Billie Joe tweets about Green Day's new music, "the direction is fresh and hi energy"

Billie Joe has posted a little bit more on Twitter about the new music Green Day has been working on:

"Ok here's the scoop. GD has been jamming new songs everyday. There's a ton of new songs. The direction is fresh and hi energy. Feels great

I don't want to give away too much but just know that me mike tre and Jason are collaborating and having the best time playing music.

And that's not bullshit!!"

Billie Joe first wrote about the band playing new music back in March 2011, shortly before he left to New York City to play St. Jimmy for the final month of the show on Broadway.

"Playing new songs with Mike Tre and Jason the last couple weeks. Really fun. And working hard!"

Obviously the first thought in my mind was "fuck yeah!" Even though we know Green Day is pretty much constantly working on new material, it still feels good knowing there's new stuff out there. "Hi energy" also has me pretty excited. Can't wait till we get a small snippit of new stuff, though I don't expect that to happen anytime soon. I'd say we're still a year or two away for a new album, at least. 

Green Day is known for taking as long as they feel necessary to get the music they want just right. Look at the span between the last couple albums (Warning to American Idiot: 4 years, American Idiot to 21st Century Breakdown: 5 years). 21CB was only released 2 years ago. None-the-less, it's exciting just to know the band is in the middle of this process, and I can't wait to hear what they're working on.

Awesome As Fuck vinyl and t-shirt available from Hot Topic

Hot Topic has posted a few "new" Green Day items up for sale. For starters, they now have an Awesome As Fuck Girl's t-shirt available, plus you can purchase the AAF vinyl. There's also a "web exclusive" shirt I haven't seen before, also a girl's size.



Click here to view all Green Day products from Hot Topic, including a few other shirts, logo patch, and some more vinyl.

Thanks to Gloria21Guns for the info.

I know many of you have been wondering why there's been a lack of posts. It was a combination of some of the team focusing on school as semesters came to an end, and I disappeared for a bit as I focused on getting out GDA merch, started work at my university and had family visiting the last few days. We have some new stuff we're working on and are getting back in the groove of publishing stuff here. Thanks for your patience, and for continuing to check the site every day.

Green Day's Minority EP now available on clear vinyl through Adeline Records

Adeline Records has just released Green Day's Minority EP on clear vinyl through the Adeline Records online store. This is a very limited pressing of the EP with only 300 copies made and only 200 copies available through Adeline.

The EP includes four songs, "Minority," "Jackass," "Brat" (Live From Tokyo), and "86" (Live From Prague). This is the first time that the Minority EP has been released on clear vinyl. In the past the EP has been released on black, green, red, and peach vinyl.

You can pick up yourself a copy of the clear vinyl over in the Adeline Records store for $5.00 by clicking here. Act quick to order these though since they are sure to go fast with such a limited quantity.

'Green Day Across The World' - Fan Event - This Saturday, May 28th

This Saturday, May 28th, the 'Green Day Across The World' event will be taking place. This is an event set up by Green Day fans to honor the band, as we work together in our respective cities around the world to do something positive for the environment.

The organiser of the event, Dawn Wilcox, is going to be holding a prize draw for everyone who gets involved. Dawn is also currently auctioning rare/signed Green Day items on eBay. Details of both are below.

Prize Draw:

Every person that participates in an environmental effort/fund raiser/donation will be entered in to a draw to win one of 75 prizes, including 2 guitars, one of which is signed by Billie Joe and the other is signed by all 3 members of Green Day. You just need to send proof of your involvement in the form of a picture or video of you participating to gdatw2011.pics.and.videos@gmail.com

eBay Auction:

The eBay auction has some awesome rare and signed Green Day items up for grabs. All proceeds after eBay/PayPal charges will be going to the environmental action group NRDC - an organisation that Green Day collaborates with.

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It's not too late to get involved! Visit www.greendayacrosstheworld.org for more information

Featured Download: "Know Your Enemy" - Live at the Uptown

We have updated our Featured Download page with a new download of the song "Know Your Enemy" being played live at the Uptown Club in Oakland, California in April of 2009.

