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Billie Joe Armstrong reveals “embarrassingly bad” original lyrics to Basket Case

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has given an honest assessment of his first attempt at writing Dookie mega-hit Basket Case, before he changed up the whole thing and made “the best decision I’d ever made, probably, as a songwriter”.

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Green Day’s Saviors hits Number One in the UK charts: “We love you all”

Billie Joe Armstrong says Green Day are “so excited about our future, about our album Saviors”, as he accepts a fifth Number One in the UK from the Official Charts.

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See Green Day go busking undercover with Jimmy Fallon

Watch a segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in which Green Day – in disguises – go busking in front of some unsuspecting New York commuters…

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Green Day played a surprise set at a subway station in New York last night

See footage of Green Day – alongside a tambourine-playing Jimmy Fallon – performing an acoustic set on the platform of a packed Rockefeller Center subway station.

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Green Day: “We’re not going anywhere… and we’re just getting better!”

They’re back! And Green Day have been squirrelled away in London and Los Angeles “making rock’n’roll history again” with their new album, Saviors. Here, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool lift the lid on their latest banger, feeling happy again, finding connections, and wearing the smelliest gear ever in the studio…

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Album review: Green Day – Saviors

Can we get a ‘heeeey-ooooh’? Green Day have lost none of their magic or sense of realness on 14th album…

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‘I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda’: Green Day changed American Idiot’s lyrics in their New Year’s Eve performance

During the band’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show, Billie Joe Armstrong updated the lyrics in American Idiot to reflect Green Day’s more recent political thoughts…

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How Green Day’s new album Saviors has a similar approach to American Idiot

Billie Joe Armstrong explains how Saviors is similar to American Idiot, in the sense that both records came after albums where Green Day were “trying to further our musical knowledge”.

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Surprise! Green Day are playing an intimate show in Paris this weekend

As well as a last-minute show in Paris on November 4, Green Day say they’ll be “seeing some more of you in other cities very soon”.

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Green Day share 21st Century Breakdown-esque snippet of new music

Sounding like a mix of American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown and Revolution Radio, a new Green Day single – seemingly called The American Dream Is Killing Me – is on the way!

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Green Day are teasing something with new video and website

Surprise! Green Day have launched a new website, The American Dream Is Killing Me, and shared a 33-second teaser video.

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Green Day are teasing something to do with the 30th anniversary of Dookie

Green Day’s seminal third album Dookie turns 30 next February… and the pop-punk icons are already starting to tease something.

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See Green Day play a brand-new song called 1981 live in Quebec City

At their show in Quebec City on July 16, Green Day performed the track 1981 live for the first time ever – watch fan-shot footage now!

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Green Day announce massive Nimrod anniversary edition, stream previously-unreleased song

Green Day have unveiled unreleased track You Irritate Me, taken from their just-announced Nimrod 25th Anniversary Edition album.

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Green Day are teasing Nimrod’s 25th anniversary this Friday

Green Day’s beloved 1997 album Nimrod turns 25 on Friday… and the band are seemingly going to be celebrating the big day.

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“You’re making me f*cking cry”: Green Day share footage from “craziest” Argentina show

Green Day have shared some truly incredible footage from their Argentina show, featuring a visibly moved Billie Joe Armstrong.

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