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News: Green Day "¡Uno!" Album Review — 5 out of 5 stars

2012-09-20T17:31:00.000-07:00

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:48:39

So, leave it to Green Day to top even Dookie with their ninth studio album, ¡Uno!.

Now, American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown were classics in their own right, but Dookie changed the game for a whole generation and beyond. If you can't hum "When I Come Around" by heart, there's something wrong with you. Who could forget the video for "Basket Case" or the band's mud-covered Woodstock '94 deification? However, the first entry of their ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! trilogy ups the ante and reeks of revolution. It's the biggest, most bombastic, and brilliant Green Day album yet. Like your favorite records from AC/DC and The Beatles were simplicity is the key to genius, ¡Uno! remains timeless.

From the power chord unrequited lover's plea "Stay the Night" to the smoking stomp of opener "Nuclear Family", the band has perfected pop rock into a punk-y science. "I just want some action, so give me my turn," declares singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong at the start of the former. That action comes on the tasty bass bounce from Mike Dirnt, while Tre Cool's towering beats can fill any stadium worldwide. Let's not forget the surf-style lead—pure California bliss.

"Carpe Diem" is a groove-driven anthem of seizing the moment—might be their "Motto" a la Drake and Weezy—and "Let Yourself Go" speeds up the punk well past 65 mph. The trio manages to experiment on the funky soul strut of "Kill the DJ". No man behind a computer or turntables will survive their swagger…

"Fall For You" fells sensitively slick in a '50s vibe, while the closer, and first single, "Oh Love" is as massive as anything U2 or Coldplay have turned out, but there's still the right amount of gutter grit.

Whether you dig pop, punk, rock, or whatever-catchy-sonic-poison-exists, ¡Uno! is for you. It's proof that rock is alive and well. Leave it to the punks, and there are two more of these on the horizon!

—Rick Florino
09.20.12

What's your favorite Green Day song?

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Tags: Green Day, AC/DC, The Beatles, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool, Drake, U2, Coldplay

News: Green Day Announce Upcoming Tour

2012-09-20T17:30:00.003-07:00

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:03:48

Green Day announced their massive late winter/early fall tour, with the tickets going on on sale Friday (September 14) and Saturday (September 15).

Tour Dates:

NOVEMBER
26th Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre (9/14 @ 12 pm)
27th Kennewick, WA Toyota Center (9/14 @ 10 am)
29th Salem, OR Salem Armory Auditorium (9/14 @ 12 pm)

DECEMBER
1st Sacramento, CA Memorial Auditorium (9/14 @ 10 am)
2nd Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort - Grand Theatre (9/14 @ 10 am)
4th Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (9/14 @ 10 am)
10th Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre (9/14 @ 10 am)

JANUARY
7th Green Bay, WI Resch Arena (9/15 @ 10 am)
8th Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena (9/15 @ 10 am)
10th Wilkes Barre, PA Mohegan Sun Arena (9/15 @ 10 am)
11th State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center - Penn State Univ. (9/14 @ 10 am)
13th Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena (9/15 @ 10 am)
14th Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center (9/15 @ 10 am)
16th Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center (9/14 @ 12 pm)
18th Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena (9/15 at 12 pm)
19th Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena (9/14 @ 10 am)
21st Fairfax, VA Patriot Center (9/15 @ 10 am)
22nd Philadelphia, PA Liacourias Center - Temple University (9/15 @ 10 am)
24th Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Center (9/15 @ 12 pm)
25th Portland, ME Cumberland Civic Center (9/15 @ 12 pm)
27th Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi Arena (9/22 @ 10 am)
29th Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre (9/15 @ 11 am)
30th Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center - Cleveland State Univ. (9/14 @ 10 am)

FEBRUARY
1st Moline, IL I Wireless Center (9/14 @ 10 am)
2nd Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center Memorial Col (9/14 @ 11 am)
4th Omaha, NE CenturyLink Arena (9/15 @ 12 pm)
6th Broomfield, CO 1STBANK Center (9/14 @ 10 am)
8th Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena (9/14 @ 10 am)

Are you going to see Green Day?

—Isabel Post
09.11.12

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News: Green Day Says Bon Jovi Are the Worst...

2012-09-20T17:30:00.001-07:00

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:40:56

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has no love for Bon Jovi.

He told Kerrang! that while "the best [band we've shared a stage with] is probably The Hives, they're a great live band," the absolutely worst honor goes to the Garden State legends. He finished, " [As for the worst] Oh boy, I have to go with Bon Jovi."

No love for Jovi! WTF, BJA? Jovi are rock icons. We love JBJ over here at ARTISTdirect.com.

Thems fightin' words!

What do you think of Billie Joe Armstrong's inflammatory comments about Bon Jovi? Have you ever seen Bon Jovi live? And? What did you think?