This concert was professionally filmed to be used for promotional use for Green Day's then upcoming album 21st Century Breakdown. You can download the MPG video of the performance over on the Featured Download page by clicking here.

What would you like to see as the next Featured Download? Send me an email: jimmy@greendayauthority.com.

Interview with Green Day's tour chefs: "Eat Like a Rock Star"

Zesterdaily.com interviewed Green Day's tour cooks, Sean Stone and Steve Jenkins at Green Day's recent show in Irving, California about how they prepare the band's food on the road. The article is an interesting read and at the end they even include a recipe to make a ten minute Ravioli dish.

"For big-name musical groups, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll don't cut it anymore. Healthy, freshly prepared meals are the order of the day. On show night, a 14-hour day is typical for the catering crew. When they're moving from town to town, after the concert, instead of heading to a motel, the crew loads into the bus. Before Irvine, the last concert was in Arizona. "We drove all night and slept on the bus," Stone said. "When we arrived at 10 a.m. in Irvine, we went shopping at Whole Foods and H Mart, a Korean-Chinese supermarket. Then we started cooking.""

You can read the full article on Zesterdaily.com by clicking here. 

Thanks to desertrose for posting the news on our forum

Emily's Army debut album, produced by Billie Joe, is getting some 'buzz'

Emily's Army - a bay area band which includes Billie Joe's son, Joey, on drums - is getting some press about their upcoming album 'Don't Be A Dick' which was produced by Billie Joe and being released on Adeline Records. The band was recently featured on MTV's site with the following:

"Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has already influenced and turned on a new generation of teenagers to punk, and now he's doing the same for Generation Y.

Emily's Army, a pop-punk group made up of four Bay Area teenagers, is set to blow up with the June 14 release of their debut album, Don't Be A D***. On the drums: Armstrong's 16-year-old son Joey. Side note: A 16-year-old rocks harder than you. Deal with that."

There are also two articles from OCWeekly and the San Francisco Examiner with introductions of the band and news of their album, which is coming out June 14.

These guys opened up for the Foxboro Hot Tubs in NYC in April 2010. After watching that performance, I'm looking forward to checking out the new album, they really kicked ass. 

Here's an article from MusicRemedy.com about their upcoming tour. They'll be playing a couple shows now in May, and then tour in Washington, Oregon and California next month. You can see their tour dates on their site. 

For updates about the band, you can visit their site EmilysArmyBand.com, or you can follow them on Facebook andTwitter.

Celebrating 21st Century Breakdown's 2 year anniversary all this week on GDA

Since yesterday marked the 2 year anniversary of 21st Century Breakdown's release, we thought we'd spend this whole week celebrating Green Day's most recent studio album.

First off, we're going to focus on our current song of the week over at our GDC Forum, American Eulogy. Billie Joe has said this was one of the first songs written after the American Idiot era. Featuring vocals from Mike Dirnt as well, it was occasionally interchanged with Minority as a set 'closer' during the 21st Century Breakdown tour.

Here's an exemplary performance of the song, from Green Day's sold out show in Chula Vista, San Diego, in September 2010:



Share with us some of your thoughts on this song, and the album in general. Later on we'll be featuring some more in depth analysis from our contributors in the Green Day Community.

Billie Joe wins "Favorite Replacement" Audience Choice Award as St. Jimmy

Last night Broadway.com held a ceremony to announce the winners of their 2011 Audience Choice awards in New York City. Billie Joe won the "Favorite Replacement" award where he was nominated for his run as St. Jimmy in the American Idiot musical.

Billie Joe played the role from January - February in 2011, as well as the final 3 weeks of the show in April till it's closing April 24th.

This is the third award won by the musical in the Audience Choice Awards. In 2010 the show won two awards, one for "Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical", which went to John Gallagher Jr., and "Favorite Ensemble". 

