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New trilogy girls t-shirt with tour dates available at Hot Topic

Andres — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:43:52 EDT

Hot Topic has released this red comic-style girls t-shirt. The shirt is the same as the one available at Green Day's shows on tour, and includes the tour dates for the 99 Revolutions tour.

The shirt is currently on sale for $15.38 and available at HotTopic.com.

New design for GDA

Andres — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:12:11 EDT

New design

We're excited to finally debut an updated design for GDA. Our aim for this update was to make a cleaner design, something easier to browse, and to change the way we handle comments.

We're in the middle of updating the entire site right now, so there will be some errors and some ugly pages around the site till we can get to them all. Right now the only section that is working is the current news. We will be working on making the archives and older posts available within the next 48 hours.

First off, you'll notice that we've gotten rid the "double nav bar" we used to have up top and instead went with a drop down for each section. We think this design will be a lot easier to navigate around each section.

Next you'll notice a featured story on the top right of the site. This will be regularly updated to show either important news or GDA stuff going on.

The last major change is that we are no longer using Disqus to offer comments for news stories. Instead we've built a system that ties directly into our forum, Green Day Community. We'll be linking related stories together and showing the first 20 posts for each story/topic on GDA. You'll find a link to the forum topic below each news post where you can go and leave your input. This system better allows us to tie our sites together as well as decrease page-load times since we no longer have to load in all the Disqus code to display comments.

Please leave feedback for us on these changes by viewing the comments, or by posting in this topic.

Thanks!

Win a drum stick autographed by Tre Cool from the Idiot Nation

Jimmy — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:21:59 EDT

Tre Cool

Idiot Nation has been on a roll with their contests lately and have just announced another cool one. Idiot Nation is now giving away eight autographed drum sticks from Tré Cool.

To enter, all you have to do is fill out a simple form over on Idiot Nation's site. Winners will be chosen this upcoming Friday, May 24th.

On a related note, here's some good news for those of you outside of the United States: All of Idiot Nation's contests are now open for international entries.

Billie Joe featured in SPIN's "Top 25 Rock Deities"

Matt — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:01 EDT

Billie Joe performing in American Idiot

SPIN Magazine has released an article that lists the "most noteworthy instances of musicians going God mode" and Billie Joe is featured at number 15 on the list.

SPIN's driving factor behind this list is the large number of musicians "donning a metaphorical beard and robe and assuming the mantle of divinity." So SPIN thought it would be right to include Billie Joe on the list due to "Jesus of Suburbia." A stretch?

Other artists featured in the list include the Beatles, Prince, Kanye West and Madonna, to name a few.

Download of The Week - Live at The Independent, April 7th 2009

Liam — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:30:21 EDT

The guys posing for pictures.

To celebrate the 4 year anniversary of 21st Century Breakdown we decided to bring you the first ever performance of the album live as download of the week. This show comes from The Independent in San Francisco on April 7th 2009. The first of four times they played this album live.

The almost 2 1/2 hour audio recording features them opening the gig with "Welcome To Paradise" before going into performing the whole album from front to back (minus "Song of The Century") then going into some of their older hits including a few rarities like "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?". The sound quality is one of the best sounding recordings we have from the tour, with the fact it was their very first show of the tour is a bonus.

Head over to our featured download section to download the 160mb zip file of the MP3's. If you're interested in the FLAC version and many other recordings, you should sign up for our forum, Green Day Community, and check out this topic in the download section.

Got a suggestion for next week's download of the week? Send me an email at liam@greendayauthority.com or shoot me a message over on GDC.

#ThrowbackThursday - Green Day's 2009 Rhapsody commercial

Jimmy — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:01:26 EDT

This might be my favorite #ThrowbackThursday post that we've done thus far here on GDA. This week's feature is Green Day's 2009 Rhapsody commercial for 21st Century Breakdown which includes over fifty Green Day references.

Were you able to catch them all? Let us know in the comments!

Today marks the 4th anniversary of 21st Century Breakdown's release

Jimmy — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:07:23 EDT

21st Century Breakdown

Four years ago today, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown, the band's eighth album, was released world wide. The eighteen track album spawned five singles, "Know Your Enemy," "21 Guns," "East Jesus Nowhere," "21st Century Breakdown," and "Last of the Ameircan Girls."

The album also won numerous awards including the 2010 Grammy for Best Rock Album along with four awards from at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards.

If you have some free time today, take an hour and listen to 21st Century Breakdown with us.

Best Coast talks about their time on the road with Green Day

Jimmy — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:19:26 EDT

Best Coast

Independent.com recently caught up with Best Coast, the support act for Green Day's North American leg of the "99 Revolutions" tour, to talk about what it's like to play arenas and open for a huge band every night.