—Maggie Pannacione
09.19.12

Tags: Green Day, Bon Jovi, Billie Joe Armstrong, The Hives

News: Green Day Announce Upcoming Tour

2012-09-20T17:29:00.000-07:00

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:03:48

Green Day announced their massive late winter/early fall tour, with the tickets going on on sale Friday (September 14) and Saturday (September 15).

Tour Dates:

NOVEMBER
26th Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre (9/14 @ 12 pm)
27th Kennewick, WA Toyota Center (9/14 @ 10 am)
29th Salem, OR Salem Armory Auditorium (9/14 @ 12 pm)

Are you going to see Green Day?

—Isabel Post
09.11.12

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News: Green Day Cancel Italian Concert Due to Billie Joe Armstrong's Hospitalization

2012-09-10T09:42:00.000-07:00

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:00:06

Power trio Green Day canceled their September 2 gig in Bologna, Italy after frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was hospitalized. Details about BJA's illness were not shared with the media at press time, but his bandmates, drummer Tre Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt, did deliver a message to their fans about their singer's condition.

The twosome said that the doctors did not believe it was a good idea for BJA to play the show, so he didn't. It's a bum out, but it was also necessary. The boys did say they want to return to Italy as soon as they can and perform!

Green Day are slated to play the iHeartRadio Festival on September 21 in Las Vegas. We hope that BJA recovers soon and is able to make that gig. We're pulling for him.

What is your favorite Green Day song?

—Maggie Pannacione
09.04.12

Tags: Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool, Mike Dirnt

News: Green Day Joins Forces With Nokia + AT&T To Launch Nokia Music

2012-09-10T09:41:00.000-07:00

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:26:08

Punk rockers Green Day announced they have joined forces with Nokia and AT&T to launch Nokia Music, a new music streaming service offering consumers free and unlimited access to playlists and songs from a global catalogue boasting 17 million tracks. To celebrate the launch of Nokia Music, the multi-platinum selling band has created a series of exclusive playlists and will soon announce a very special kick-off concert.

For details on the launch event, fans can visit the Nokia Music/AT&T tab on the band's Facebook page.

Nokia Music is a mobile experience exclusive to Nokia Lumia handsets currently available at all AT&T stores. AT&T is the nation's largest 4G network. Consumers can stream unlimited music from a suite of over 150 exclusive playlists that are curated and kept up to date by an expert team of U.S based musicologists. The playlists span a wide spectrum of musical genres from underground Detroit house tracks to New York Philharmonic favorites.

Nokia Music also offers playlists created by global artists such as Green Day, who are an active part of the service curating their namesake playlists. Moreover, music fans can create their own personal soundtrack by selecting the Nokia Music "CREATE" function that generates a playlist based on, and inspired by, the artists they love.

Fans will also be able to access three special playlists, curated by Green Day exclusively for Nokia Music and AT&T. "We are excited to team up with Nokia Music and AT&T and for our fans to hear ¡Uno! for the first time on our Facebook page," said the members of Green Day.

In other Green Day news, singer Billie Joe Armstrong has been discharged from an Italian hospital. He was admitted over the weekend, forcing a cancelation of a show.

Are you going to check out this streaming service?

—Maggie Pannacione
09.05.12

Tags: Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong

News: Tino Coury Talks "This One’s For", "Drink My Love Away", and More

2012-09-10T09:40:00.001-07:00

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:29:41

Tino Coury spruces up pop music with classical charm, impressive vocals, and R&B swagger.

It's been a while since pop had a leading man, and Coury is well-suited for the job. His forthcoming album, This One's For, illuminates the numerous facets of this dynamic, diverse, and debonaire performer. It's instantly clear after just one listen to the single "Drink My Love Away". He's so good it's intoxicating…

In this exclusive interview with ARTISTdirect.com editor in chief Rick Florino, Tino Coury tells us all about This One's For, "Drink My Love Away", and so much more.

What's the story behind "Drink My Love Away"?

My best songs come from my own experiences. I'd gone through this situation before. "Drink My Love Away" [iTunes link]has an emotional lyric, but it's also a feel-good party record. If your relationship isn't going right, it's rough, and things aren't clicking, the best way I know how to deal with that is to go out with my friends, have a great time, and clear my head. That's the real message of the song and what I love so much about it.

How did the track come together?

I was in the studio with the producers Kadis & Sean. They were playing me a bunch of tracks, and I already had the concept in my head for "Drink My Love Away". When I heard this particular track, I thought it was perfect to marry to the concept. I didn't want it to be a sad song or a slow record. I wanted it to be a party record, but I also wanted an emotional lyric. I thought the track was perfect with the guitar loop, the tempo, the drums, and all of the little hooks. We started jotting down the words and piecing it all together quickly. There are a lot of little secret hooks from the chants to the percussion. There's so much for people to remember.

