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Billboard chart update- Alternative Airplay: stays at 8 Rock & Alternative Airplay: 6 (up from 7) Mainstream Rock Airplay: 12 (down from 11)

Just released on GD website

This title makes me question the priorities of people.

Love the video. Whoever you are wherever you're from, friendship is special coz your special.

What is this “store” you speak of? 😂😂 no record shops for miles around. 😭😭

Well, I can actually say that missing yesterday wasn't my fault. Anyway, 7 years ago yesterday (12 November 2017), Green Day played in Santiago, Chile on the Revolution Radio Tour. More photos: 15 years ago (12 November 2009), Green Day played in Turin, Italy on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. Another photo: 19 years ago (12 November 2005), Green Day played 16 songs at the Fuse TV Studio in NYC. That photo was everywhere back then. I've got a "blend" from Piczo somewhere on my external hard drive. More photos: 20 years ago (12 November 2004), Green Day played the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO on the American Idiot Tour. 27 years ago (12 November 1997), Green Day played the Roseland Ballroom in NYC on the Nimrod Tour. 29 years ago (12 November 1995), Green Day played the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, NY on the Insomniac Tour. More photos: 33 years ago (12 November 1991), Green Day played Klub ACK in Białystok, Poland. "I was on tour with the Mr. T Experience in Poland, not long after the communist government had fallen, and as we pulled into Bialystok, the last town before the Russian border, I thought, 'This has got to be the first time an American punk rock band has played in this part of the world.' Then I saw the huge 'Green Day' spray-painted across the town's water tower. They'd been there, done that, months before us." — Larry Livermore 35 years ago (12 November 1989), Green Day played at Eggplant's house in Pinole, CA. "Green Day played my 16th birthday party. About four songs into it, Billie's mom called. He didn’t do his chores. So he had to get a ride back to his house so he could feed the dogs. 'Cause his mom would whup his ass. She was a redheaded firecracker. Billie's dad passed away when he was ten, so mom, as a waitress - she had to deal with all these kids. Billie's the last of six, so she had her ass-whuppin' tactics down. He had to get a ride home, feed the dogs, come back, and then they finished their set." — James Washburn ------------------------------ On this day 12 years ago (13 November 2012), ¡Dos! was released. AKA one of Green Day's best albums! 20 years ago (13 November 2004), Green Day played the E Center in West Valley City, UT on the American Idiot Tour. 23 years ago (13 November 2001), International Superhits and International Supervideos were released. 27 years ago (13 November 1997), Green Day played the Memorial Auditorium in Worcester, MA on the Nimrod Tour. "After a poor set by Superdrag, Green Day took the stage by running and doing a few cartwheels. Billie Joe sported The Queers bumper sticker on the back of his black T-shirt. The band wasted no time in launching into their opener, Going To Pasalacqua. The sound was, to say the least, awesome. The 3,800-seat hall was only about half full, but the band seemed to pounce on its intimacy. Billie Joe spoke freely with the crowd, recalling the melee that took place when they played the Hatch Shell in Boston in 1994. Prior to The Grouch, Billie dedicated the song to all his 18 year old fans who grew up on Dookie - accepting the blame for their presumably fucked-up lives. The set went on to include such hits as: Chump/Longview, Welcome To Paradise, Hitchin' A Ride, She, F.O.D., Basket Case, Geek Stink Breath, and Brain Stew/Jaded. They didn't play J.A.R. or Walking Contradiction, but their playing of so many radio hits clearly showed their love for the music, regardless of its commercial status. The show was as if the band and the crowd were having a big party. Billie Joe donned a necktie thrown on stage prior to Welcome to Paradise, and during Ivy's Knowledge, Armstrong allowed a kid from the audience play his guitar. The mostly hardcore Green Day audience appreciated spirted renditions of 2,000 Light Years Away, and One of My Lies. Newer tracks such as Nice Guys Finish Last, Scattered, and Uptight seamlessly fit into the bands professional set. Billie Joe announced the traditional set closer Paper Lanterns before ripping into a frenzy. As usual, he slowed the tempo down to include an extended interlude with maximum foolishness. He put his guitar down to climb the amps and spray water on the crowd; he got the crowd to clap in unison with an Elmo doll, and he sang the Mickey Mouse theme song. Throughout the night, Tre would toss his drum sticks up in the air behind his back at every chance he got. At one point, he picked up a large handful, hit his snare once, and threw them everywhere. The band returned to loud applause as they launched into their encore, Prosthetic Head. This new track sounded dynamite, with its soft-loud-soft-loud dynamics and ascending vocal harmonies memorizing the crowd. Next came When I Come Around, complete with vocal support from the audience. As the song ended, Billie Joe thrashed on his G5 chord while Mike and Tre demolished the stage. Everything, save for BJ's mic stand, had to go. The carnage was so serious that Tre Cool ended up limping off stage. Billie Joe finally rested his guitar against the amp, and exited the stage to resonating feedback and tremendous cheers. He returned a minute later to perform Good Riddance - the touching solo number which brought out all the lighters. He placed his mike stand on top of his front monitor amp, and, standing as close to the crowd as possible (about four feet away), opened up his heart. When it was over, he said nothing, but his face had this sincere look of, 'Well, wasn't that perfect?' In the end, the whole night was perfect. Green Day might have lost its Top 40 status, but neither the band nor its fans seem to care. In fact, if Green Day continues to put on such complete shows as last Thursday's, their best days may very well still be ahead of them." — (a fan called) Mike 29 years ago (13 November 1995), Green Day played the Civic Center in Springfield, MA. "Inside the Springfield Civic Center Monday night, oblivious to the season's first snow outside, Green Day hit the stage running, tearing through its speedy songs at an even speedier-than-usual pace. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, when he wasn't riffing relentlessly on his powder blue guitar and shouting into the microphone, shaking his head like a film off its sprockets, was leaping into the air. Bassist Mike Dirnt, keeping the same breakneck pace, kicked backward at the same time, occasionally doubling over or exploding into flying kicks. Drummer Tre Cool was a bit more anchored to his drum set, yet his arms flailed the underpinning beat. The difference between this fall's Green Day appearance and last fall's is that they have another hit album and twice as many familiar tunes for the young crowd, which twitched and rippled in delight en masse when they came up. Armitage Shanks and Brat opened the set, just as they open the new album, Insomniac. Four songs in was the current single, Geek Stink Breath, whose lurid tooth-extraction video is currently grossing out viewers ('At least we hope so,' said Dirnt). And sprinkled throughout were the hits from their 8-million selling breakthrough, Dookie. Welcome to Paradise was the first of them, by way of introduction. Later came Longview in the same segue from Chump that occurs on the album; Basket Case followed by She; and in an encore that began with drummer Cool on guitar doing a messed-up country song, the finale, When I Come Around, whose loping beat is just about the slowest thing the band does. It was a set that lasted less than an hour, but it was a model of concentration. They still played nearly 20 songs. Things got craziest during one of their oldest songs, 2,000 Light Years Away, during which Armstrong donned a mask and quoted The Crazy World of Arthur Brown before imploring the crowd to 'lead a nice, clean, straight life and start listening to Hootie & The Blowfish.' Not a chance. Local malls have nothing on Green Day; Armstrong's crimson-dyed hair and Cool's bright green seemed to anticipate the Christmas season. The band's intensity and focus seems sharpened by nightly performances and a new inspiration - families back home. And it comes in sharp relief on the comparatively simple stage set - so small it was tough to see all three members from around the huge banks of speakers flanking it. Unless you were right up front, of course. And those up there, in the first all- general admission arena show in the region in years, were too busy moshing (or protecting themselves from moshing) to take much note. Green Day's punk ethos includes not only spartan staging, but bringing along favorite bands from their old record label, Lookout, to open. This year, it's the Riverdales, a trio who have taken up the Ramones' traditions, down to the countdowns, before that classic punk band even retires." — Courant 30 years ago (13 November 1994), Green Day played in Madison, WI on the Dookie Tour. 33 years ago (13 November 1991), Green Day played in Prague, Czechia which was still Czechoslovakia at the time. There are no photos I can find from any of these shows, by the way – I haven't just forgotten to include them

