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I don’t think there was any theme to the album, they’ve been pretty forward on the fact that Cigarettes & Valentines was just a solid power pop punk album, likely taking what they had been doing with Warning and mixing it with some classic high energy Green Day. It was good, but not “global phenomenon” good, which is what they needed at the time. The album was basically a rehash of what they had already done in the past, so of course the “American Idiot” concept won in the end. As people have been saying, Cigarettes and Valentines truly is the missing link between Warning era Green Day and American Idiot Green Day, and I think that’s whats so appealing about it. What COULD have been.

Yes, except the VIP tickets. 😅 I'm really excited for two nights in Vienna. Since I have to travel it's less expensive also, which is good cause the gigs in the UK this year was so damn expensive 🥺. I'm looking forward to Amsterdam too. It's going to be fun.

One more reason to cherish Vienna…!

Copied comments the band made within aa general article I posted updating the Download festival in case you missed it:- Green Day will be hoping the festival gives fans the chance to check out some new music, as they previously told of their despair at people relying on TikTok algorithms to be introduced to other artists. Mike Dirnt told The Sun newspaper: “Social media is great for kids but if you’re finding your music via algorithms then that’s just lazy. “I like to organically find new things. All I can say is just clear your search history to find new [stuff].” Billie Joe Armstrong added: “I was told that 'Brain Stew' was a sudden popular thing on TikTok with a lot of hip-hop kids dancing to it. And that’s cool. “But I don’t have the patience to use it. It’s just like, eurgh. It’s cool for other people but we’re old- school man.” And the trio worry such algorithms are fuelling the rise of misinformation online. Billie Joe said: "With all the algorithms that people live on, there’s so much false information, and there’s people diagnosing themselves with Asperger’s off TikTok. That’s absurd to me."

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.

Still enjoying the heck out of my American Idiot 20 CD box set. Still WAITING on UNT to show up. Amazon has given me a refund with the package being lost in lala land and 1234 is on the opposite side of this strange island called America, so I guess I'll get a copy of Unt sometime between tonight and when we get another president.

So glad it wasn’t just me! 😂😂

This 👍

When the day's wordle makes you think of a certain Insomniac song.

Headlining Download is cool, but I thought they’d take advantage of the fact that it’s the 20th anniversary of the MK Bowl gigs next year.

I presume Pinhead Gunpowder posts go in here? "How about some tunes on the jukebox? " From Billie's Instagram story a few days ago Henry Ruggieri posted some throwback pics

Got to admire your enthusiasm although I don't get it. It will be the closest the band have played to where I live in 19 years and is just a shitty festival. Why would it be any different to any other festival?

This title makes me question the priorities of people.

Guys! Green Day is nominated for best Rock Grammy for 2025! The Grammys are currently announcing 2025 nominees and Haley Williams just announced best Rock Nominees. Saviors is up for the Grammy!! Congrats boys!!! AHHHH Billie is on the nomination broadcast!!! He announced record and album of the year! I am losing my shit at work!!! I didn't know he was appearing, so it was a total surprise! Sadly, Green Day did not make the cut for these categories

“People know where Green Day stands,” says Armstrong. “It's in our songs. It's the way that we've talked about things ever since the beginning. Even before that, we were writing about politics. You know, we have a firm stance of anti-racism [and] anti-homophobia. I'm a middle aged man now. We brought out [nonprofit group] HeadCount, and it was by far the biggest turnout for people registering to vote that they've ever had on a tour. For Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish to come out and say something, I'd rather be an ally of that than to be trying to jump on that. But I agree with them.” I wasn’t totally sure why Billie wasn’t directly addressing politics as much at shows anymore or why the band didn’t directly address the lead up to the election, but I really love and appreciate the logic of just getting fans registered to vote and supporting the younger artists who (tried) to mobilize their fanbases.

The documentary definitely has its shortcomings. I also thought it would have more of a narrative and take us through the timeline of everything leading to American Idiot and beyond. But I still enjoyed all the fun bits we got especially things we didn't get on HLAHG and BIAB. Definitely feel like there was more they could've done, but I'm still happy with it. I had a good time watching it, whereas HLAG is decent....but then I remember the dance number in the beginning and I get mad all over again. Really disappointed that a disc was wasted on that.

My LP came with a poster and postcard with a pic of Bill n Billie on it!

The fuck my spotify just shuffled into my ears?