Billie Joe Armstrong

News

Billie Joe Armstrong reflects on the emotion of the Hella Mega Tour: “People were just grateful to be alive”

As the UK and European leg of the long-awaited Hella Mega Tour approaches, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong remembers just how special last year’s U.S. run was…

News

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover Green Day’s Basket Case… while wearing a basket

Green Day’s iconic Dookie single Basket Case gets the (very entertaining) Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp treatment.

News

Here’s the incredible, career-spanning setlist from Green Day’s first show of 2022

Green Day played their first gig of the year at the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest on Saturday (February 12) – and they delivered a 28-song setlist full of gems…

Features

“We didn’t have stars in our eyes, we just wanted our records to get out there”: How Green Day’s Dookie captured the spirit of a generation

The rags-to-riches story of Green Day’s iconic album Dookie, the record that made Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool global superstars and pariahs of the punk rock scene…

News

Watch: Green Day preview new music from the studio

Green Day are giving fans another sneak peek at what they’ve been up to in the studio – and it’s sounding pretty killer.

News

Green Day are continuing to tease new music

Green Day have shared another teaser pointing to new music – and once again it includes the year 1972. Hmm…

News

Green Day celebrate 30th anniversary of second album Kerplunk!

See Billie Joe Armstrong’s 30-year-old throwback photos to celebrate the milestone anniversary of Green Day’s second LP, and read a fascinating retrospective piece written by Lookout! Records co-founder Larry Livermore.

News

Green Day raise hell on fun new single Holy Toledo!

"Let the trouble begin…" Green Day tease of their new single Holy Toledo!, taken from just-released film Mark, Mary & Some Other People.

News

Green Day announce first U.S. show of 2022

They'll be hitting the UK and Europe next summer on the Hella Mega Tour, but Green Day seemingly still have plans for America…

Features

“We didn’t want to do another Dookie, we wanted to stretch out”: The story of Green Day’s Nimrod

A key turning point in the Green Day story, Nimrod saw the trio flex their creative muscles and in turn sow songwriting seeds that would eventually bear untold fruits…

Features

“Sometimes I feel that it’s the most honest record I ever made…” The story of Green Day’s Insomniac

Following Dookie, the album that made them mainstream stars and put punk noses out of joint, Green Day used their hurt, anger and confusion, and channelled it into the music…

Features

“We’ve gone to some places that we’ve never been before”: The story of Green Day’s Warning

No great story is complete without a fork in the road. And on this transitionary Green Day record Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt stuttered for the first time…

Features

“It created a new future for us”: The story of Green Day’s American Idiot

Millions of album sales. Countless awards. One Broadway theatre production. And Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong didn’t see success of American Idiot coming…

News

Green Day fans remind the internet not to post Wake Me Up When September Ends jokes

It's September 1, but that doesn't mean you should be posting jokes about Green Day's Wake Me Up When September Ends…

News

Go behind-the-scenes at Green Day's Hella Mega Tour warm-up show last week

Green Day are sharing free, exclusive Hella Mega Tour footage all summer via Oakland Coffee House – watch the first video now!

News

Green Day are teasing new music from the studio

Billie Joe Armstrong has shared a snippet of a new Green Day song, direct from the studio…

Back Next