Think I'll be getting tickets to Download. Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Alien Ant Farm. As someone from the era of late 90s early 00s rock, this is good stuff. Although... McFly? At Download? Lineup has definitely softened since I last went. They'd be piss bottled off 25 years ago. (Or maybe that was more a Reading / Leeds thing? I'm glad people are more normal nowadays, anyway)

By the way: I‘m totally seeing Jimmy Eat World opening for them on their own headline shows.

I‘ m really grateful for the few solo shows, especially the ones in Vienna. But I can imagine that playing a festival is relatively „carefree“ for a band as it needs less organizing. The stage is already there, someone else is responsible for selling the tickets, organizing security etc. On the other hand, isn’t it more gratifying to play for your real fans…?

Sleeping Billie is just so cute! And fascinating to see that arm without any tattoos…

"This isn't as good as Look for Love!"

Do you not remember the discourse Green Day gets every time they release a new album? "Green Day sucks now! This isn't as good as Dookie/Insomniac/American Idiot/21CB/RevRad/literally any other album"

Seriously, can we rename or do something with this thread? I don’t want to be reminded about the goddamn election results every time I log on here. I’m depressed enough as it is.

We need all the good vibes 🙏🙏 I think this is it.

Hmm, I think it sounds good!

Got tickets for the festival in Sweden. 😊 Jimmy eat world? Yes, they have opened for Green Day before.

Oh THAT would be nice!😃

https://vocaroo.com/12LbZi8buDht Talking about this part? Sounds like he stepped on a lego XD I love it

IM DECEASED!!! hahaha!

While GDC was down, Download confirmed, headliners Friday night. https://www.instagram.com/stories/greenday/3499940829725005786?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MTJwODAzNzV3NndtMw==

I hope so

This part kills me every time "ugh they haven't had a good record since Dookie....TRE COOL RULES!"

"let’s put our politics aside" Proceeds to state matter of factly that Americans will be better off with Trump in charge and suggests BJA has been wrong in his criticism of the guy. OP's on the wind up. 😆

I stumbled across this while looking up Boy George's twitter account: This is so freaking cool. And I think they met each other at a recent Cure concert. Be still my gothy heart.

Happy Halloween... It's a spooky night here!!🎃🎃🎃

Yeah, and if that's the way the supposed Wembley (Blu-Ray) concert is gonna sound like, I'm not sure I want it anymore. Can't understand why they do this to the vocal track, and how on earth Billie could approve it.