What's your take on This One's For as a whole?

I started out the album making a lot of R&B and urban records. Then, I got into more pop stuff like "Diary" and "Drink My Love Away". There's a good mix of soul and pop.

Is it important for you to tell stories lyrically?

That's my main thing. Every song has a story that people can connect or relate to. They're things I've gone through. I don't have any dance records that are just about going out and dancing. I stay away from that as a songwriter. I keep everything lyrical and relatable and try to tell a story with every record.

What influences that storytelling?

It's everything. It's life experience. It's seeing my friends go through something or watching a movie. Anything can spark a concept. I think about things to write about all day whether I'm in the shower or driving. It can be anything that inspires me.

What artists shaped you?

When I first got into music, I got my first guitar in seventh grade. My favorite bands were blink-182, Green Day, and New Found Glory. I'd also listen to U2. I'm a huge Coldplay fan. I listen to a lot of today's music like Usher, Chris Brown, and Justin Timberlake. I watch those DVDs and study their performances and how they entertain in the arenas. It's a mix of many different genres. I'll listen to Robin Thicke and study his vocal performance and dynamic. I'll bring that to my material. My iPod is filled with a lot of different things.

What's your approach to doing covers?

I'll change up the track or perform it acoustically. I leave my own touch, but I still preserve what people love about the original record. I definitely mix it up. It's cool for my fans to see a different side of me.

What ties the album together for you?

The cool thing about this album is it's about pushing no matter how long it takes or how hard it is. You've got to keep going and never give up. This One's For is for all of those people who didn't believe in me or said "No" to me. There are a lot of cool records like "Take Another Shot". They're inspiring. It's about the grind I'm going through as an artist trying to get out there and pushing myself. That's theme of this record.

—Rick Florino
09.05.12

Have you heard Tino Coury yet?

Tags: Tino Coury, blink-182, Green Day, Coldplay, New Found Glory, Robin Thicke, Usher, Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake

News: Green Day "Oh Love" Song Review — 5 out of 5 stars

2012-08-23T18:17:00.001-07:00

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:13:18

So, how do you evolve after two stellar rock operas?

If you're Green Day, you plot three big albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!, for successive release in the mere span of months. The first single from ¡Uno!, "Oh Love", sounds as grandiose as any of the band's massive conceptual fare, but with an old school rock twist.

"Oh Love" is Green Day at their biggest and most brilliant. Billie Joe Armstrong's hulking guitar moves in perfect sync with Tre Cool's calculated beats as Mike Dirnt holds down a smooth low end. Armstrong croons out the chorus flawlessly, bringing Beatles-style pop brilliance into an arena rock setting.

As the melody careens, Armstrong pulls off an elegantly harmonious solo befitting of the song's bombast. As far as Green Day hits go, this is one of their best, and the perfect prelude to the triple salvo of records on the horizon.

We're already in love, knowing ¡Uno! is bound to be a classic.

—Rick Florino
08.20.12

Watch the song's sexy music video below!

Did you dig the song?

Tags: Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool, Mike Dirnt, The Beatles

News: The Bands That Survived The Nineties - Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, RHCP, Korn and more

2012-08-23T18:16:00.000-07:00

> Home> News> The Bands That Survived The Nineties - Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, RHCP, Korn and moreThu, 16 Aug 2012 17:56:19

Remember the nineties? It’s that decade where all these current college kids were born! But more than that, it was a time of great change and creativity in rock. Anyone who was cool had long, grungy hair and wore a torn flannel shirt- so basically they looked like someone you’d see today living under a freeway on-ramp.

But who are those bands that have survived the decade? Chumbawamba? They got knocked down, but didn’t get back up again. Deep Blue Something? More like Deep Blue Nothing. Let’s take a look at the great bands that are still partying like it’s 1999!

These guys certainly have had many phases to their career, excelling at all of them. It all started with “Creep,” which became a huge hit off their first album, Pablo Honey. After that, The Bends was released- one of the best rock records of all time. And then? OK Computer- the band reinvented rock music and released an album that was simultaneously accessible and instant, yet completely ahead of its time. Since then, Radiohead have gone on to reinvent everything about music, and are clearly the band of a generation. Sure makes me feel like a loafer!

Tool is just as enigmatic and entrancing as they were when they first burst onto the scene in the early '90s. In fact, their mystique has only deepened with each subsequent album and an immersive show that can't be beat. Who else is this heavy and thoughtful? No one...

