As captured on social media earlier this week, Green Day hit the New York City Subway to showcase songs from their new album, Saviors. The punk band joined The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon at the 50th Street station, where they dressed in disguise to perform the band’s hit 1994 …
Read More »Megan Moroney, Green Day, Eladio Carrión and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to ourweeklyrundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, a great new one from rising country hero Megan Moroney, Green Day return with a subversive love song, Eladio Carrión hits big on his sixth studio album of explosive …
Read More »Green Day to Play 'Dookie' and 'American Idiot' Every Night on Summer Stadium Tour
Green Day will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dookie and the 20th anniversary of American Idiot by playing both landmark albums in their entirety on their summer stadium tour with the Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and the Linda Lindas. “What a fuckin’ moment it’s going to be,” Green Day bassist Mike …
Read More »Mike Dirnt Explains Why Green Day Waited Until Now to Write About Trump
Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt headed into 2024 knowing his band was going to be a big topic of conversation throughout the year. Their new album Saviors arrives Jan. 19, they’ll spend the summer on a massive stadium tour with Smashing Pumpkins and Rancid, and they’re celebrating the anniversaries of …
Read More »Green Day Update Their Take on American Idiocy With 'Saviors'
Three decades ago, Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong was sarcastically singing “Welcome to Paradise.” Now at age 51, he’s staidly singing “Welcome to my problems” on “Dilemma,” a plaintive, swinging rocker on Green Day’s 14th LP, Saviors, which owes a debt to Fifties rock and the Ramones. “I was sober …
Read More »Green Day Dissect the Dark Side of Nostalgia on 'One Eyed Bastard'
Fresh off of somehow managing to shock conservatives with their famously anti-Trump, left-of-center political views, Green Day are back with a new song, “One Eyed Bastard.” The track begins with a classic heavy metal riff before launching into the kind of bruising, big guitar anthems Green Day was delivering on …
Read More »Green Day, Playboi Carti, Lewis Capaldi and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Green Day make some noise ahead of their 14th studio album, Playboi Carti plays the field (with help from Travis Scott), and Lewis Capaldi delivers a heartbreaking ballad. …
Read More »Green Day Hates Trump. Are You Really Surprised?
On New Year’s Eve, we learned the improbable fact that a trio of middle-aged, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted punks in notably well-tailored suits can somehow still shock and offend the masses. For Green Day, all it took was changing the “American Idiot” lyric “I’m not part of a …
Read More »Trump Supporters Have a Meltdown After Green Day Slam 'MAGA Agenda' During New Year's Show
Green Day took the stage during ABC’s broadcast of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest and used the opportunity to call out Donald Trump supporters by changing the lyrics to their 2004 hit “American Idiot.” FrontmanBillie Joe Armstrongdrew cheers from the live audience when he sang out, …
Read More »Green Day Sobers Up and Faces Hard Truths in Blurry 'Dilemma' Video
Green Day gets stuck on a chaotic carousel in the music video for their latest single, “Dilemma.” Directed by Ryan Baxley, the visual finds Billie Joe Armstrong mentally retracing his steps as he wakes up facedown on the floor with only a blurry account of how he ended up there …
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