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Happy birthday Billie! Go get yourself some cake.

Happy Birthday Billie 🥳

According to this the doc is going to be part of the American Idiot reissue that’s coming. Includes the doc and new stuff no one’s heard before Thanks @peachesandzebras for finding this clip

Not sure if this has been shared yet! Little interview snippets. Tre briefly talks about an American Idiot anniversary reissue at 0:38.

HBD Billie! "Share your bread with friends you don't know, hold the truth and never let go." - Pollyanna. 🥳

Happy birthday Billie and thanks for the wonderful music and lyrics Just gonne leave this cake eating here

THE AMERICAN IDIOT REISSUE IS REAL!! I'M GOING INSANE RN

I miss his livestreams too. "Where's the button that makes you go away"

Even more birthday wishes for Billie. First from Alice Baxley (great photo) From Greg Schneider From Warner Records Promo From 1234Go Records

From Kevin From Jesse Malin and Henry Ruggieri posted even more photos for Billie's birthday From Jason White "Happy birthday Billie!!! 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂" From Green Day https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3daY85plvm/?igsh=cnkyeGxudHVzaHp1

There is evidence. They also teased Jinx at some point and played other new songs aside from Church on Sunday. Source? "I met Green Day on Sept 5th, at that secret Labor Day show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. In case you never heard about it. Aren't you all really jealous of me now? Now, Jeanna got Mike's signature at the Frustrators' show, but I went to a special private Green Day one and meant all of Green Day, so there!!! (She had me add that.) Actually, I really just want to gloat here by telling off my experience. To start, I'm a member of the Green Day Idiot Club (and damned proud of it, and my idiocy) and I asked to go to this show and they put me on the guest list, plus one guest. My adventure started Sunday morning, in which I had gone through three days of hell trying to find a ride, and the only person who was free was my friend Emily, who likes Green Day because Tré is hot. She's still one of my best friends. So anyway, we live about an hour north of San Francisco, and planned to catch a bus which would take about 3 hours to get into downtown. The show started at 8:00 and we wanted to catch the bus at 4:00 p.m. to get there with plenty of time. But we missed it, because Emily forgot her proof of age at home, and sent her sister to bring it to us. None of us drive (legally) by the way. Emily's sister wasn't on the next bus into where we were, so we had to take the 5:00 bus into San Francisco and I was a total nervous wreck about it, thinking we were gonna be late, or get lost, or miss it, or Emily wouldn't get in because she had no proof of her age. You had to be 17 to go to this show. We got to downtown San Francisco at about 7:45 and walked 30 blocks to Bottom of the Hill. I thought I was gonna die, and I was so worried, and I cried a lot, because I thought we'd be late, or they wouldn't let Emily in or whatever. As it turned out though, we got there at 8:30 and got in no problems and I was SO relieved, and the first person I recognize is Cinder Block from Tilt, and I practically WORSHIP her so I talked to her for a while. My friend Brian was there, and his girlfriend Melinda, and a couple of his friends. Some guy from Party of 5 (whoever plays Charlie Salinger, I wouldn't know since I don't watch it) was at that show, and all of the Criminals, and One Man Army, among others. There were decorations of Christmas tree lights and colored streamers all over, and bowls of candy everywhere. (Emily and I had candy for dinner, hehe!) All the Frustrators were there, and I first saw Jason (singer), and he introduced me to the other band guys Terry (guitarist) and Art (drummer), who are very, very nice people. And I met Sara "Frustratorette" who did backup vocals on a Frustrators song. She and Art ended up giving Emily and me a ride back to a bus stop after the show. On my way to the bathroom, none other than BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG passed me by, and I almost fell over right then and there and died of starstruck shock. When I got back from the bathroom, I went back to where Emily, Brian and his friends were, and all I could do was point at Billie Joe, jump up and down and squeal. And I maintain my composure pretty damn well most of the time, but this was totally different. I'd been waiting YEARS for this. I went to get some water, and someone said my name, it was those friends I hadn't seen for about a year now, because we all went to a show in