Is there any band more dependable and consistent than the Foo Fighters? Dave Grohl has formed a completely signature sound, and with absolutely impeccable songwriting, loud guitars, crashing drums, and hooks coming out of hooks, these guys have solidified themselves as one of the best rock bands of the last thirty years. It’s incredible to think that Dave Grohl started as “the drummer from Nirvana.” He was the Steve Young of rock music! *Steve Young was the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who took over for the legendary Joe Montana, only to become a legend in his own right. That’s a nineties Football reference for you all!

On June 19th, Smashing Pumpkins released their first studio album in five years, Oceania. Fans new and old are quite abuzz, and understandably so. The first single, “The Celestials,” builds and crescendos in a way that makes you remember why you loved the Pumpkins from the start. The album is a concept record, melding classic SP riffs with a Pink Floyd sensibility. It’s definitely one of the albums not to be missed this summer.

Considering that this band has had four albums in the last twenty five years, it’s hard to really say they “survived” the nineties. However, their latest album, The Great Escape Artist, has been a huge critical success, possessing the danger and innovation usually reserved for brand new artists. They are alive and kicking all year on tour, so be sure to catch them if you can.

Eddie Vedder and crew have managed quite the illustrious career following the massive success of such classic nineties albums as Ten and Vitalogy. While Pearl Jam itself has pressed on by self-releasing their last album, Backspacer in 2009, Mr. Vedder himself has simultaneously branched out. Within the last few years, Vedder has released several solo records, as well as scoring the Sean Penn-directed film, Into The Wild, starring Emile Hirsch and based on the 1996 non-fiction work by Jon Krakauer. Next up- a cook book! Not really.

This band actually didn’t survive the nineties- they died before the decade had even finished, only to rise from the ashes within the last several years, like a sexy vampire. Or zombie? Whichever one is hotter these days. Expect new music from them later this year. We can’t wait to hear their Led Zeppelin-esque riffs and Chris Cornell parting the clouds with his haunting and visceral screams.

Eighteen years into their career, this seminal hard rock/ metal band is still reinventing themselves. Originally, Korn melded metal, funk, hip hop, and several other seemingly disparate genres together in an all-together unique blend of music. Over the years, they have gained fans of all ages- and almost nine million Facebook fans to prove it. Their latest masterpiece, The Path of Totality, features plenty of EDM producers such as Skrillex, 12th Planet, Flinch, Excision, Datsik and more- proving that even today, Korn remain on the cutting edge of music.

Releasing their legendary debut in 1999, Slipknot capped off the century with an album that revolutionized heavy metal forever. They were the first to merge death metal technicality and instrumentation with a hypnotic melodic sensibility. They were the most intense band to emerge from the '90s, and they're more intense than ever.

Dookie was an absolute sensation in the mid-nineties. You couldn’t graduate middle school without knowing the entire album by heart when I was a kid. Then again, I went to that experimental school, The Academy of Nineties Suburban Teen Angst. It’s incredible to think that Green Day’s biggest and most creative work would come ten years after that release- with American Idiot, a timely, poignant, scathing and brilliant rock-opera pointed at President George W. Bush and his sycophants.

RHCP have evolved. When they arrived, few probably thought they would stick around for the long haul. Their best album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, was a turning point for the band in terms of melody. Then, at the turn of the millennium, these formerly funk-adelic souls released Californication- which showed a level of mature song-writing that solidified them as a band who would make their presence felt for years to come.

Isn’t this the title of Quentin Tarantino’s latest film project? Ahh, that’s Django Unchained- my bad! If these other bands “survived” the nineties and Soundgarden “rose from the dead,” then Alice in Chains was “reincarnated.” After tragically losing their original singer Layne Staley to drugs, they bounced back with their current vocalist William DuVall, whose vocal chords bear an uncanny resemblance to Staley. It’s not easy to replace a legend- especially with such a signature voice- but these fine men have done it.

After ruling the end of the '90s with Three Dollar Bill Y'All and Significant Other, Limp Bizkit are about to return with their first music under their new partnership with Cash Money Records. In essence by the premier rap metal outfit partnering with the ultimate hip hop label, Limp Bizkit stand ready for another revolution.

Of course, there are many other fantastic bands that have survived the nineties and gone on to have amazing careers. Who are we missing? Oh, whatever... Let us know, below!

