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Haha true. I feel like Billie has a very selective memory. “Remember the back up singer you met for 5 seconds form the band you played after on june 23rd 1992?” “Yeah!” ”When did Nimord come out?” ”Who?”

i had a weird dream last night that billie showed up to my house and stole my dog and he whispered in my ear "its something unpredictable but in the end is right' then just shot off like a rocket towards the sky. this scared the shit out of me but i cant stop laughing cause why would my brain come up with such a stupid fucking dream?

Here's the scans of the new Kerrang out today with 6 Green Day posters

I've been staring at this for way too long:

100%, either awesome or I need to get a life 🤣

I'd like to see GD do a Christmas song this year... with a dorky video

Just to make myself a bit more clear - to me it isn't about being a good or bad fan, it's about basic decency. If you laugh at grim stuff it's fine but if it includes saying something insulting to people it's not very nice and you have to count with consequences. I'm not really offended by cruel jokes but I don't think people are obliged to take them. If you say crude stuff to people you're risking getting wrecked

Well I feel a bit confused for the guy who- got wrecked by security... I think II have a slightly more nuanced position about this than you guys! To be clear, I would never in public wear a shirt referencing this (especially not at a GD concert) because I know what Billie has said he feels about it and that it would hurt him ; and I find that completely natural. Also, I trust Billie about anything he feels the need to do, or ask security to do, as to preserve himself during a concert. On the other hand, I would not allow myself to say that that guy who was kicked away with his shirt was not a real fan. I think it's not tolerant to say this, or assuming it's obviously "bad taste". Personally, the one minute thing was one of the first I discovered after becoming a fan (which was the day, the hour, the minute I discovered I knew the boys existed), and it must have taken 3 hours to see this 3 minute thing; crying the whole time, reminding me of my own 10 or 12+ years of severe addiction. I felt deeply sorry for Billie, and deeply relieved he had got out of his addiction by the time I was watching (late 2016). Last summer, almost one year later, I have felt the need to re-watch it. And my feelings were quite different. While I still felt sorry, and it was still painful, I could watch the whole 2012 IHeart concert without interruption, even with some parts in repeat. Spontaneously, I think of "we've come here to sin, we've come here to live", he said in-between two songs. Billie wasn't acting consciously, to me it went to the point he spoke and acted over whatever he had said or done until that moment, whereas (it's the first thing that comes in my mind) during the RevRad tour, he has showed the greatest happiness, while being freed of his addiction; he no longer does need it to feel complete, day after day. The IHeart incident is part of this evolution. He was forced to move on from things he maybe wouldn't have otherwise (or not this way). I had a flashback today of Billie's expression during the Hyde Park gig in July. His happiness was so palpable, it's beyond words. It filled me with happiness again. I think this is notably related to him winning a hard struggle, in a hard way; and for fans being currently in a close state to his in late 2012 (this might still be my case sometimes), the IHeart thing might be something mostly positive to think of, knowing the way Billie has managed to overcome it after showing himself, that vulnerable, indeed. I have felt extremely vulnerable myself, and watching his IHeart rant for the second time meanwhile has also helped me, in a very deep, maybe inexplicable way. I have just noticed, among all the pictures of Billie I have in my studio, only two I happen to have twice: a recent picture of Billie singing Still Breathing (I re-post it above for the occasion... damn I love this so much) and a 2012 IHeart one, for some reason. Perhaps it's still something hard for Billie to think of (once again, it seems totally normal to me, I personally never want to think of my anorexia years) but to me, that 2012 period is something I think of while being mind-peaceful and proud of him, and thankful to him, and I don't think a fan going to a gig and wearing a shirt referencing it would necessarily be a bad or a fake fan.

I'm a little over half way through watching this and Billie seems a little extra silly at this show. Also, they started the show with Welcome To Paradise and they skipped over The Grouch, which is unusual for the nimrod era

Buzzfeed: “Billie joe himself couldnt get 100%!” Me: ... yeah probably not

Other than the Jason White question being annoying (since he never stopped being a touring member) I don't think there's any inaccuracies, unusual.

I don't remember, it was a while ago. Defintely before revrad tour. But I remember Billie said something like "I don't want to look at this shit" and then the guy got wrecked by security. It was badass. 100% Godfather Billie

It's messed up. Remember that guy who once made a sign that referenced the one minute speech? Billie got the security to take care of him. Not a bit sorry for that person.

