Stories tagged with 'american idiot'

Watch broadway's 'American Idiot cast celebrate it's 10th anniversary

American Idiot opened on Broadway at New York’s St. James Theatre a decade ago on April 20th, 2010 and went on for a total of 422 performances until it closed in April 2011. [...] Read story

Watch Billie Joe perform Wake Me Up When September Ends for Global Citizen

Yesterday, we got an acoustic performance of Wake Me Up When September Ends by Billie Joe for Global Citizen... with a special twist for eagle-eyed fans, who noticed he was wearing [...] Read story

American Idiot hits UK Top 25

Green Day’s politically-charged punk anthem ‘American Idiot’ has this week hit the UK Top 25 for the first time since its original run in October 2004. The song had been the [...] Read story

UK Fans Campaign to get American Idiot to number 1 in time for Trump’s visit

American President Donald Trump is due to visit the UK on Thursday, something which hasn’t gone unnoticed by those who disagree with his politics. But on top of a giant baby bli [...] Read story

Ultimate Guitar shares a complete guide to Green Day's "Holiday"

Ultimate Guitar.com has been running a series of "Complete Guides" to individual songs and they've featured Green Day's "Holiday" off American Idiot for their 3rd feature. The feat [...] Read story

Green Day's performances of "Bang Bang" and "American Idiot" from the EMAs

Green Day's official YouTube channel has uploaded the bands performances from the MTV EMAs that took place yesterday. Check out their performance of "Bang Bang" followed by "Americ [...] Read story

"Wake Me Up When September Ends" Acoustic Guitar Cover

Check out this cover of "Wake Me Up When September Ends" by YouTuber AcousticTrench. It's a beautifully arranged version of the song. Plus, come on ... his dog, Maple, is adorable. [...] Read story

Why ‘American Idiot’ is Green Day’s greatest album

In celebration of American Idiot's release 12 years ago we'd like to share this article published on Alt Press. Written by someone who was 11 years old at the time the album was re [...] Read story

'American Idiot' movie has the 'green light,' will star Billie Joe

NME is reporting today that the long-awaited and rumored American Idiot movie has been given a "green light" by HBO, who happens to be backing the film. The music site is also r [...] Read story

American Idiot Cover Contest - Vote for your favorite

Last month we asked you guys to send in your cover of any song off American Idiot for a chance to win an American Idiot vinyl. We posted all the entries up to our forum where peopl [...] Read story

American Idiot wins 5 BroadwayWorld.com Awards

Congratulations to DOMA Theatre Company! The theater's production of the "American Idiot" musical received five BroadwayWorld.com Awards this week, including best musical. The p [...] Read story

Help American Idiot musical win BroadwayWorld.com Awards — voting ends tomorrow

Just two days are left to vote for the American Idiot musical in this year's BroadwayWorld.com Awards. The DOMA Theatre Company's production of the musical, which played in Los [...] Read story

'American Idiot' on red and white vinyl available for Black Friday Record Store Day

Green Day has announced that they will once again participate in the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day. This year, the band will be offering a limited edition of American [...] Read story

eBay: American Idiot promo book with stress ball

This week's featured eBay item is a rare American Idiot promo book with a bonus stress ball. The book contains lyrics to all the songs, blank pages, and alternative pictures to [...] Read story

Kerrang! names 'American Idiot' the best album of the 2000s

Kerrang! Magazine has released their list of the top 50 albums of the 2000s and Green Day's American Idiot has topped the list at number one. This comes as no surprise as the UK [...] Read story

Why is 'American Idiot' treasured by so many people?

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the United States release of Green Day's 'American Idiot,' the GRAMMY® Award-winning multi-platinum 2004 album. I'm going to attempt to pa [...] Read story