To view the list of winners from last night visit this page.

Win an autographed pair of Billie Joe's shoes for charity

The American Idiot musical is auctioning off items from the Broadway show that will go to benefit the charity Broadway Cares (which we've written about here).

They have a number of really cool items up like some props from the show, and even programs and clothing signed by members of the cast.

Included in that are these shoes worn by Billie Joe during rehearsals for his run as St. Jimmy, and he also autographed them. Size 7 Creepers. He didn't actually use them during the show, then ended up being too heavy for all the running/climbing the stairs he did, but you can still buy them to help this charity.

They're also selling a couple of the "cast sliders" which they used in the hallways to announce changes to the cast. They're auctioning off the set which says "At this performance the role of St. Jimmy will be played by Billie Joe Armstrong".

Click here to view all the items.

21st Century Breakdown celebrates its second anniversary

Two years ago today, Green Day's eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, was released on Reprise Records. The album was produced by Butch Vig, marking the first time Rob Cavallo wasn't a part of a major Green Day album release. The album reached #1 on the USA Billboard chart and hit #1 in 15 other countries around the world. Since its release,21st Century Breakdown has sold 3.5 million copies worldwide.

Five singles and videos came off of 21st Century Breakdown including "Know Your Enemy," "21 Guns," "East Jesus Nowhere," "21st Century Breakdown," and "Last of the American Girls."

Try and take an hour or so out of your Sunday to listen and enjoy 21st Century Breakdown with us.

Goldmine article now available online "Where does Green Day go from here?"

Last month we posted about Green Day being featured in Goldmine magazine. Now Goldmine has made the article available online. It's a very in-depth look through Green Day's career, covering everything from "Dookie" to "Awesome as Fuck." They talk about the success of American Idiot, as well as the band's entrance to Broadway and the other side projects Green Day entertains themselves with. It's a pretty great read, and nice summary of the band's career. Here's a snippit about the most recent stuff:

"And the track chosen as first (promo only) single [for Awesome as F**k] was “Cigarettes and Valentines,” one of the songs Green Day had been working on before switching direction and deciding to go for broke in creating “American Idiot.” It was a bold step that’s paid off in a big way for the band. By being open to pursuing new musical directions, Green Day has managed to make the transition from snotty punk rockers to confident elder statesmen — with a loyal fan base that’s eager to hear what the band’s going to do next."

Visit the Goldmine site to read the full article.

About Chris Dugan - Green Day's audio engineer, photographer, and videographer

Last night on Twitter Billie Joe sent out the following tweet:

"Chris dugans birthday today! Authority needs to give him his own page! Best engineer on the planet!! We're at his party in Oakland"

First off, a belated Happy Birthday to Chris. Secondly, you should have seen my smile when that tweet went out. That's right, we're just "Authority" now. 

Shortly after that tweet went out, I worked on a page for Chris Dugan. Who are we not to listen to Billie Joe? I gathered as much info as I could, so if you're interested in knowing more about the "best engineer on the planet", check out this page

Tony Vincent auctioning St. Jimmy boots for charity

Tony Vincent, who played St. Jimmy in the American Idiot musical, isauctioning off the boots he used during the production of American Idiot for charity.

Money raised will go to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids non-profit charity. 

Green Day and the musical cast previously supported the Broadway Cares charity by auctioning off this drum head signed by Billie Joe, Jason White and cast members, as well as recording the Christmas song "Do You Hear What I Hear", which was included on the Carols for a Cure CD.

Visit this site if you'd like to bid on this piece of memorabilia from the show, while helping support a good cause. The auction ends at 10am on May 25th.

Green Day Official Book Release?

Harper Collins Catalogs have the release of the first "official" Green Day book listed on their site, set to go on sale from October 25th, 2011. It's described as "the first official book about the band, by the band."

