November 2012

The Idiot Club has posted an interview with Jason White who answered questions from fans. It's a good read, it's nice to learn a bit more about Jason since he usually avoids press. Here's an answer describing how he first met Green Day. How did you meet Billie ...

Continuing with the theme that ¡Cuatro! has set for us this past week, what better #ThrowbackThursday video other than Heart Like a Hand Grenade? Heart Like a Hand Grenade is a documentary about the recording of Green Day's American Idiot album that was never ...

Last night, VH1 showed an hour-long edited section of Green Day's documentary about the making of the trilogy, titled ¡Cuatro!. Over the course of the next month, both VH1, MTV2 and Palladia will be showing this TV version of ¡Quatro! periodically. The next ...

iTunes is now taking pre-orders for a new Green Day compilation, titled Uno... Dos... Tré!. The album is due out December 11th, the same day as ¡Tré, and is a compilation of every track in the new Green Day trilogy. The album is only $25, which is pretty ...

With the premiere of ¡Cuatro!'s highlights just a few hours away, MTV has released two new clips from the documentary. In the first clip the band talks about playing club shows and how that atmosphere challenges them since they feel like they are a young band ...

Hello there, To introduce myself, my name's Joe, I'm a twenty-four year-old man from the UK and my fandom of Green Day extends as far as willingly, without financial or sexual remuneration, editing the little-read GDA Newsletter. It's also my responsibility to ...

MTV has just uploaded another short clip from ¡Cuatro! that VH1 will be showing a part of this documentary later this week on November 28th. In this clip the band talks about writing songs together for the trilogy and jamming outside of the studio. One ...

MTV has posted this preview of Cuatro today, and man, I found it very powerful. It's short, but seemingly perfect considering we're in this holding pattern waiting till we get to see Green Day out there performing again. Billie Joe talks about taking a break ...

Today is cyber monday, which means some great deals for stuff around the web. Here's a few notable sales on Green Day merchandise from around the web. Hot Topic has 25% off everything with free shipping on any purchase. A few notable items: Green Day Dots ( ...

This week, we're posting about eBay stuff a day early, since one of the items we want to feature ends on Monday. With purchase of a vinyl copy of ¡Dos!, some extra promo items were also given out. Things like sticker sets, lithographs, and my favorite: promo ...

Hot Topic is now selling a new girls Green Day t-shirt based on the design theme of the trilogy. The black shirt features a trippy arrow design in the background with a large white X on top surrounded by a circle. The shirt starts at $20 and is currently "buy ...

¡Dos!, Green Day's newest album released November 13th, has debuted on Billboards Top 200 chart at number 9. The album sold nearly 70,000 copies in the United States during its first week. Taking the top spot this week was a new album by One Direction. In ...

Earlier today, Green Day announced in a press release that they will be premiering highlights from their documentary, ¡Cuatro!, on VH1 next week. The press release describes ¡Quatro! as "pulling back the curtain," and takes fans inside the world of Green Day ...

In the latest issue of Alternative Press, the rock magazine reviews and rates Green Day's final album of the trilogy, ¡Tré! which comes out on December 11th. The review is mixed. However, it only made me more excited for the album. But that's kind of the ...

This week, we'll be showing you guys some items related to Green Day's American Idiot: The Musical. The very first showings occurred in at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2009. After a year-long stint on Broadway and an ongoing tour of the US, the musical is ...

Warner Music out of Switzerland is now listing the track lengths of Green Day's next album, ¡Tré!, on their website. Looks like the total running time of the album is 46:35, which is the longest in the trilogy. Helping that album time length is the track " ...

Green Day has been nominated in the "Favorite Band" category of this year's People's Choice Awards. Other band's nominated in the category include Linkin Park, No Doubt, Maroon 5, and Train. Green Day was nominated for the same award in 2006 and won so lets ...

GreenDay.com has announced that Green Day will be headlining the Rock The Beach Festival in Helsinki, Finland on June 26th. Other announced performers include Queens of the Stone Age and Stone Sour. Tickets for the three day festival will go on sale starting ...

Just a few days after the release of ¡Dos!, some major music outlets are already posting their reviews. Alternative Press - (4 stars): One shocker in this review: "Wild One" is compared to Coldplay's "Yellow"...just go read it. Rolling Stone - (3.5 stars): ...

For this week's #ThrowbackThursday we are bringing you something a little different. Normally we've been posting just a single three minute video of the band, but today we are bring you the band's full one hour set from the Bizarre Festival in 2001. During ...

Back in September, we posted scans of Billie Joe's interview with Guitar World. Now, Guitar World has posted the full feature article online. Although some of you will have already read it, it's interesting to go back and re-read, since we've heard two of the ...

Tilly's, an apparel retailer, is holding a Green Day contest. One winner will receive a two-day trip for two to Hollywood, CA, where they will meet Green Day on the set of their next music video. Unfortunately for some, this contest is open to US residents ...

When Green Day sat down with VMusic in August to discuss their forthcoming trilogy of albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!, Billie described the three albums with a mere couple of sentences, "To me, it's just a bunch of really good songs that are straight to ...

Green Day's second new album in under two months, ¡Dos!, is released today in the US! The album is well worth what the wait has been; the first new album, ¡Uno!, came out on September 25th. You can find lyrics for the full album right here. Digital Downloads ...

A few days ago, we posted asking you guys to help get the word out about ¡Dos!, which drops worldwide in under three hours. So far the outpour has been tremendous with the support of our forum members helping to get word of ¡Dos!'s release out there. Here is ...

We've just started using our own tumblr at gdauthority.tumblr.com to post some random Green Day stuff. Unlike our Facebook and Twitter feeds, which post news headlines as soon as we publish them (a good way to let you know when there's news), we'll be using ...

