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Billie Joe was the at the induction ceremony for the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame last night, giving a speech to honor The Stooges. After his speech, he joined The Stooges on stage during their performance (Mike and Tre also j...
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Green Day took the award for Best International Rock/Alternative/Heavy Metal Act in Germany's "Echo" awards. I'll assume they were nominated as the Heavy Metal Act. They were nominated alongside Billy Talent, Kings of Leon, ...
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Last night Green Day was honored at this years USA Network's 'Character Approved Awards'. USA Network posted two short videos of Billie Joe talking from their recording studio about what pushes him musically, why he started ...
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USA Network named it's 2010 "Character Approved" artists, an event to "honor the characters who are changing the face of American culture". Green Day was listed for their contribution to music, placed alongside a group of ind...
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While at the Grammy's Green Day took some time out of their busy day of rehearsals and interviews to sit down and autograph a Les Paul guitar and a 21st Century Breakdown vinyl. Both of these items have been placed on Ebay f...
Feb 2, 2010
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Green Day did a short interview (only around a minute long) with the TV Guide Channel after the Grammys. They talked about their win and their thoughts about the musical cast. You can watch it on YouTube. The band also talk...
Jan 26, 2010
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2009 was a very busy year for Green Day, so if you're interested in going back and looking through the big stories of last year, we now have the 2009 Recap posted. Clover did all the work of sorting through 12 months of news,...
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Green Day has been nominated for 'Best International Band' in the Meteor Ireland Awards. They are up against the Black Eyed Peas, Florence & The Machine, Kasabian, and Muse. Click here for a complete list of categories and ...
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"American Idiot" is #92 on MTV's Top 100 Album Covers of the 2000s. The website is in German, but easy enough to navigate. "American Idiot" is also #45 in NME's 50 Best Albums of 2004. 'NME said: "'Re-established its authors...
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Green Day appeared on VH1's Top 40 Videos of 2009 at #11 with "21 Guns". You need a current version of Adobe Flash Player to view the video. In addition, "21 Guns" appeared at #7 in Entertainment Weekly's Best Singles of 200...
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Green Day appears at #14 out of 65 in Billboard's Photos of the Year Slideshow. The picture description reads: 'Fans raise their hands for Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day at the band's July 13 tour stop in Chicago.' Green ...
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It's time to vote for the nominees of the Shockwaves NME Awards 2010. Make sure to read the instructions at the top of the page carefully - misspelled votes may be discarded! There are plenty of categories, so be sure to help...
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21st Century Breakdown placed #40 out of 50 on MySpace's Year In Music / Albums. Here's what MySpace had to say about it: 'Now we know that some people may argue that 21st Century Breakdown wasn't as good as Green Day's last ...
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American Idiot was named 22nd in Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the Decade. You can view the full list here. Contrary to the Rolling Stone Readers Poll, this list was chosen by artists, critics, and industry insiders. "2...
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The Kerrang Readers Poll 2009 results are in, and Green Day won "Best Live Act", as well as placing high in other categories. Here are the results: Best Live Act - Won Best Thing About 2009 - Placed #4 Best Video - Placed #2...
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Billie Joe, Mike, and Tre have all autographed a bowl for auction in support of "Feeding America". The auction ends December 19th at 5 PM PST. It's for a good cause, so please head over to Clothes Off Our Back and place a bid...
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Tre celebrates his 37th birthday today, so we'd like to wish him a very happy birthday. I'm sure he'll make it count in Australia. A pretty good birthday present is Rolling Stone's Decade-End Readers Poll, where Rolling Sto...
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American Idiot is nominated for Best Album of The Decade in the MTV Brazil Awards. There are several other nominees, so be sure to vote for Green Day! Also, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown appears ninth on Rolling Stone's...
Dec 5, 2009
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Spin's 2009 Readers' Poll is up, and Green Day is nominated for Artist Of The Year and Best Live Artist. Billie Joe was nominated for Sex God Of The Year. You can also nominate Green Day for Album Of The Year, Song Of The Yea...
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Green Day's "American Idiot" placed number nine on The Top Pop Albums of the Decade 2000s from popeater.ca. Thanks to for Michael128 from our forums for finding the news! Green Day was a runner up in AP Magazine's Most Impor...
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Green Day has picked up 3 nominations for the Grammy awards which were announced tonight. 21 Guns - Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - Up against: Coldplay, U2, Kings of Leon, Eric Clapton & Steve Winw...
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XFM's Songs of The Decade have been chosen, and Green Day grabbed three spots on the list: #40 Green Day - "American Idiot" #65 Green Day - "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" #71 Green Day - "When September Ends" You can view the...
