AMERICAN IDIOT: The Musical
First Preview Performance: September 4, 2009
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Green Day's double platinum album, American Idiot, is being turned into a musical by Tony-award winning director Michael Mayer. Billie Joe co-wrote the book for the project, and it will follow the stories of characters in American Idiot - Jesus of Suburbia, Whatsername, St. Jimmy. Music from their new album, 21st Century Breakdown, will also be used in production, which will open September 4, and run through October 11 at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, in Berkely, CA.
The musical is also moving to Broadway, although no dates have been confirmed. Playbill.com has predicted that it will happen somewhere in "late winter, spring 2010".
Articles:
MTV | Green Day Bring American Idiot To the Stage
New York Times | Punk CD Is Going Theatrical
Playbill | Broadway Future Is Confirmed for American Idiot, But When?
New York Show Tickets | American Idiot Getting Closer To Broadway
LA Times | Green Day musical 'American Idiot' appears to be heading to Broadway
The musical is also moving to Broadway, although no dates have been confirmed. Playbill.com has predicted that it will happen somewhere in "late winter, spring 2010".
Articles:
MTV | Green Day Bring American Idiot To the Stage
New York Times | Punk CD Is Going Theatrical
Playbill | Broadway Future Is Confirmed for American Idiot, But When?
New York Show Tickets | American Idiot Getting Closer To Broadway
LA Times | Green Day musical 'American Idiot' appears to be heading to Broadway
Updated: December 9th, 2009
21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN MUSIC VIDEOS Release Dates: April 24, 2009 (Know Your Enemy), June 21, 2009 (21 Guns), October 19, 2009 (21st Century Breakdown)
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Know Your Enemy is the first single from the "21st Century Breakdown" album. Know Your Enemy is the second song in the album's first act, "Heroes and Cons", following 21st Century Breakdown, the song. The band worked with director Matthew Cullen on the video for this single.
21 Guns is the second single from the "21st Century Breakdown" album. 21 Guns is the third song in the album's third act, "Horseshoes And Handgrenades", following Static Age. The band worked with director Marc Webb (who directed the videos for Waiting and 21st Century Breakdown) on the video for this single.
21st Century Breakdown, the song, is the fourth single from the "21st Century Breakdown" album. 21st Century Breakdown is the first song in the album's first act, "Heroes and Cons" and follows the Intro, Song of the Century. The band worked with director Marc Webb (who directed the videos for Waiting and 21 Guns) on the video for this single.
You can watch all the music videos on this page.
21 Guns is the second single from the "21st Century Breakdown" album. 21 Guns is the third song in the album's third act, "Horseshoes And Handgrenades", following Static Age. The band worked with director Marc Webb (who directed the videos for Waiting and 21st Century Breakdown) on the video for this single.
21st Century Breakdown, the song, is the fourth single from the "21st Century Breakdown" album. 21st Century Breakdown is the first song in the album's first act, "Heroes and Cons" and follows the Intro, Song of the Century. The band worked with director Marc Webb (who directed the videos for Waiting and 21 Guns) on the video for this single.
You can watch all the music videos on this page.
Updated: December 9th, 2009
21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN LIVE VIDEOS Release Dates: September 18, 2009 (East Jesus Nowhere), November (Murder City, Last Night On Earth)
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East Jesus Nowhere is the third single from the "21st Century Breakdown" album. Rather than making an official music video, the band made a montage of live concert footage during the US and Canada leg of the the '21st Century Breakdown' tour. You can watch the video here.
A live video for Murder City was filmed by the band at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England, and uploaded to their official site in early November. You can download the video from our Download of the Week page.
A live video for Last Night On Earth was also filmed by the band in Zurich on November 8th, and uploaded to their official site a few days later. You can download the video here.
You can also find the live videos on Green Day's official website.
A live video for Murder City was filmed by the band at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England, and uploaded to their official site in early November. You can download the video from our Download of the Week page.
A live video for Last Night On Earth was also filmed by the band in Zurich on November 8th, and uploaded to their official site a few days later. You can download the video here.
You can also find the live videos on Green Day's official website.
Updated: December 9th, 2009
HEART LIKE A HAND GRENADE Screening Date: March 25, 2009
Release Date: TBD
Details
After years of waiting, the film directed by John Roecker documenting the making of 'American Idiot' was shown at a private screening in Los Angeles on March 25, 2009. The Green Day Authority was represented by Andres and J'net (read their review), and many forum members were also on the director's guest list or won tickets from the Idiot Club.
At the after party following the screening, attendees learned that there are no immediate plans to release the movie. The film's editor, Dean Gonzalez, speculated that it could possibly be released in 2014 to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of American Idiot's release.
At the after party following the screening, attendees learned that there are no immediate plans to release the movie. The film's editor, Dean Gonzalez, speculated that it could possibly be released in 2014 to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of American Idiot's release.
Updated: March 28, 2009
FOXBORO HOT TUBS: Stop Drop & Roll
Release Date: May 20th 2008
Details
Green Day has recorded a spontaneous album named Stop Drop & Roll under the band name Foxboro Hot Tubs. The side-band first appeared mysteriously in a Idiot Club forum message, the resemblances had everyone guessing who was behind the Hot Tubs until Green Day released a statement to MTV:
We have setup a dedicated page with all the details about the Foxboro Hot Tubs, which you can read here.
Articles:
- Kerrang
- NME(1, 2, 3, 4)
"We think that the only similarity [between the Hot Tubs and Green Day] is that we are the same band. That is basically the only similarity," the Hot Tubs, er, Green Day, wrote in the e-mail. "We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music and be spontaneous, [and] after a few late night jams and a few too many bottles of wine, we were inspired to record some rockin' eight-track recordings.
We have setup a dedicated page with all the details about the Foxboro Hot Tubs, which you can read here.
Articles:
- Kerrang
- NME(1, 2, 3, 4)
Updated: March 18, 2009
GREEN DAY MUSIC IN MOVIES
Green Day's second single from the 21st Century Breakdown album, 21 Guns, has been included as part of the soundtrack in the movie, Transformers 2, Revenge of the Fallen, released on June 24, 2009. Green Day fans watching the movie were pleased to find that the song is used twice during the movie and also during the credits.
Also, Green Day's first single from the 21st Century Breakdown album, Know Your Enemy, was featured in the trailer for The Spy Next Door.
Updated: December 9th, 2009
GREEN DAY + NRDC
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The group has been a little inactive while Green Day headed back to the studio to work on their 8th album. We'll see if the group gets active following the release of the new album.
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