—Mark Phillips
08.16.12

Tags: Radiohead, Tool, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Korn, Slipknot, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alice in Chains, Limp Bizkit, Chumbawamba, Deep Blue Something, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Chris Cornell, Skrillex, 12th Planet, Excision, Datsik, Eddie Vedder, Nirvana, Layne Staley, William DuVall, Emile Hirsch, Jon Krakauer, Quentin Tarantino, Into the Wild, Django Unchained

GREEN DAY, NO DOUBT, MAKE ROCKIN' RETURNS TO RADIO

2012-08-04T21:04:00.003-07:00

GREEN DAY, NO DOUBT, MAKE ROCKIN' RETURNS TO RADIO | Greenday.com Skip to main content area HomeNewsMusicPicsVidsTourIdiot ClubStore Subnav ExtrasRingtonesVoteInternationalRock BandFoxboro Hot TubsRusty Wired Series FleeceHoven Vision SunglassesAmerican Idiot BILLIE'S TWITTER E-MAILRSSITUNESTWITTERFACEBOOKMYSPACEYOUTUBE Sign up for Green Day's Mailing List GREEN DAY, NO DOUBT, MAKE ROCKIN' RETURNS TO RADIO

Green Day's "Oh Love" (Warner Bros.) storms Rock Songs at No. 1 with 13 million first-week audience impressions on 145 reporting stations. The track is just the third to open at the summit since the chart - which encompasses airplay on alternative, triple A, active rock and heritage rock stations - launched the week of June 20, 2009. Linkin Park's "The Catalyst" (Aug. 21, 2010) and Foo Fighters' "Rope" (March 12, 2011) previously soared in at No. 1.

"Oh Love" introduces "Uno!" (due Sept. 25), the first of three Green Day albums to be released over a 16-week span. "Dos!" follows on Nov. 13 and "Tres!" arrives on Jan. 15. "I want to write killer songs, but I want them threaded together and to speak to each other within an album, which in this case is basically inside three albums," the band's Billie Joe Armstrong recently told Billboard.

Full article at Billboard: HERE

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OFFICIAL GREEN DAY APP

2012-08-04T21:04:00.002-07:00

OFFICIAL GREEN DAY APP | Greenday.com Skip to main content area HomeNewsMusicPicsVidsTourIdiot ClubStore Subnav ExtrasRingtonesVoteInternationalRock BandFoxboro Hot TubsRusty Wired Series FleeceHoven Vision SunglassesAmerican Idiot BILLIE'S TWITTER E-MAILRSSITUNESTWITTERFACEBOOKMYSPACEYOUTUBE Sign up for Green Day's Mailing List OFFICIAL GREEN DAY APP

Get the new Green Day Official app right now for FREE in the Apple store HERE or the Android store HERE. Get instant updates on upcoming tours, new music, and videos, plus add your face to each new album cover and share with a friend in the Photocards section. You can also leave your own comments on the Fan Wall, and hear samples of their entire catalog.

And stay tuned for new features to be added soon!

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ROCKIN' ON JAPAN

2012-08-04T21:04:00.001-07:00

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"LET YOURSELF GO"

2012-08-04T21:04:00.000-07:00

"LET YOURSELF GO" | Greenday.com Skip to main content area HomeNewsMusicPicsVidsTourIdiot ClubStore Subnav ExtrasRingtonesVoteInternationalRock BandFoxboro Hot TubsRusty Wired Series FleeceHoven Vision SunglassesAmerican Idiot BILLIE'S TWITTER E-MAILRSSITUNESTWITTERFACEBOOKMYSPACEYOUTUBE Sign up for Green Day's Mailing List "LET YOURSELF GO"

This Monday the 30th at 7am EST, Altpress.com will be premiering the LIVE version of Let Yourself Go (filmed on Nov 17th, 2011 in Austin, TX). Make sure to check it out: HERE

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WORLD PREMIERE OF "OH LOVE"

2012-08-04T21:03:00.002-07:00

WORLD PREMIERE OF "OH LOVE" | Greenday.com Skip to main content area HomeNewsMusicPicsVidsTourIdiot ClubStore Subnav ExtrasRingtonesVoteInternationalRock BandFoxboro Hot TubsRusty Wired Series FleeceHoven Vision SunglassesAmerican Idiot BILLIE'S TWITTER E-MAILRSSITUNESTWITTERFACEBOOKMYSPACEYOUTUBE Sign up for Green Day's Mailing List WORLD PREMIERE OF "OH LOVE" Hear the first single, "Oh Love," from ¡Uno! right now by clicking here. You can also see the premiere of the brand-new lyric video at Rollingstone.com for the song, which is even better-viewed with 3D red and blue glasses (or you can watch without them!)
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'KILL THE DJ' - ARTWORK

2012-08-04T21:03:00.001-07:00

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GREEN DAY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE iHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL

2012-08-04T21:03:00.000-07:00

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INTERVIEW WITH ROB CAVALLO

2012-08-04T21:02:00.001-07:00

“You’re on this journey,” Warner Bros. Records Chairman Rob Cavallo told Green Day frontman-songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong. “Keep writing.”

It was Cavallo’s second trip in a few weeks to the Bay Area, where Armstrong once again played him song after dazzling song. Plenty of great material had piled up already, but the modern-rock hitmaker was clearly on fire and Cavallo—who signed the band in the ’90s and produced most of their albums (including the Diamond-certified Dookie and sextuple-platinum monster American Idiot)—didn’t want to interfere with the process. “We weren’t under any pressure to turn in the record quickly,” he points out. “So I said, ‘If you’re feeling it, keep going.’”

