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Just had to make this: EDIT: Wait, this is way better. 😂

The "official" thing was always a bit annoying. During the Uno Dos Tre era people started saying he was "announced as an official member" etc but that never happened, all that happened was he played on the albums and got credited for it and was in some photoshoots and interviews. As far as I'm aware no one in the band ever used the phrase "official member" or made a big thing of it, it was much more low key than that. He's in the band either way (whether just as a live member or also contributing to albums/appearing in some interviews) and it seems more like he's just been involved more or less based on what worked for him and them at the time, rather than it being a "you're an official member now"/"you're not an official member now" thing.

I always like it when he has some extra bellie going on. And the all time classic

I feel like these days he's a little bit more aware that he's attractive, even though he would still be modest about it. Ever since the American Idiot era "makeover", rocking the eyeliner and floofy hair and fancy outfits etc I mean, and he even has his teeth fixed now. Seems like he takes more pride in his appearance and is more confident about it with age. You can see it in his showmanship on stage, definitely sexy and he knows it the way he teases the crowd at times (although of course it's done with a good sense of humour and not arrogantly).

Yeah, me too. Sounds like a broken record to say we miss him, but it continues to be true and will be so every day (at least for me). That's just an inevitability when someone you care a lot about is absent.

Just got my Insomniac record from @The Grohl! It's so shiny and awesome!

Stumbled across this again, just love it, he’s a big star, all dressed up for this event, lots of people want to speak to him/meet him, but look at his body language at the end, he’s like a little boy, so sweet 🥰 https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Y8injBPX-/?igshid=yirr6e67z24t

Three different people have told me they like my Green Day mask, and every time I can't help but think, do you actually know who it is? What if they're thinking it's a totally different band?

I think what you guys are saying is true and his confidence has grown over the years, quite common I think given how young he was starting out. However, I feel he is almost two different Billie’s, the private one and the on stage persona. I love his sexy teasing on stage but I also love his self-deprecating side too, I like that he never comes over as arrogant. He should be taking care of himself too, better than he used to, and I love the contrast between business Billie and off duty Billie, full hobo aside 😂😂 I don’t like the weird body buildings look but I Iike Billie’s trim, naturally muscled physique very much. 😍😍

Yes, I agree it seems he's become more confident over the years and that's attractive itself. But even back when this interview came out, he wasn't particularly shy, since this was the era when King For A Day was introduced

My daughter managed to find me the Rustie Wired hoodie with the red lining that I'd always wanted for my birthday a couple of weeks ago. Like this but in my size https://www.instagram.com/p/B90jrKOHziy/?igshid=1xpza51yp4k6b Took 11 years but now I have both. I got one for her last year!

And On The Ave duet with Billie Joe, awesome!

Omg for the last time, he wasn't pantsless! 😅 That graphic above speaks truer than anything I have ever seen. No thank you, musclebound freaks! Yes please, reasonably toned Billie.

That Dude is having some drinks right now and rocking out to some tunes. Maybe I should go listen to Jason though.

He did the wise thing if he was upset about the comments. It could go pretty bad if he lashed out and got into a fight over the Joey thing. (I absolutely DO NOT want to know his opinion on this matter.) Plus it’s probably less stressful to not have to deal with public social media at least for a while when he doesn’t need to do it “for work”. I still miss his content though.

Oh yeah he definitely wasn't shy . I think it used to be more of a silly/shocking thing though. The kind of "sexy tease" thing he does sometimes now is a bit different.

Oh he definitely knows how attractive he is now He's all like "lil ol me? You think I'm cute? Pshaw" and then post a shirtless selfie that he KNOWS the fangirls will salivate over.

Yaasss Gimme that pale lanky body any day over muscly dudes

I saw some scans of an old interview yesterday where Billie said he feels ugly most of the time and idk I guess seeing this 500 page thread made me think of it again. Seems the public opinion is way different

Same here, I’ll take a tattooed rock god any day over muscled lunks

New Green Day album will contain a track where Billie records himself loudly sniffing poppers to flex on Fink.

Hearing from a few people who are related to the band and guessing that this coronavirus thing will be much more in control by next year. That's why I needed to say 'probably'. Of course nobody knows when the coronavirus will end. So let's say this is just a fair estimation at the moment.

Can't believe I forgot that

My kinda thing! Maybe I've been lusting after the wrong member of Green Day all these years.

I'm not an expert on his stuff but he's in Pinhead Gunpowder and that's all awesome. I particularly like these two songs which he wrote and sang lead on: Maybe you already know this and mean other stuff not involving Billie though haha. From what I remember both Influents albums were good

Yeah kills me to think how many professionally recorded full shows they have in their archives.

That’s my favorite version, should have been the only one

I love when new speculation come up

Where did you come up with September 2022? We don't really know anything about this next album.

