seeds that would eventually bear untold fruits…

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“Sometimes I feel that it’s the most honest record I ever made…” The story of Green Day’s Insomniac

Following Dookie, the album that made them mainstream stars and put punk noses out of joint, Green Day used their hurt, anger and confusion, and channelled it into the music…

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“We’ve gone to some places that we’ve never been before”: The story of Green Day’s Warning

No great story is complete without a fork in the road. And on this transitionary Green Day record Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt stuttered for the first time…

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“It created a new future for us”: The story of Green Day’s American Idiot

Millions of album sales. Countless awards. One Broadway theatre production. And Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong didn’t see success of American Idiot coming…

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The 164 songs that were banned from American radio after 9/11

We look at the songs deemed too “lyrically questionable” to play on the radio after the 9/11 attacks.

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Watch Green Day prank Weezer on final night of the Hella Mega Tour

Green Day marked the end of the U.S. leg of the Hella Mega Tour by pranking Weezer onstage while the band performed Surf Wax America.

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Green Day celebrate 30th anniversary of second album Kerplunk!

Album review: Green Day – The BBC Sessions

Listen: Green Day unearth awesome 1998 performance of Hitchin' A Ride

150 musicians cover Boulevard Of Broken Dreams in epic Romanian flashmob

Green Day share Walking Contradiction from BBC Live Sessions album

Green Day raise hell on fun new single Holy Toledo!

Green Day to drop new song Holy Toledo! this week

Green Day announce first U.S. show of 2022

Listen: Green Day unearth BBC performance of Basket Case from 1994

Green Day announce historic The BBC Sessions live album

“We didn’t want to do another Dookie, we wanted to stretch out”: The story of Green Day’s Nimrod

“Sometimes I feel that it’s the most honest record I ever made…” The story of Green Day’s Insomniac

“We’ve gone to some places that we’ve never been before”: The story of Green Day’s Warning

“It created a new future for us”: The story of Green Day’s American Idiot

The 164 songs that were banned from American radio after 9/11

Watch Green Day prank Weezer on final night of the Hella Mega Tour

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