Armstrong had been traveling, most notably to New York, where he appeared in American Idiot on Broadway. Inspired by the creative energy there and other in ports of call, he found that the songs just started pouring out.

The result of this prolific phase is THREE new Green Day albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré!—which will see staggered releases between late September and mid-January. The hook-heavy, relentlessly uptempo ¡Uno! streets Sept. 25; its infectious lead single, “Oh Love,” brings the band’s first new material to the airwaves since 2009’s 21st Century Breakdown.

“At first we thought of releasing them in a three-week period, one per week,” Cavallo recalls. “We did a lot of research.” He credits the marketing department—which was understandably daunted, at first, by the prospect of bringing so much product to the marketplace in so short a span—for its diligence. “They discovered if you tie in schedules, singles, touring, international, licensing, brand partners and so on, the best thing to do was space them out six or seven weeks apart.” It didn’t hurt that the material was so strong; the WBR staffers who spoke to me about the albums tended to sound more like geeked-out superfans than industry veterans.

Cavallo once again produced, favoring a mostly live recording setup designed to capture the energy of Green Day’s frenetic shows. “We just got ourselves in the right headspace every day,” he notes, “and got great performances straight off the floor.” (Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool were joined throughout by resourceful second guitarist Jason White, whom Cavallo says is “practically the fourth member.” Cavallo himself added keyboards.)

Helpfully, the band had—with help from Cavallo and trusted engineer Chris Dugan—sequenced Armstrong’s huge trove of songs ahead of time, and recorded them mostly in order. This, Cavallo relates, helped them tell the “story” of this rock & roll triad that much more clearly.

While ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! isn’t a three-disc concept album—each album more than stands on its own—it is tied together thematically. “¡Uno! sort of represents the feelings and fun of getting ready to go to a party,” Cavallo explains. “¡Dos! is about being at the party, in the throes of alcohol, sex, drugs and rock & roll. And ¡Tré! is kind of the morning after—when you wake up and have that reflection about your life.”

That said, the project is highly eclectic and strongly showcases Armstrong’s ever-growing range as a writer, not to mention the band’s capacity for both crunch and nuance. The heart of ¡Dos! (due out 11/13) is sexed-up and dark, for example, but this party-hardy middle set concludes with “Amy,” a tender, stripped-down elegy for the ultimate party casualty, Amy Winehouse. The emotional directness and classic-pop finesse of this voice-and-guitar-only ballad invite comparisons to John Lennon’s stark solo records and the bluntly soulful work of Billy Bragg.

There’s far more to say about the voluminous material encompassed by ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré!, but for now I’ll point to a few other highlights. The first five slamming tracks on ¡Uno!—the stomping “Nuclear Family,” the yearning “Stay the Night,” the fierce yet philosophical “Carpe Diem,” the blistering call to arms “Let Yourself Go” and the funky-furious “Kill the DJ”—pack a musical wallop while probing emotionally complex territory. “They’re five perfectly written, diverse examples of where Green Day is right now,” Cavallo insists. “Every time I hear those five songs I just wanna hear them again.” ¡Uno! also offers dreamy power pop (“Fell for You,” “Sweet 16”) and jams that recall the uncompromising energy of Iggy Pop, the Dead Boys, Bad Brains and other punk stalwarts (“Loss of Control,” “Trouble Maker”).

¡Dos! boasts (among other tracks) heady, hormonal fare like “Fuck Time,” “Wild One” and “Makeout Party”; the lovely acoustic ballad “Drama Queen”; the dubby, clubby “Nightlife” (featuring a sinuous rap by Lady Cobra); and garage-psych nugget “Wow, That’s Loud!,” the title of which refers not to the music but to a “dirty party dress” sported (no doubt temporarily) by one of the narrator’s nocturnal companions.

¡Tré! (slated for a 1/15/13 release) is arguably the most ambitious of the three albums, tying together tasty, irresistible pop-rock like “Missing You,” “Stray Heart” and “Sex, Drugs and Violence”; the string-laden, gospel-tinged “Brutal Love”; the pivoting suite “Dirty Rotten Bastards” (which Cavallo likens to Idiot’s “Jesus of Suburbia”); the Occupy-worthy anthem “99 Revolutions”; and the cinematic, Beatlesque finale, “The Forgotten,” which ends the odyssey on a gorgeously affirmative note. “Don’t look away,” Armstrong sings on that uplifting closer, “from the arms of love.”

