News Archives - July 2010

Billboard's Top Money Makers

By Jimmy /Mar. 21, 2010 / Comments

Green Day was listed as one of Billboard's Top Money Makers of 2009. Green Day came in at number 32 on the list with making more than $12.1 million this past year. $8.8 million of that is what they made off of their 21st Century Breakdown tour. The other $3.3 million was made mostly off of album sales for 21st Century Breakdown.

Coming in at number one on the list was U2 making a whopping $108 million. You can view the full list over at MTV.com by clicking here.

In other news, the crew of the American Idiot Musical has started posting blog entries on their Facebook page entitled 'Idiot Interns'. You can read their three blog entries on Facebook.com by clicking here.

Spin Magazine scans

By Jimmy · Mar. 21, 2010 · 0 Comments

Last week we posted that Billie Joe is currently on the cover of latest issue of Spin Magazine. If you have not had the time to pick up a copy of the magazine yourself you can view the scans of the article below. Thanks to Beth for ... read story

South African MK Awards, MTV Poll

By Jimmy · Mar. 20, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]032010_africanaward.jpg[/newsImage]On the 28th of February, the MK Awards were held in South Africa. Green Day did not attend this event, but they sill managed to win an award. The band won the award for the category 'Best ... read story

Out Magazine scans

By Jimmy · Mar. 20, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]032010_outmag.jpg[/newsImage]Earlier in the week we posted that Billie Joe Armstrong was featured on the cover of Out Magazine's April issue. If you have not had the chance to pick up the magazine for yourself you can now view ... read story

Student lottery for the American Idiot Musical

By Jimmy · Mar. 19, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]031910_ai-small.jpg[/newsImage]Green Day's site for the American Idiot Musical has put up a special offer for students only. A limited number of tickets have become available for the first two rows of the orchestra seating. ... read story

Opening acts to support summer UK tour

By Jimmy · Mar. 18, 2010 · 0 Comments

Support acts have begun to be announced for Green Day's upcoming summer UK tour. So far we know of two acts that will be supporting Green Day on the tour. You can see dates that they will be playing along with information on the bands ... read story

Pinhead Gunpowder show up for download

By Jimmy · Mar. 18, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]031810_pinhead-download.jpg[/newsImage]On February 12th, Billie Joe's side band, Pinhead Gunpowder played a benefit show for Anandi at 924 Gilman Street. Last week the club released a MP3 recording of the show on their website ... read story

Kerrang! Magazine scans

By Jimmy · Mar. 18, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]031810_kerrangscan-small.jpg[/newsImage]The other day we posted that Kerrang! Magazine had a story that included "exclusive" information about the follow up to '21st Century Breakdown'. As we expected, the article has nothing ... read story

Billie Joe in Spin Magazine

By Courtney · Mar. 17, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]billiespincover2010sm.jpg[/newsImage]Billie Joe graces the cover of the next issue of Spin Magazine. He is one of the several covers available (Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is also one). The article features Billie Joe ... read story

Green Day featured in the next issue of Kerrang! Magazine

By Jimmy · Mar. 16, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]031610_kerrang-new.jpg[/newsImage]Kerrang! Magazine posted details on their upcoming issue and some familiar faces are on the cover. Kerrang! says that they have exclusive details on the follow up to '21st Century Breakdown'. ... read story

Video/Pictures of Billie Joe at Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame

Mar. 16, 2010 · 0 Comments

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 jumped up to ... read story

Out magazine article with Billie Joe

Mar. 15, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]031510_outMag.jpg[/newsImage]Out.com posted the article about Billie Joe that's featured in the April 2010 issue of Out magazine. It's a very good read that focuses partly on the musical, with interviews with both Billie Joe and ... read story

Debut album release for The Razorbax

Mar. 15, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]031510_razorbax.jpg[/newsImage]You guys know we usually don't promote many other bands - so hopefully me doing this at all will be some encouragement to take it seriously. An up and coming band out of England, The Razorbax, are ... read story

Billie Joe on the cover of 'Out' magazine

Mar. 14, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]031410_out042010_th.jpg[/newsImage]Billie Joe is gracing the cover of the April 2010 issue of 'Out' magazine. The scans originally showed up on eBay. The title reads "Idiot Savant - Billie Joe Armstrong's Unlikely Second Act ... read story

US tour kicks off August 3 in New Jersey

Mar. 12, 2010 · 0 Comments

[newsImage]031210_2010tour_th.jpg[/newsImage]The official site just announced that Green Day's 2010 US tour will kick off August 3 at Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. AFI will be opening up for this tour. A full list of ... read story

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