"The shows went really well. It was a weird adjustment for sure — to play on huge stages like that to audiences that don’t really know who you are, in venues that hold over 10,000 people. That’s not something we are used to, but it was a cool experience for us. Green Day have a lot of young fans, and young people seem to really like Best Coast, so there were some nights where kids would get really excited about us."

MTV News also did a segment on the band while they were in the middle of the tour.

Learn more about Green Day's trilogy themed skate decks

Jimmy — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:06:16 EDT

Today, Adeline Records posted a video with the help of Actions Realized giving a more in depth look at the Green Day skate decks and how they will be impacting the kids of the Oakland Children’s Hospital.

Interested in purchasing one of the decks? Check out this post and learn how to order one from Adeline Records.

Hot Topic adds a new mens trilogy themed shirt to their online store

Jimmy — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:15:25 EDT

New trilogy themed t-shirt

Hot Topic is now selling a new mens Green Day t-shirt based on the design of the trilogy. The black shirt features a skull with the eyes crossed out, which you can see to the right, and an "Oh Love" heart on the back.

If you're interested in picking up the shirt, head on over to HotTopic.com where it's available for $20.50, or visit your local Hot Topic store. The shirt is currently "buy one get one" 50% off.

Earlier in the month, Hot Topic brought back an American Idiot era shirt into stock. If you haven't seen it yet, check out this post.

Download of The Week - Live at Greek Theater

Liam — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:57:16 EDT

Cover art by Florence

For this week's download of the week, we're bringing you a full live audio recording of Green Day's second last show of the North American tour at the Greek Theater in Berkeley on April 16th.

Unfortunately this recording isn't from the sound desk but from an audience member. The recorder of the show is anonymous but released on dimeadozen by a member called blg. The recording is 100% complete and contains all 30 songs, going for over 2 hours. It's probably one of the best sounding recordings from the North American tour and probably one of their best performances with the guys in a great mood.

Head over to our featured download section to download the 135mb MP3. If you're interested in the FLAC version and many other recordings, then you should sign up for our forum, Green Day Community, and check out this topic in the download section.

You can also join the discussion on GDC here.

Got a suggestion for next week's download of the week? Send me an email at liam@greendayauthority.com or shoot me a message over on GDC.

Green Day featured on Premier Guitar's "Rig Rundown"

Matt — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:23:06 EDT

Premier Guitar stopped by one of Green Day's rehearsal shows in DeKalb, Illinois before the band kicked off their North American 99 Revolutions Tour to talk with the tech crew about the live sound. The video features interviews with Billie, Mike, and Jason's guitar techs about their guitars, strings, amps, and picks.

One of the few things that was confirmed in this video is the fact that Billie and Mike both had the guitars they broke at iHeart repaired and are still using them. Billie wanted his repaired mainly because it was the first model Gibson produced for him as part of his Les Paul Jr. Double-Cut signature series.

Premier Guitar also has an article up summarizing the information in the video.

Billie Joe and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones last night

Jack — Thu, 09 May 2013 07:00:01 EDT

Last night, Billie Joe saw the Rolling Stones on their 50th anniversary tour in San Jose, CA. He posted this Instagram picture (with the caption "#godblessrocknroll") of what looked like a great show:

Before the show, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood posted a picture on Twitter of he and Billie Joe backstage at the show:

"So great to see @BJAofficial backstage at the gig tonight ~ enjoy the gig Billie Joe ! xx"

Billie Joe will be featured on The Lonely Island's new album

Jimmy — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:48:25 EDT

The Lonely Island

Moments ago, LoudWire.com announced that Billie Joe would be one of the guest performers on The Lonely Island's upcoming release, The Wack Album. The comedy rap group is most well known for their videos on Saturday Night Live.

The Whack Album will be released on Tuesday, June 11th. Aside from Billie Joe, the album also includes guest features from Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams, Maroon 5's Adam Levine, and T-Pain, to name a few.

Being a big fan of the group, I'm totally stoked to see what The Lonely Island and Billie have collaborated on. To give you a taste of what The Lonely Island is like, here is my favorite song by them, "Jack Sparrow" featuring Michael Bolton.

Green Day's touring guitarist Jeff Matika joins Instagram

Jimmy — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:18:48 EDT

Jeff Matika

Jeff Matika, Green Day's touring third guitarist and backup vocalist has joined Instagram. Earlier today, Jeff announced on Twitter that he had made the account for fans to follow.

You can follow Jeff's account by clicking here. So far, he has posted a couple photos from his time off from tour. Hopefully when the band goes back on the road, kicking off their European tour, Jeff will post some pictures from his life on tour.

Billie, Mike, Tré, and Jason are all on Instagram as well, and can be followed at bj_unoxx, mike_dosxx, treleparc, and jw_cuatroxx respectively.

If you would like, you can also follow GDA on Instagram, gdauthority. Lately we've been posting a bunch of pictures from Green Day's North American leg of their 99 Revolutions tour.