Rock Band has announced that Green Day tracks will become available on Rock Band 3 tomorrow, November 13th. Owners of Rock Band will be able to purchase four different packs of songs: Green Day Pack 04 ($5.49) -- "Geek Stink Breath" -- "Nice Guys FInish Last ...

From all of us here at The Green Day Authority, we would like to wish Green Day's second guitarist, Jason White, a happy 39th birthday today. If you don't know much about Jason, click here to read our brief biography on him. Also, if you haven't already, check ...

Jason White, Green Day's second guitarist's side band, The Big Cats, have announced that they will be playing two rare shows in the coming weeks. - November 24th - The White Water Tavern, Little Rock, Arkansas - December 1st - Carrollton Station, New Orleans, ...

We're a little late to the party with this piece of news, but hey, better late than never right? This past Tuesday, Green Day announced that they would be headlining the BBK Live Festival in Spain on July 13th, 2013. Other notable bands that have been ...

Are you all ready for the official release of the next installment in the Green Day trilogy, ¡Dos!, on Tuesday? That better be a "hell yes," as far as I'm concerned. With the band missing-in-action as of late, it seems the promotion of ¡Dos! has been pretty ...

Earlier this week photographer Felisha Tolentino began her own countdown to ¡Dos! which officially drops next Tuesday on her Tumblr page. Starting this past Monday, Felisha has begun posting a new Green Day photo everyday from her ¡Uno! photoshoot. Felisha ...

I'm excited to share with you guys a project needed here on GDA for quite some time, yes, a Green Day biography. It's shameful we haven't had one in so long but I think the new one is worthy of the largest Green Day fan site on the net. The first part is up ...

In a recent interview with CBS Local, Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 talked about Billie's recent incident at the iHeart Radio Festival and his time in rehab that followed. I saw what happened onstage, and then I saw the announcement like two days later or whatever ...

Green Day's song "Let Yourself Go" off of ¡Uno! is currently being used in a commercial promoting this year's MTV European Music Awards. Along with the band's song being used in the commercial, Green Day is also nominated in the Best Live and Best Rock ...

Now here's a little something special for all of you vinyl lovers out there. It looks like if you ordered ¡Dos! on vinyl you'll be able to hear "Drama Queen" off of ¡Tre! about a month early. Originally "Drama Queen" was going to be on ¡Dos!, but was last ...

For this week's installment of #ThrowbackThursday we are bringing you back to the 2005 Grammy Awards. At the show Green Day performed the title track to their at the time most recent work, American Idiot. In addition, Green Day's performance of "American Idiot ...

German fans rejoice, the band has just announced two new shows taking place in Germany next June: Saturday June 8th Rock im Park Sunday June 9th Rock am Ring Other notable bands scheduled for this festival are Bad Religion, Simple Plan, Fun., 30 Seconds To ...

NME has released Green Day's newest music video. This one is for the current single off ¡Dos!, "Stray Heart."

Green Day's second album in their three album trilogy, ¡Dos! is now being streamed on week early on Rolling Stone.com. On ¡Dos! Green Day serves up a short but sweet platter of thirteen tracks that rock hard and fast. Opener "See You Tonight" features Billie ...

While Green Day is in the middle of releasing a trilogy, Jason White's side band, The Big Cats, have also been hard at work on a double album. The first part, The Ancient Art Of Leaving: High & Low was released last December on Max Recordings. The Ancient Art ...

The Idiot Club is reporting that Green Day's video for "Stray Heart," the first single from ¡Dos!, will be making its world debut tomorrow morning at 9:00am EST Wednesday morning. At the moment, it is unknown where it'll premiere. Though, we do know it'll be ...

Last night, Billie Joe tweeted from his official account for the first time in a long time. His message was simple (and fairly predictable): Vote for Obama!-- Billie Joe Armstrong (@BJAofficial) November 5, 2012 Also, a little while before his Twitter post, ...

This week, our featured eBay items are pretty unique. You probably can't buy these in too many places other than eBay. Thanks in part to the referral of one of our readers, we noticed that one eBay seller has made some really, really detailed miniature ...

Oregon punk rock band, Broadway Calls, recently covered Green Day's "She" at Fest 11 in Florida last week. I was originally introduced to Broadway Calls in 2008 when Billie Joe's record label, Adeline Records, signed the band. From the start I really dug ...

There is a competition going for fans to create a new image for Green Day's official Facebook timeline and the prizes is pretty damn awesome: One pair of tickets to a Green Day concert of the winner's choice (travel and accommodation is the responsibility of ...

Entertainment Weekly has had the chance to listen to and review ¡Dos!. EW gives the album a B+, despite some not-good yet not-bad things to say about it. This was more of a commentary than a review. None-the-less, it's an interesting read. The most ...

Green Day is on this week's cover of Big Cheese magazine, which also includes an 8-page article about the trilogy. We're told there's an "interview where Billie Joe explains that the band is "fucking nuts!" and how the second album in their trilogy is "the ...

Green Day's SoundCloud account is now offering up a stream of "The Forgotten," track 12 from ¡Tré!. As I'm sure you know, the song is being released now due to its inclusion in the new Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn, Pt. II. The song is purchasable from ...

The official Green Day site out of Germany, GreenDay.de, has posted a great contest and some pretty awesome content from ¡Dos!. They just started a contest where residents of Germany can drive around the country to various cities and find posters that are ...

Converse has just posted this behind the scenes making the trilogy. It shows Green Day in studio. Check the videos out below Thanks to Alex for sending this news.

With the United States presidential election right around the corner, what better theme for our #ThrowbackThursday than Billie Joe's mock presidential campaign from 2000? Take a look, and VOTE BILLIE JOE!!!