Cavallo is generous in his praise of the people who made an enterprise with so many moving parts possible. He gives due credit to the band’s longtime manager, Pat Magnarella, for creating the requisite “protective space” around them. He’s also effusive about the myriad specialists who assisted in the album’s creation, from Bill Schneider and the other instrument techs (who kept Green Day’s beloved vintage gear in ship shape) to master mixer Chris Lord-Alge.

Is it a risk to bring out three albums by anyone in as many quarters? Of course. But Cavallo—who was picking out Roger McGuinn riffs on his Taylor 12-string during our conversation—seems unconcerned. “I like to follow the artist,” he says. “If the artist is doing something natural and great, you have marketing support the creative and not the other way around—and you just decide to be fearless about it.”

Full article at Hits Daily Double: HERE

AMERICAN IDIOT THE MUSICAL

2012-08-04T21:02:00.000-07:00

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News from American Idiot's Facebook:

New dates will be announced soon, so keep checking back!

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NME MAGAZINE

2012-08-04T21:01:00.000-07:00

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Phew, 2012, eh? The year so far has already been a shower of riches, but it’s not over yet. The next five months will see an epic run of albums – and this week, NME goes behind the scenes to bring you all the juicy, behind-the-scenes details. Check it out: HERE

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GREEN DAY TRILOGY GOES 'AROUND THE WORLD IN 37 SONGS'

2012-08-04T21:00:00.001-07:00

GREEN DAY TRILOGY GOES 'AROUND THE WORLD IN 37 SONGS' | Greenday.com Skip to main content area HomeNewsMusicPicsVidsTourIdiot ClubStore Subnav ExtrasRingtonesVoteInternationalRock BandFoxboro Hot TubsRusty Wired Series FleeceHoven Vision SunglassesAmerican Idiot BILLIE'S TWITTER E-MAILRSSITUNESTWITTERFACEBOOKMYSPACEYOUTUBE Sign up for Green Day's Mailing List GREEN DAY TRILOGY GOES 'AROUND THE WORLD IN 37 SONGS'

Green Day may be exploring new territory — namely the "crotch area" — with their latest single "Oh Love," but that's just the beginning. Because on their upcoming trio of albums, they're proudly heading in three different, basically dissimilar directions — at the same time. So while they may be starting below the belt, even they're not sure where they'll end up.
"The last two albums, American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, sort of bookend each other, and it's the end of that era," frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told MTV News. "And I think with writing these three albums ... we just started writing songs, just getting back to basics, more stripped-down rock and roll. [And] we just started noticing the changes that were happening, so ¡Uno! is more of a power-pop record, >¡Dos! is more of a dirty, party, garage record, and >¡Tré! is sort of this epic ending of the whole thing ... So it's kind of like going around the world in 37 songs with Green Day."

And though they wrote a boatload of songs for the upcoming trilogy (¡Uno! is due September 25), Green Day never really intended to make three albums. They just knew that, after unwinding from a worldwide tour in support of Breakdown, they were feeling more creative than ever — and they didn't want to put any of the new material on the back burner.

"We got back from the last tour, we had done a little bit of demoing in some studios in Europe, but we just got back, [and] we just got in a room, and it really started with us jamming one song," bassist Mike Dirnt said. "We just worked real hard, like five days a week writing songs, and as that progression moved along, eventually we had written some other songs that were a little more irreverent and garage style, a little more Foxboro Hot Tubs vibe to it, and then we had some other songs that were a little more reflective and more of an epic nature. ... But the songs were really good. We wouldn't put 'em out if they weren't."

And while there may be no unifying theme behind the trio of albums, that seems to be precisely the point. Because about the only rule Green Day had while making ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! was that they didn't want to make American Idiot again. They just wanted to sit back and let it rip.

"Each album has its own personality," Dirnt said. "They're not tied together in concept; it's just three different sides of Green Day. ... We definitely never planned to do three albums; it just ended up being fun."

Full article and video at MTV: HERE

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BILLBOARD MAGAZINE

2012-08-04T21:00:00.000-07:00

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News from Billboard.com:

Get a first look at our new GREEN DAY cover!

The issue is out tomorrow, and on newsstands by Monday.

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BILLIE JOE AND MIKE TALK TO MTV ON THE SET OF 'OH LOVE'

2012-08-04T20:58:00.001-07:00

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On Monday, Green Day unveiled a lyric video for "Oh Love," the first single off ¡Uno! (the first of three albums they'll be releasing between September and January), and as if you couldn't tell from those lyrics, it's most definitely a song that deals with matters of the heart ... not to mention a few other vital areas.

" 'Oh Love' is kind of like leading with your heart and not necessarily with your brain as much," frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told MTV News. "And [also] kind of maybe losing your mind, and shooting a little bit more from the crotch area."

That's probably to be expected from a trio of albums that began life with Armstrong proudly proclaiming "It's F--- Time!!!", and it will definitely carry over into the "Oh Love" video, which, as bassist Mike Dirnt explained, doesn't stray far from those shoot-from-the-crotch sentiments.