I have a dark sense of humour, but I don't find that the slightest bit funny. Some people are so twisted.

Fingers crossed for a tour and the movie in 2019 On a different note, Billies Foreverly style is one of his best styles. Therefore, I love this cute drawing

Okay we need all of our Green Day boys to stay healthy going forward because we could be looking at a new album, an HBO movie, more AI anniversary stuff and a tour in 2019!!

Hmm... nothing funny about the person you claim to idolize almost killing themselves but that’s just me. 🙄

I mean, I doubt Billie will ever be aware of it so it doesn't really matter . Plus he's made jokes about it himself (as well as about many other things that aren't necessarily a laughing matter), he's not one to be easily offended. It's in such poor taste I just have to laugh, someone actually topped the mugshot one

Please. Someone. EXPLAIN this to me. Who, What, Where, When, Why, and What the hell?!? C'mon guys, just put out a damn Christmas album already. You got this up your sleeves, and you give us 'xmas time of the year' shit

I'm imagining this as a "very rare" meme

Funny thing is, I was thinking that due to the perspective, for once his legs look longer than his top half.

I really like Shenanigans.

It was Linda Perry. I think they had her in the studio for a short time or met with her or whatever in the early stages, at the same time they were making Stop Drop and Roll. I guess in the end it didn't work out and they decided on Butch Vig instead but it does sound like she had some kind of influence (on one or both albums, not sure which exactly but I know she was mentioned in connection to SDR as well), with Billie saying she had great ideas etc. She's worked with soooo many different kinds of acts and is a really big name producer and songwriter so definitely would've been interesting!

So I listened to my Pinhead Gunpowder records this morning, and then I decided to listen to some Replacements albums because of PHGP's cover of Achin To Be. I looked at the credits and The Replacements' "Don't Tell A Soul" album was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, who mixed a lot of green day albums, and the album "All Shook Down" was produced by Scott Litt, who was originally supposed to produce Warning. neat! Also, I think I remember an interview where Billie said that before Butch Vig they were considering a female producer for 21st CBD, I forget her name though, anyone remember? I'd love to see a woman producer involved with a GD album! I remember Billie said she had a lot of great ideas

This is totally me right now. It's my day off school and I've got nothing to do with my life, so I've just been spending hours watching GD videos. I'm watching loads of videos from nearer the start of the RevRad era atm, because so much has happened since then that I've almost forgotten about it all - also, I didn't follow the band as closely back then than I do now, so I know I've missed out on some stuff. I've just watched the Facebook livestream they did from OTIS back in august last year, and it's just occurred to me that I didn't get to watch it all the way through the first time round. Billie looks stunning in it - I love the part where he goes right up close to the camera, because his eyes look extremely gorgeous. And I also love how Mike tries to understand how Facebook live works and he goes "It's like the future." I wish they'd do another long livestream like that, just hanging around being all goofy and mischievous and adorable, whilst also telling/showing us something interesting. Billie's instagram lives are gold, but they only last a few minutes.

^^^ Omg, every look he's had this year really has been perfect.

He's never initiated kisses with women on stage, he's let them kiss him but he won't be the one to start it and as a result it's rare that he's kissed women. The worst he did was give a few dudes an unexpected kiss when they came up to play Knowledge back in Warning times, but the vast majority of the time it's been either a mutual thing or the fan initiating it, and friendly rather than sexual/romantic kisses. And sexual stuff on stage hasn't involved other people. I don't think there's anything to worry about, or much point in speculating about it. We certainly don't need to speculate about the guys' personal lives off stage.

Me: OMG, the Green Day News thread is "hot", there must be really exciting Green Day news!!!!!! Looks in the thread. Oh

And just like that, the Revolution Radio tour is over, all 120 shows! So surreal somehow... There were ups and downs, but mostly this was a fantastic tour and I had a fantastic time both on this forum and at the two shows I attended! This tour was a testament to the fact that after more than 26 years of being together as a trio, they still fricking have it! There's no denying these guys still kick some serious ass, even in 2017! The way I see it, the future of Green Day is bright and it looks like there's many more awesome things still to come! So, with that being said, after a (short) year of pure and excitement and thrill, let's settle down and see what's in store for this magnificent band! No one can ever know for sure what will happen, but rest assured, my friends: it's going to be great! After all, this is God's Favorite Band... ...and ours too!