Sacramento that Green Day was supposed to be at but didn't make it to. They had a camera, and were gonna take a picture of me and Billie Joe, and he was talking to his friends at that moment. He has big pouffy brown hair grown out almost into an afro, and I stood next to him for the longest time, completely starstruck then he walked away and I was SOOO sad! (I feel like a teeny bopper here, yikes!) As luck would have it, Billie came walking back my way, and I said "Hey Billie..." and he turned around... "Hi, my name is Marisa" and I shook his hand... and COMPLETELY lost my voice, I couldn't speak, I was just smiling like a big, dumb idiot. And I have NEVER done that before. My friend was there with a camera, and I could see Brian, Melinda and Emily there, waiting to be in the picture and I thought to myself quite selfishly "Go away, I've been waiting too long for this, he is MINE!" But I didn't say anything, because I felt really rude and selfish about it. But this was like my MOMENT. So, Billie Joe took the camera, and pointed it at his face, and I put my face up next to his (and I was SOOO nervous) and then he waited for the flash, and took a picture of just him and me, smiled and walked off to the backstage area. All I could do at that point for the next five minute was make these weird squealing sounds, because I was still SO in shock. They started playing a little after 10, and ended at 11:45 rather abruptly. Billie came up first, waiting for Mike and Tré and said "Hello, my name is Billie Joe, and I'm an alcoholic." Mike's hair was bleached blond and spiked up, and Tré's hair was a regular brownish color and he had a five o'clock shadow. They said we the audience held the set list and played songs that people shouted out as request. Emily and I screamed for Jinx, and they almost played it and then didn't. They covered a bunch of 80's songs, including Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and Mike insisted that Limp Bizkit's song "Nookie" is actually "Dookie" and sang it, I did it all for the dookie *fist raise* the dookie... *fist raise* and wipe if off your ASS!!! Mike also called 2000 Light Years Away 2000 Light BEERS away... and they played a bunch of old songs and even a couple of new songs. A few songs from that night: "Hitchin' a Ride," "Paper Lanterns," "Disappearing Boy," "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" "One for the Razorbacks," well you get the idea. Billie was playing two guitars I'd never seen before, and someone asked where Blue was... and the sad truth is, Blue is officially retired. Awww... One of the new songs was called "Church on Sunday" and it seems to be the only one anyone who went that night could remember. I think a line from it went something like "If I go to church on Sunday, will you go out with me Friday night?" The show ended abruptly after Billie played another new song and he really pissed about something, then he stopped suddenly, threw his guitar down and stormed offstage. Mike followed and eventually so did Tré, and we the audience were wondering if that was it or if they were coming back or what. Then the roadies packed up their stuff. Show was over, but it was SO amazing! And then I had to get Emily and me home somehow. At least back to the bus stop. I went looking for a ride. I saw Tré Cool outside and I stood next to him for a while in silent awe before going back in to find Emily, who had gotten a drumstick. So we went back to find Tré, and he signed her drumstick. Then I found Mike, and he actually remembered me from the Frustrators show about 2 weeks previous, and he signed Emily's drumstick and gave me a guitar pic which he signed for me. And then Emily and I got a ride home with Art (the Frustrator's drummer) and Sara, who are both extremely nice people and we're totally grateful for that. (I haven't stopped saying that in my retelling of this adventure either). We took a bus home, because Emily's silly mother wouldn't let her stay the night in San Francisco, even though I had a place where we could stay the night. We got back at 4am, and my ears wouldn't stop ringing for days. But it was all totally worth it, I had a blast, and I am so grateful that the Idiot Club gave me this" A review from the greendaylive.fm page of the show. Also, when all the songs were added the one who added them into the setlist said they were also confirmed by multiple attendees. GDA also took part in making the setlist.

I’m screaming holy shit 😂 Also I don’t know why it feels weird to me in any interview or video when he says “Green Day”… I can’t describe it but it’s like he’s breaking the 4th wall or something. That makes zero sense but please someone tell me they get it 😅