All albums have their own characteristics. New Green Day album which will come out (probably) around September 2022 will surely be one of the best and there's no doubt it will be a favourite of most fans. Keep in mind that 20th Anniversary of American Idiot is coming after the new album. Expect some surprises and a big solid new album in the fall of 2022. (Not much later and not sooner)

Wow, I love it! So stupid, but so fun. I guess your brain was really trying to tackle life's big questions with that mushroom dream, huh?

My last three dreams have been about Ctulhu trying to scare me and failing, then I had a dream in which I was pondering if growing oyster mushrooms on boats would have helped avoid malnutrition and scurvy, and finally, I dreamed someone was trying to sell me oregano claiming it’s LSD. I can’t say it’s a drought in the dream department, but wtf, brain, wtf!

I merged the posts about this from Random Green Day News with this thread (the posts from there are first because it was posted there first) Jason rules, looking forward to giving it a listen

Yep, what @pacejunkie punk said, a good listen with Jason ans Kamala Parks is about to be a guest too, talking about booking shows, MMRR and Lookout etc, could be interesting.

Yeah true. Or he might simply just not feel like being on social media (whether just randomly, or he stopped because of something specific but then found he didn't miss it, or whatever). Doesn't even have to be for one particular reason or for strong reasons.

It's understandable to miss him being on Instagram but it doesn't mean he's "given up" or anything that serious. He's never been that into social media and not wanting to be on it is a valid choice. Up until a few years ago this was the norm for Billie (he's only had his own social media accounts since 2011 - and hasn't always been active on them) and it's still normal that not everyone has them, celebrities included. It's not something he's doing against us, whether you feel like being on social media is a good thing for you or not is a personal thing. Also it might not even be permanent. Maybe at some point he'll feel like coming back. It's probably not enjoyable to have people harassig him about Joey on there so makes sense that he doesn't right now.

My cousin worked for the major production company that was going to bring Green Day to the Philippines last March. If I'm not mistaken, it was the 2nd date on the Asia tour. It would have been the first time Green Day played Manila. We were told to refund our tickets late last year. Last week, Manila underwent it's 2nd wave. The surge saw 15000 new cases & rising. Edit: For those interested to know, My cousin's job was to provide water bottles for Brendon Urie during shows & make sandwiches for Axl Rose backstage. She loved + hated her job. 😝

To be fair I would rather see a Network, Foxboro Hot Tubs or Longshot tour than a Green Day tour at any time ever

Restaurants/pubs/cinemas etc in the UK aren't even allowed to open (other than for outdoor stuff) until May 17th at the earliest. I get they want to try stuff out but I highly doubt stadium gigs will be happening the following month.

It won’t happen if it’s just the UK though, it’s not worth it financially if the EU tour can’t happen neitherwill the UK

Yeah me too and in the end, it’s always fun to listen to a new song even if it’s a throwaway

Haha, that song gave us PTSD 😄 As long as the next one is not for the NHL I'm hopeful

You would think wouldn't you? You know what would be even better? A statement from the band and maybe a new song to make up for it.

I'm a big fan of the song Popper Punk

Somewhere now and Forever now are the best things Green Day realase after American Idiot

Yes, this. Somewhere Now and Forever Now were fantastic and I personally think that their Who'esque / more classic rock sound has always been their best, they are so incredibly good at it. So I kind of hope that in the future, that's where they're going, a more mature, experimental, maybe even prog rock direction. One can dream I also loved the Back In The USA style and thought, wow, now they're onto something. Political, ironic, but in a lighter, funnier way than 21CB. But then they took a turn onto party highway again, not my favourite Green Day street, ah well. I still liked most songs on FOAM though. These guys definitely know how to surprise us. Anything is possible.

I just want something interesting musically and for the band to push themselves. I actually thought FOAM was pretty great and fresh. Whilst I like Revrad a lot, FOAM felt less forced. Stuff like FOA, Junkies On a High, Graffitia were great and very interesting. I want them to either fully embrace the Foxboro sound and go full garage or do the big cinematic, 21st century breakdown but Rawer sound. Stuff like Somewhere Now, Restless heart syndrome, Before The lobotomy etc. I don't want Dookie or AI again. I'm sick of the fan base keeping Green Day in a box and hating anything if it's not 3 powerchords and pUnK. I love the early albums but I'm kind of tired of that and want something maturer and for them to experiment a bit. Here comes the shock though, was pretty bad.

Anything that feels fresh. I liked FOAM because they weren’t repeating themselves and instead came up with something a bit different and that’s fun.

What else is there? I'm all out of wacky ideas to throw at album theories. They've done so many variations on their Green Day sound, what else could be done? Album 14. Perhaps the guys need to sit down beforehand and say "we need to focus on the songwriting". Really put all the effort into song craft. Don't sorry about omage or paying tribute to any oldies. Write emotional lyrics. Big emotions and big guitars. The idea that it should be fun to play in your bedroom in front of a mirror is a great idea. Keep that in mind. And as always....Mike Dirnt vocals. One whole song. Album 14 is going to be good no matter what and we all know it.