"It pulls from the heartstrings, and it's about love and sexual tension and things like that; that said, I think the video is gonna tip its hat in those directions," he explained. "I know we've got some real fun scenes that might involve motorcycles and us playing live and possibly some chaos backstage and things like that."

And Green Day are most definitely embracing that pro-party ethos on ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tre! ... even if their idea of a party might be slightly different from yours or mine. And they can't wait to take it out on the road.

"It's more of a fun atmosphere with these next records, going into more of a party thing, almost kind of a 'hell party,' " he laughed. "We have one song called 'Makeout Party,' which the events actually occurred. And that's almost what the next video for 'Oh Love' is sort of like. So, it's going to be a lot of fun touring this next cycle and bringing it to people live."

Full article and video at MTV: HERE

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GREEN DAY MUSICAL AMERICAN IDIOT COMING TO MANCHESTER

2012-08-04T20:58:00.000-07:00

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THE incredibly successful chart-topping Green Day album, American Idiot, has been turned into a stage musical and is set to wow audiences in Manchester this winter.

The performance will be on at the Palace Theatre from November 12-24.

It tells the story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9/11 world.

American Idiot features the music of Green Day including popular well-known songs such as Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Wake Me Up When September Ends, and Holiday, as well as the blockbuster title track from Green Day’s 2004 Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum album.

Green Day frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong, said: “We’re excited to be bringing the US stage production of American Idiot to the UK and Ireland.”

“We played to some of the most insane crowds when we toured the album there, and we can’t wait for our friends across the pond to see the musical.”

American Idiot is already the winner of two Tony Awards and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.

For tickets call 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk

Full article at Chester Chronicle: HERE

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U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL CITIES ANNOUNCED FOR AMERICAN IDIOT'S NEXT TOUR PHASE

2012-08-04T20:57:00.000-07:00

U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL CITIES ANNOUNCED FOR AMERICAN IDIOT'S NEXT TOUR PHASE | Greenday.com Skip to main content area HomeNewsMusicPicsVidsTourIdiot ClubStore Subnav ExtrasRingtonesVoteInternationalRock BandFoxboro Hot TubsRusty Wired Series FleeceHoven Vision SunglassesAmerican Idiot BILLIE'S TWITTER E-MAILRSSITUNESTWITTERFACEBOOKMYSPACEYOUTUBE Sign up for Green Day's Mailing List U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL CITIES ANNOUNCED FOR AMERICAN IDIOT'S NEXT TOUR PHASE

New casting and dates have been announced for the international tour of Green Day's American Idiot, the two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the Green Day album, with a story crafted by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and director Michael Mayer. The 2012-13 non-Equity tour begins at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center in North Charleston, SC, on Aug. 29-30.

Alex Nee will play Johnny, along with Thomas Hettrick as Tunny, Casey O'Farrell as Will, Alyssa DiPalma as Whatsername, Jenna Rubaii as The Extraordinary Girl, Kennedy Caughell as Heather and Trent Saunders as St. Jimmy. The company will also feature ensemble members Aurie Ceylon, Carson Higgins, Antwaun Holley, Daniel C. Jackson, Brandon Kalm, John Krause, Alison Morooney, Turner Rouse, Jr., Jamal Shuriah, Dustin Harris Smith, Ashley Tobias, Chelsea Turbin and Jared Young.

American Idiot, which won the Grammy as Best Musical Show Album, features the music of Green Day with lyrics by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong. The show won 2010 Tony Awards for its scenic and lighting design by Christine Jones and Kevin Adams, respectively. Mayer is the Tony Award-winning director of Spring Awakening who also works in film ("Flicka," "A Home at the End of the World") and TV ("Smash," "Do No Harm").

American Idiot is choreographed by Olivier Award winner Steven Hoggett (Black Watch, Once) with orchestrations and arrangements by Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal).

The acclaimed creative team also includes costume design by Andrea Lauer, sound design by Brian Ronan, video and projections design by Darrel Maloney, music supervision by Jared Stein, associate choreography by Lorin Latarro and associate direction by Johanna McKeon.

The rock musical tells the story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9-11 world. The score includes all music from Green Day's 2004 album "American Idiot," plus additional numbers from Green Day's Grammy Award-winning 2009 release "21st Century Breakdown" (including "21 Guns" and an unreleased love song, "When It's Time").

The tour schedule includes dates in Bloomington, IN; Louisville, KY; Buffalo, NY; Cardiff, Wales; Dublin, Ireland; Glasgow, Scotland; London, England; Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Nashville, TN; and beyond.

For more information and tour dates, visit americanidiotthemusical.com.

Full article at Playbill: HERE

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