Tre's post

YESSS THANK YOU I havent jumped on the bandwagon too much for the reissue stuff in the past. I’ve listened since the 90s and been an actual fan since the 2000s so I have the records. But I’ve always wanted to hear C&V, whether it’s good or bad or somewhere in between. Even if it’s demos I just want to crack the mystery of it. I also remember the pictures on their site from that time. Being 10 in 2002 I started to grow into that pop punk market, to put my finger right on it I’ll say “The Middle - Jimmy Eat World”. I heard about Green Day as some type of legend at that point but there was no release or anything for me to reference for that moment. Then of course AI came out and it was evident they were leaps and bounds better. But C&V was the hyped up return of Green Day at that time when they were doing Pop Disaster Tour and the time where I started to pay attention to those conversations and bands. I also remember finding out about The Network in 2004 and going a whole couple months not even knowing it was Green Day. Yes one of my moments as a young adolescent where I knew damn this band is worth seeing live. I also remember the LA show which was distributed through AOL and the AOL sessions. At the time I was just starting my own band, I was the drummer and somewhat of a musical director. I was the only kid with experience in music. The rest of the kids were Good Charlotte fans, I came from the world of Prog Rock at the time. I remember reading that Good Charlotte was there for the AOL sessions and they were just basically massive cheerleaders for AI at the time. They were instantly inspired like the rest of us. Lets just say prog rock meets pop punk = Jesus of Suburbia being right up my alley. I took AI with me everywhere and studied JOS and Homecoming.

Happy birthday video from fans all around the world! Green Day fans have poured out their love for Billie with extraordinary creativity. So much love! 😍 https://www.instagram.com/p/C3bRHZ0tLc7/

Tre mentioned an AI reissue recently, so this could mean we're getting some AI demos, but I'm unsure. But I'd also like to hear Fritz.

From every corner of the globe, fans have come together to create this special video just for him 😍 Hope he see this https://www.instagram.com/p/C3bZvdst5Kc/

Actually, what they should do for RSD is this, how about a Demolicious 2: 1972 Featuring this unreleased track And early versions of songs like Look Ma, No Brains And Fancy Sauce

From Mike's Instagram story

I hope VH1 storytellers uncut is included

"Have a pleasant day "

Thank you @Hermione for reminding me of this gem: "You're a fucking whiner!"

The new coffee company starts up in the Spring so they might do something to tie in with the album and tour like Oakland Coffee did before

Henry Ruggieri photographer (and fanboy ) also posted for Billie's birthday

Happy birthday! I hope Bill or someone passes on all the love and good wishes from fans!

Happy Birthday, Billie! I echo everyone’s cake menace sentiments.

Assuming it.

I love that photo but it makes my my health and safety gland twitch badly! 😂😂

Cigarettes & Valentines 100% confirmed.

There’s a thread for the American Idiot doc they mentioned. Maybe this should be shared there too. Sounds like the doc is part of the new album reissue

Another good review https://ndsuspectrum.com/album-review-saviors-by-green-day/#:~:text=Overall%2C “Saviors” is a,and bring in new fans.

Meh. Saviors is fine without it.

I miss his lives.

This song really got me the most. When listened to the record first time. Does remind me of my ex girlfriend in a beautiful way. Specially : "Did we take the time to make amends?" We met again a year after the breakup to talk about it. I hope se did dedicate a song to me. I think about her when listening to whatsername. I forget her, but not the time...

We could have videos on each leg of the tour like the RevRad South America leg video

I don't particularly like them, but I feel like we'll get a music video of tour footage shortly after the shows start. And then that'll be it.

I didn't realise "As tears go by" that Billie played at The Longshot shows was originally a Marianne Faithful song (I knew it was a cover but not whose)

What they could do is release a special edition Saviors vinyl that includes Fever

Even FOAM had more promo!

Mike and Tre probably wanted to actually take a break after an album/world tour while Billie's songwriting output is relentless haha. Feels like the most likely reason.

Yeah, we deserve more promo. Even 21CB had longer promo.

Definitely with you on 21CB! I don't think we have hardly any footage of that recording process. Saviors would be really cool too.

Agreed a doc for the album that just got released would be really great. Unless there are actual untold stories from the AI era if there’s actually anything left besides what we’ve already seen. And unreleased stuff from Cuatro would be awesome too.

I’d prefer this. The AI era feels like it’s been done to death. I hope they at least find a way to make it some kind of untold story.

Throw me a Saviors doc while you’re at it, guys!

Billie's vocals on this are soooooo good.

For me as well as enjoying the album and looking forward to seeing them on the tour, this album has totally reignited my love for the band (not that it went away but it ebbs and flows) so I'm going to be enjoying revisiting their entire discography and watching old music videos/etc for a while.

I’m hoping to make this one! Reached my 4 ticket max for other shows but going to try the general sale. I have a Foo Fighters gig the day before in London so the timing is great!!