Here's Episode 14 of the GDA podcast, Static Noise. Alex is back!! This week Andres, Alex, Matt, Mikey and Taylor talk about the recent GDA/GDC meet up in Denver and talk about the "new" songs 'Cigarettes and Valentines' and 'Olivia'.
We also announce we're having a contest to giveaway an autographed copy of 21st Century Breakdown! Go out and "save" kids (like Billie Joe does during EJN), upload it to YouTube and send us a link. You can hear the details in the episode (we'll have a post up in the next couple days to write out the details).
You can listen to the show below, or even better, subscribe in iTunes to download each show automatically.
On September 10th, a telethon will be held called "Stand Up to Cancer", which is aimed to raise money to speed up innovative cancer research. Billie Joe will be one of the artists performing at the event, which wlil be aired commercial free at 8pm (7pm CST) on September 10 across all network channels (ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX) and some cable channels.
'Performers will include Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Neil Diamond, The Edge, Herbie Hancock, Lady Antebellum and Leona Lewis. Queen Latifah, Martina McBride and Stevie Wonder were among those already announced.'
For more information on the event and the organization, visit their site StandUp2Cancer.org.
Hey everyone. I just got done writing my review of Saturday's show. And as promised, here it is for you guys to read. I got pretty emotional while writing it and even more so when I went back to read it.
'Next was "Wake Me Up When September Ends." This is also a very beautiful song and it has a lot of personal meaning to myself. Like Billie, my father also died when I was at a young age. So when Billie sang the line "like my father's come to pass..." I started tearing up. It was such a great moment during a beautiful song. I will never forget it.'
So invite all of you to read it by clicking here or you can read it on the forum. Let me know your opinions in the comments. I'm not a great writer so its not the best review ever.
Today begins week number five, the last week of Green Day's second leg of their 21st Century Breakdown North American tour. Green Day played three killer shows last week and you can view photos and the setlist from each of them on our tour page by clicking here.
This week's shows are as follows:
- Monday, Aug. 30: Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
- Tuesday, Aug. 31: Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
- Thursday, Sept. 2: Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
- Saturday, Sept. 4: Mountain View, CA - Shorline Amphitheater
You can view other upcoming shows on our tour page. Also, be sure to check out the 2010 North American Tour thread on the forum for info and discussions on each show.
Jimmy Fallon is hosting the Emmy's tonight, and he opened up with a musical intro saying good bye to all the TV shows that were cancelled or finished this year. He started out playing the piano as Elton John, and ended up dressed as Billie Joe (black clothes, red tie, poofy hair), and "sang" Time Of Your Life.
It was pretty damn funny, and you can watch the video below.
Updated with a better quality video.
Thanks for everyone who emailed us with this news.
Right now is this the best quality we've seen of the video (even though it's only the last part of the song). This is another new song Green Day performed in Denver (here's the video for Cigarettes and Valentines). We don't have the "official" title of the song yet, but, people have been calling it "Olivia" since it was first heard during a sound check earlier this tour (possibly last year, my investigative skills are feeling a bit lackluster today). Anyways, enjoy this lovely acoustic song. We'll post a longer version when we get one. At this point we can only hope they include this song on the upcoming live album as well.
As Matt mentioned in an earlier post, Green Day played Cigarettes and Valentines at last nights Denver show. The song was recorded for the upcoming live album.
Here's a video of the 'new' song.
Thanks to ncmarek2 for emailing us a link to the video.
Holy. F'ing. Sh*t. Just got back to my hotel from the Denver concert with Alex, J'net, and Tony. All I can say is "fucking amazing." There are no other words to describe that show. It was awesome to say the least.
So here is a short recap for the time being until I'm in a normal state to post a full recap.
Of course, they started the show with 21CB, KYE, EJN, and Holiday. Then, they went into MURDER CITY! That was awesome to see live.
But the biggest thing of the night was that the band played a song they have only played live once... and it was at the San Jose sound check. Anyone know what song I'm talking about? CIGARETTES AND VALENTINES! And they played it TWICE in-a-row!! That is a GREAT song and I hope that it will be released some day.... oh wait...... IT WILL!! More exciting news.... Billie confirm his Tweet from a few days ago... the band WILL be releasing a live album. And Cigs and Vals will be on it! He didn't mention a date or time frame but hopefully soon!
Also, Billie played ANOTHER unreleased song..... OLIVIA! It was a short version of it but it was GREAT none-the-less.
That's all I've got for tonight at the moment. I will try and get something up tomorrow or Monday with a full recap from the show. Sorry if my words don't make sense.... I'm half dead right now from the show.
Once a week we're going to post the tweets Billie Joe posted on the official Green Day Twitter account for the past week. I know some of you don't follow the band there, so, I thought this might be a good way to bring these tweets out for everyone.
August 20
"I tried to play twister with my 3 dogs today and they just didn't get it.. Right paw on red.. Is that so hard?"
"We played the same place in toronto where I branded chris cote in Riding in vans with boys.. Meemmooorriieeeees"
"Quebec city!! Did anyone see the giant squirrel when AFI was playing? Weird. I still challenge Shaq!! Let's petition Shaq vs Green Day!! Fuk"
August 22
"Have you ever played the game Mafia? Aka wolves and villagers. Good times in montreal! Love those signs. Highlight- armatage shanks"
August 23
"Michigan=insanity! What a fuckin show! I keep seeing naked people in the crowd. Is this becoming a trend? Hmmm."
"Michigan highlight- JAR!"
August 24
"We've been recording our live shows since the beginning of tour. Possible Live album coming. A ton of songs! We're in texas!"
"Shaq vs Charles Barkley?? WTF!? Shaq quit being a wuss! We're callin you out Big man!"
August 25
"I'm in Austin. These town is one of a kind. Hey Austin please tell us east bay people how its done!!"
August 26
"What up Steve? 1 miwion 2 miwion 3 miwion."
August 27
"Dallas! Highlight- letterbomb and my mom was at the gig I got 2 tattoos tonight. Good bye texas! You will be missed"
For the month of September, tickets for the American Idiot musical are on sale for nearly 50% off. $65 for any seat in the theater. Even better, if you order a ticket for any show during the week of Sept. 7 - Sept. 12, any seat is only $50.
You have to order by September 7 to take advantage of the sale. Tickets and info can be found on Broadway Offers.com.
There's also a new video on American Idiot on Broadway.com that has little excerpt of an interview with Billie Joe (Tre and Mike in the background) about the musical.
Here's Episode 14 of the GDA podcast, Static Noise. Alex is back!! This week Andres, Alex, Matt, Mikey and Taylor talk about the recent GDA/GDC meet up in Denver and talk about the "new" songs 'Cigarettes and Valentines' and 'Olivia'. 
On September 10th, a telethon will be held called "Stand Up to Cancer", which is aimed to raise money to speed up innovative cancer research. Billie Joe will be one of the artists performing at the event, which wlil be aired commercial free at 8pm (7pm CST) on September 10 across all network channels (ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX) and some cable channels. 
Today begins week number five, the last week of Green Day's second leg of their 21st Century Breakdown North American tour. Green Day played three killer shows last week and you can view photos and the setlist from each of them on our tour page by 
Once a week we're going to post the tweets Billie Joe posted on the 
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