Weekly Recap: May 16 - 24
May. 24, 2009 / Comments
Here's a recap of the news for the past week:
Saturday May 16: Green Day performed "Know Your Enemy" and "21 Guns" on SNL. The videos we originally linked to have been taken offline, but [turl=http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=40138&view=findpost&p=2870471]visit the forum[/turl] for download links if you haven't seen these yet.
Monday May 18: Green Day is on the cover of Rock Sound magazine, read the article [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1242691629&archive=]in this post[/turl]. Green Day also performed on at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, photos can be [turl=http://greendayauthority.com/Picture_Vault/thumbnails.php?album=181]viewed here[/turl].
Wednesday May 20: Billboard announced that 21st Century Breakdown has taken the #1 spot on the top 200 list, despite the album only being on sale for 3 days. Tuesday night Green Day played Webster Hall in New York City for MySpace's "The List", photos can be [turl=http://greendayauthority.com/Picture_Vault/thumbnails.php?album=182]seen here[/turl].
Thursday May 21: AP publishes an article about Green Day standing up against Wal-Mart's policy to only sell the new album if they offered a clean censored version. Green Day also stops by to visit The Colbert Report, watch this video of their interview and performance of Know Your Enemy.
Friday May 22: Green Day performs 4 songs for Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series. Watch all 4 performances and their short interview on the GMA website. Green Day did a kickass performance of "East Jesus Nowhere" on the Late Show with David Letterman, watch the performance on YouTube.
Sunday May 24: CBS Sunday Morning airs an interview and story about Green Day, which you can watch here.
These weekly recaps will become a regular part of GDA updates, and will be posted every Sunday night. We hope they'll help keep everyone up to date of the bigger stories posted throughout the week. Of course, scroll through the stories or use the Headlines button up above to get all the details.
Saturday May 16: Green Day performed "Know Your Enemy" and "21 Guns" on SNL. The videos we originally linked to have been taken offline, but [turl=http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=40138&view=findpost&p=2870471]visit the forum[/turl] for download links if you haven't seen these yet. Monday May 18: Green Day is on the cover of Rock Sound magazine, read the article [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1242691629&archive=]in this post[/turl]. Green Day also performed on at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, photos can be [turl=http://greendayauthority.com/Picture_Vault/thumbnails.php?album=181]viewed here[/turl].
Wednesday May 20: Billboard announced that 21st Century Breakdown has taken the #1 spot on the top 200 list, despite the album only being on sale for 3 days. Tuesday night Green Day played Webster Hall in New York City for MySpace's "The List", photos can be [turl=http://greendayauthority.com/Picture_Vault/thumbnails.php?album=182]seen here[/turl].Thursday May 21: AP publishes an article about Green Day standing up against Wal-Mart's policy to only sell the new album if they offered a clean censored version. Green Day also stops by to visit The Colbert Report, watch this video of their interview and performance of Know Your Enemy.
Friday May 22: Green Day performs 4 songs for Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series. Watch all 4 performances and their short interview on the GMA website. Green Day did a kickass performance of "East Jesus Nowhere" on the Late Show with David Letterman, watch the performance on YouTube.Sunday May 24: CBS Sunday Morning airs an interview and story about Green Day, which you can watch here.
These weekly recaps will become a regular part of GDA updates, and will be posted every Sunday night. We hope they'll help keep everyone up to date of the bigger stories posted throughout the week. Of course, scroll through the stories or use the Headlines button up above to get all the details.
