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He did say he couldn't drink again though: “I can’t go there. That’s my last drink. Which is good - it’s documented. Anytime I feel like drinking, I can think about it." He also talked at length about how he can't just have one drink. I'm not saying that means we should worry, just that it's why people do. I'm not worried because I accept I have no idea what's going on and even if he's not alright, it's not my business anyway. Fans have no way of knowing whether things have changed since that interview, though because as strangers, seeing him with drinks doesn't actually tell us anything. Things might have changed, they might not have, but that's the last we heard from him so I don't think it's that ridiculous people panic.

Such a bizarre title for this article. https://metalheadzone.com/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-shares-one-of-the-most-romantic-photos-of-his-lover/

I just don't think it's necessary to call people intrusive for a moment of concern. Especially if in doing so we start speculating about his health or happiness or whatever him being seen with drinks means The only way to 100% avoid being intrusive is to just not discuss it - both the "worrying" and "reasonable" posts.

Not to drag this out, but I share the same concerns/worries as you. I only hope that he continues to be happy and healthy (whatever that "healthy" is for him). The band looked genuinely happy and excited to be making and playing music during RevRad. He looks genuinely happy when playing with the Coverups and Longshot, so hopefully he is a in really good headspace. We don't know that for sure. A family member can only do so much. It's up to the person to identify that they need help. Many times family members (and band members) do not know that there is a bigger problem (Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington are examples).

Obviously Billie's drinking is none of our business and there are creepy fans who don't get that. Casually voicing concern isn't like stalking him to find out what he's drinking and exactly what it means, though. He's important to a lot of people and a pang of concern is hardly speculation. It's not trying to figure anything out, it's just what it is, a moment of worry. Saying he's happy and healthy isn't any less intrusive, if not more so because it is speculating about something we don't actually know. If we're not going to discuss things we don't know, then we just shouldn't discuss this at all.

Drink up Billy, cheers

I think it's Windsor, but only been once and years ago! I'm just glad I don't have to dust it 😂 looks very cool though

Sorry, but this is quite worrying.

You must be a sorcerer - he doesn't even know you exist and you know so much about his mental health

Fair enough, we probably just understood it differently.

The bottom line is, we can't know for sure if he's okay or not and even if we knew, the most we could do is to shut up and let him live, so we might as well do that.

You can make the argument that it's pointless since there's not much we as fans can do, but it's not intrusive. Worry is a natural human emotion that a person can't help but feel. If you don't worry about him drinking, that's fine. But it's fine to worry as well.

I agree 😣 I hope he's not going down that road again.

He’s a grown man. It’s his business. He seems perfectly happy and healthy so ‘worrying’ is pointless and intrusive.

I love love love the Trilogy and it’s like when those albums get knocked down or misunderstood I love them even more 😆 it’s like adore the Trilogy and am super protective of it too 😆 like the albums were unfairly bullied and left behind and I want them to shine like the diamonds they are! (Please note, I know the Trilogy isn’t perfecttttt or a hit hot top whatever the fuck but maybe that’s why I love them even more! Beautiful, wild, imperfect beauties!) OH MY GAWD is he leaving the Trilogy off the Spotify playlist like he left the songs of the Rev Tad tour list?? WTF? 😆 Did he have Trilogy songs and Longshot songs on his playlist and take them off?? omg Trilogy songs become even more like precious and rare gems that only are brought out for special and intimate occasions and small tiny club shows 😆

I would give anything to hear them do The Grouch live.

When a rock star is posting pics of his son’s band playing at a music festival, he’s definitely become dad rock. But in the best way.

Guys quick response. I don’t know any better but here would be my observation. Billies alcohol and prescription drug issues were long standing and from how he explains it they related to issues that were long term unresolved. I would say the rehab and whatever follow up treatment occurred (there would have been some) would have allowed him to feel more comfortable and accepting of himself. My point is I can’t imagine for somebody who caused the damage he did to himself would be in a hurry to travel that path again. So if the issues were resolved then I could imagine that he would no longer need to feel ‘numb’. Meaning he can drink and party to have fun and not to medicate himself. I can understand why people have been concerned but I just think it is unmerited. The relationships he has in his life I’m sure would hold him to account if he was spiralling. Finally I think he achieved clarity and that clarity should remove or place into perspective most of the unfounded insecurities he carried/carries.

I think people ran with that comment when they shouldn't have, a comment like that shortly afterwards isn't the same as saying he's going to be teetotal forever, it wasn't specific enough to assume that from it. People were saying "I'm going to be straight edge like Billie" and stuff and it was like no, he hasn't specified anything about his treatment plan or whatever. I know that he's been seen with drinks multiple times over the last few years and that there's nothing new or different about that clip. I don't pretend to know about his health, I just think unless we hear he has a problem or something beyond seeing him with a drink happens there's no point in worrying.

