Green Day have a new movie in the works, but Billie Joe Armstrong still has his eyes on another film project — an adaptation of the American Idiot musical — that was planned but never made. Speaking to Variety ahead of the band’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony today, Armstrong …
Read More »Green Day Mark 20 Years of 'American Idiot' With Massive Reissue
Green Day will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their American Idiot this October with a massive reissue that pairs the original 2004 “punk rock opera” with its B-sides, bonus tracks, unreleased demos, and live recordings from the era. American Idiot 20thAnniversary, out October 25 as either an 8LP/2Blu-Ray or 4CD/2Blu-ray …
Read More »The Musical Force Behind Broadway's 'American Idiot' and 'Almost Famous' Wants 'Born to Run' Onstage Next
Anyone who’s had even a mild obsession with Cameron Crowe‘s Almost Famous will instantly recognize some of the lyrics to the original songs in its musical adaptation, which opens on Broadway Nov. 3. “Cameron Crowe, to me, is a poet,” says Broadway veteran Tom Kitt, who co-wrote the songs for …
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