"The dynamic first book from the popular punk rock band Green Day will include hundreds of photographs of the band on tour and backstage, as well as ephemera including backstage passes, ticket stubs, handwritten notes and lyrics, and more. These gorgeous photos will be supplemented with lyrics from their last two hit albums American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, and captions from the rest of the band. This fan must-have will also feature a foreword by Billie Joe Armstrong."

Sounds pretty awesome (as fuck)! For more details about the release, you can visit the site here.

Thanks to the ever alert peeps in our GDC forum for picking it up. We'll keep our eyes open for further news!

Vote for Billie Joe in Broadway.com's Audience Choice Awards

Billie Joe has been nominated in 2011 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. The awards are held annually, and give fans a chance to vote for their favorites across Broadway. 

Billie Joe was nominated for 'Favorite Replacement' for his run as St. Jimmy during the American Idiot musical. 

Visit the Broadway.com ballot page to place your vote.

In 2010 the 'American Idiot' musical won 2 Audience Choice Awards. One for "Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical", which went to John Gallagher Jr., and "Favorite Ensemble". 

Voting ends at 11:59pm on Thursday May 12th. 

Thanks to greendayducktape for sending this news.

Pictures and Videos from the 5th annual MuST Golf Tournament

A few days ago Tre hosted the 5th annual MuST Golf Tournament at the Sequoyah Country Club in the Oakland Hills. Mike also attended the event along with Green Day's producer Butch Vig.

Each year the event is held to raise money for the Music Integrated Learning Environment program in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). The program provides music classes for 640 students in eight Oakland public elementary schools, plus professional development for over 60 OUSD classroom teachers, allowing them to integrate music into the language arts, science and social studies curriculums for over 3,600 students.

Videos from MuST Golf 2011

- Tre Cool Hits A Golf Ball Left Handed
- Tre Cool Hits Baby Huey's Golf Ball
- Tre Cool Hits A Golf Ball
- Tre Cool Hits Baby Huey's Golf Ball
- Tre Cool Makes Baby Huey A Drink

Picture Gallery from MuST Golf 2011

Happy 39th Birthday Mike Dirnt!

Today, Mike Dirnt is celebrating his 39th birthday!



Happy Birthday, Mike!

Picture Gallery for Mike Dirnt

Podcast recap about the final show in NYC, Green Day playing, Tre getting engaged and more

Recap from New York City

In this weeks episode of the GDA podcast, "Static Noise", we talk about the final performance of the American Idiot musical and Green Day playing afterward. We talk about the future of "American Idiot" as a tour and a movie, and our thoughts on what we'd like to see.

Length: 1 hr 14 mins

You can listen to the show below, or even better, subscribe in iTunes to download each show automatically. You can download this mp3 manually by right clicking here.



If you have a Green Day story or thoughts on any of the topics we covered you'd like us to read on the show, email us staticnoise@greendayauthority.com. 

Topics Discussed:

American Idiot's final night on Broadway, plus the hour-long Green Day performance

American Idiot musical going on tour

American Idiot becoming a movie

Jeff Matika, backup musician for Green Day, has a new band and an upcoming album (and twitter)

Niki Lee's book "Seize the Green Day"

Tre Cool gets engaged, and his radio interview talking about MuST golf tournament

New downloads section on GDA

Last week's "Guess a song" was "When I Come Around". 

Winner of "Seize the Green Day"

Our congratulations to Karley R. for winning a copy of "Seize the Green Day" from GDA.

We'll be announcing another contest very soon to win another copy of the book. 

If you're interested, you can purchase a copy directly from Amazon, and you can read this post for more info about the book.

Watch us record the podcast today at 2:30pm EST on Justin.TV

We'll be recording the podcast today at 3pm EST (1:30pm CST, 7:30pm GMT). You guys should stop by on Justin.tv to watch it and chat with us while we record. 

This is our first podcast for quite awhile so we will have a lot to talk about concerning American Idiot's closing night and everything else that has been going on in the Green Day world. 

You'll be able to watch at http://www.justin.tv/staticnoisepodcast. 

EDIT: It seems that we are running a little late. We will be starting at 2:30 instead.