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The Playboy 2009 Music Poll is up, and Green Day is nominated for Best Rock Album with "21st Century Breakdown" and Best Song with "Know Your Enemy". The winners will be announced in the March 2010 issue of Playboy. Get votin...
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As we posted earlier in the week Billie Joe is featured on the cover of Q Magazines latest issue Artists of the Century along with an interview. Here are the scans of the article thanks to Kryssi on the forum. Also, we ha...
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NME's Top 100 Albums Of The Decade is out, and "American Idiot" scored spot #60. See what NME has to say about Green Day here. 'American Idiots? Not a chance. Green Day are smarter than most of us thought or wanted them to b...
Nov 27, 2009
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Green Day is nominated for Groupe/Duo/Troupe International De L'annee (International Group/Duo/Troop of the year) in the NRJ Music Awards, which is a French ceremony held in Cannes, on January 23rd. You can vote for Green Day...
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Billboard.com is taking a stab at possible Grammy nominees. Green Day gets a mention, obviously, so check out Billboard's predictions! Official nominees will be announced on December 3rd. Also, be sure to vote for a Green Da...
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Green Day will be performing tonight at the AMA awards which start at 8pm EST on ABC. Update: Green Day won the Favorite Alternative Rock Artist award. Here's the video of them performing "21 Guns". Photos from the event ...
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As we posted a few days ago, Green Day is headed to the studio with the cast of the American Idiot Musical to record '21 Guns', Billie Joe is producing the track. The recording will be available to purchase for download by ...
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The pre-show for the American Music Awards will be streamed live online at ustream.tv/asnlive, starting at 3 p.m. Pacific Time/6 p.m. Eastern Time. Pre-show is usually when the artists and other celebrities arrive on the red ...
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JET is set to support Green Day for their upcoming Australian tour dates (December 4 - December 15). This comes from JET's official site. Green Day is currently back in the US, getting little to no break time between the tou...
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NME has this ongoing poll for "The Greatest Live Band Ever", and right now My Chemical Romance, Muse and The Killers are in the top spots, placing Green Day at number 4. So once again, you guys should take a few seconds to v...
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Please vote for Green Day on Rage 50 2009. You can vote for any or all of Green Day's newest videos - "Know Your Enemy", "21 Guns", and "21st Century Breakdown". Get voting! "21st Century Breakdown" is nominated for Best Ar...
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Please vote for Green Day as Rolling Stone's Artist of the Decade. Voting ends November 30th, so make sure to vote soon. Also, please vote for any Green Day song for Absolute Radio's Song of the Decade. Voting also ends Nove...
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Green Day has been nominated in the 2010 People's Choice Awards for "Favorite Rock Band". They're up against Daughtry, Kings of Leon, Muse and Paramore. Click below to vote, and they say on their site "Vote as often as you li...
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Today is the last day to vote for Green Day against Paramore. Right now, Paramore is in the lead - voting closes at midnight. Vote now! - and you can vote multiple times (Fuse suggests "Vote hard, Vote Often"). Pass the lin...
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Green Day will be performing at the 37th Annual American Music Awards later this month, which will be broadcast on ABC at 8pm eastern on November 22nd. From MTV. The band is also nominated for Favorite Alternative Rock Artis...
Nov 6, 2009
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By request of several GDA vistors, I've been asked to tell you to please vote for Green Day on Fuse Best of 2009. They are currently winning, but barely. So, yeah. Vote. Now. That is all....
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Green Day was at the EMA's earlier and picked up, as Billie Joe called it, the "Best Cock Award". You can watch their lovely awkward acceptance speech on YouTube. They also did a really kick ass performance of "Know Your Ene...
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Big Cheese Magazine has an interview with Mike Dirnt posted on their site. I haven't had a chance to listen to it, but it's supposed to be around 30 minutes long. You can listen to it here. They also have a Billie Joe poster...
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Green Day won the first round of Fuse's "Best of 2009" against Anberlin, and now they're up against Paramore. Voting has been extremely close all day, Paramore had the lead for most of the day. At the time of this posting, Pa...
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Green Day was nominated for "Favorite Alternative Rock Artist" in the American Music Awards, along with Kings of Leon and Shinedown. Be sure to vote for Green Day! Green Day is also in Fuse's Best Video of 2009 Tournament Br...
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The MTV Latin American Awards were last Thursday, October 15th. Green Day picked up two awards at the event; Best International Rock Artist (link), beating out Fall Out Boy, Metallica, Coldplay, and Linkin Park. They also won...



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