It's natural that we want to make our own judgment and be sure about it because we care about him, personally I base mine on how he looks and not because we see him drinking something here and there. It's not the first time he drinks something lately but it doesn't mean it's in the same way as before. In the vid posted above we can clearly see how it's some sort of cheerful group thing in a specific context so I don't get why worrying about that specifically. I won't worry until he'll look unhealthy (and in 2012 it was more than obviously the case on more than a gig) and right now it's not the case at all.

I see where you're coming from and I don't disagree with you on principle that it's not necessary to get upset over this, but firstly, he's said that iheart was his last drink, so by your own definition, the worriers have been justified in their worrying right from the start and secondly, you can't know what he's been drinking, saying that isn't different from any other kind of unnecessary speculation.

I know, doesn't help though.

I'm picturing Billie whining about "no one listens to those 3 albums" and then listening back to their old stuff, which all got more notable success, and being like: "omg! it's true that we've made all this stuff before. Let's put it on the playlist" caricaturing a bit . I love these older songs, but the ones that are left behind are always the same... GD rule for the older stuff but not for their trilogy? Seriously, I'm thinking of bringing a "huge trilogy fan" banner to that coverups show. I would like Billie to claim LOUD & CLEAR that he loves these albums too, instead of just throwing in a small club with the Shot that no one listens to those 37 songs he wrote... If I dared I would grab him and shake him like: "You're so so wrong, I keep playing and listening to those songs every daaaay"

He was there with Adrienne... Of all the people in the world she is the one who would be concerned about Billie's health the most... If there was any problem she would never let him go down the road again. That's the reason I am really not worried about it

That would be the best thing ever! I really hope that playlist update means something, new record or tour I don't care, it's such a great selection!

Also, about what he said in 2013 that it would be his last drink, he probably had many other thoughts later on that we don't know since they weren't registered in an interview. But as this quote was recent following his rehab it was probably what he had to tell himself at that moment to protect himself. It doesn't mean that if he doesn't follow that 6-year old thing now, he's down the slope again, I don't believe that

THANKS!

Well like you said people can change. So maybe before when he started drinking he couldn't stop and needed drugs idk. Maybe he can control it now.

I think it can be pointed out that Billie never said he was going to be teetotal and that he's been seen with alcoholic drinks since only a short time after his rehab though. It also isn't unreasonable to say that he seems fine (even if that isn't ever guaranteed with anyone) and that there's no need to worry without hearing otherwise based only on seeing him doing something he never said he wasn't going to do and that isn't a new thing. Like if people think he's been sworn teetotal for life for years and suddenly now drinking then yeah it's understandable to feel concern. But that isn't actually the case and if people are worried based on assuming that then it's helpful to point it out. Ideally it wouldn't be discussed at all but if "worrying" posts are allowed but not a voice of reason reply then I can see that leading to a lot of unnecessary worrying and speculating.

Hahaha that fireplace We get it you're religious

@GillyBear1991 Glastonbury 2019 is over and I can honestly say I’ve had the best week of my life, coming here alone was the most freeing experience and I’ve made so many good friends. ALSO I FUCKING MET @billiejoe AND LOST MY SHIT! ×

That site is always using clickbait headlines for zero news content.

I'm getting flashbacks to when they teased Insomniac before the RevRad tour

Me everywhere any time I’m in the states 😂😂😂

My hope is it’s a clue to the new setlist actually.

When you’re in the San Francisco airport on a layover and look all over for anything that references the East Bay, Oakland, Green Day, etc.

I used to have a Green day case and I used to do that all the time. The only person to ever comment on it was the singer from Cage the Elephant when I met them, so I guess that's a win.

What cartoon is the pic from? I love the "cause we rule." I hope there are a bunch of trilogy songs

And....waiting for the theories that this is some kind of hidden message about the new album based on the songs he chose.

Whereas Oasis have always been dad rock 😂😂😂

It's funny but Blink 182 aren't and never will be classed as dad rock, they're not taken seriously enough for that

I went to a magic show tonight and the performer was a mind reader. He had the audience write down bits of trivia about themselves that he would then guess. I wrote “I met Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day” just to see if I would get picked and I could get him to say it. He did 😱

He seriously looks cuter than ever these days. Those glorious green eyes and those perfect plump lips. He has the sweetest, most adorable little face I've ever seen. I just wanna squish his cheeks.

That's an insult to buckets.