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Interview with Dawn71, Green Day Fan and Afghanistan War Veteran

By Green Day Mind

Kitty with a Gun - Dawn71

Senseless War by Dawn71
Here fighting in this foreign land,
A ruck on my back and a M-16 in my hand.
Death and destruction at every turn,
People lay dying and buildings burn.
Life here has no meaning or worth,
This sandbox is hell on Earth.
Kill or be killed just to survive,
I shoot just to stay alive.
Things I’ve done haunt my dreams at night.
It all just doesn’t seem right.
Senseless killing whats it all for?
Stuck here fighting someone else’s war.

Dawn71 is a Green Day Community member who gave away a bunch of tickets and hand-made Green Day t-shirts to fans who weren’t otherwise able to attend Green Day’s show last week in Dallas, TX. GDCers from Texas met up prior to the gig had a get-to-know-each-other and Dawn ended up giving away 11 tickets: 2 pit tickets, 3 tickets in the 200 section, and 6 lawn tickets, plus 25 hand-made t-shirts. One of the girls who got a t-shirt from Dawn’s sang “We Are the Waiting” that night, too!
I was intrigued by Dawn’s story, and asked her if I could interview her not only as a hardcore Green Day fan who first saw the band in 1991 in Florida, but also as an Iraqi Afghanistan War Veteran, who got to bootcamp literally two weeks before 9/11 and was seriously injured during the war. Her generosity is amazing. Dawn is looking to go to Homecoming at Shoreline, but can’t drive and would like to find someone in the area who would be willing to drive her there. If you know of anyone in the Dallas area, or would like to just buy her a plane ticket or something, please let me know and I will put her in touch with you asap. She spent most of her savings on helping others get to the show in Dallas.
No psychopaths, please.

Green Day Are We the Waiting and St. Jimmy Live in Dallas

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“We Are the Waiting” – Green Day, Dallas, August 2010 – thirstyschiavo

Dawn71 Interview

GREENDAYMIND: I read your story on the Green Day Community and I was intrigued. I’ve seen your avatar (a kitten with a gun, pointing out of a window, as a sniper would, but there’s a pretty star pillow in it, too), and I’ve always found the kitten with a gun meme touching and horrific at the same time.
You recently gave away a few pit and lawn tickets to the Dallas Green Day show for the use of folks who couldn’t otherwise go and it was at this time that I (and maybe others) found out that you were a long-term Green Day fan, as well as a seriously wounded Iraqi War veteran. I read your story, and literally started crying, it was so wonderful that you offered to help people go to this show. Thanks for saying yes to a short interview
I understand that you first saw Green Day in Florida, in 1991, before they were on anyone’s radar. Can you tell us how you heard about them and about that show?
DAWN71: I felt at home for the 1st time. I don’t know if you can understand what I mean by that but for the 1st time in my life I felt free to be me. I was jumping around and loving it. Later that night I got kicked in the mouth by a crowd surfer and I had just got my braces put on my teeth and my mouth bled pretty bad, but I didn’t care, I was having too much fun. My boyfriend on the other hand, didn’t take is so well and he wanted to kick the guy’s ass that kicked me in the mouth. I was trying to break it up before the fight got bad and just then I heard Billie Joe over the microphone asking if everything was alright (or something to that effect) and they stopped fighting. Then Tre walked up and kissed Billie and my boyfriend flipped. He said “Come on, let’s get out of here, I don’t want to hear a bunch of faggots play.” I told him he was a narrow-minded jerk and if he didn’t like it he could leave by himself because I was staying. But of course he stayed but he wasn’t happy about it and later that night I broke up with him anyway.  Lol! I know this may be more than you were asking but I figured you might want to hear the whole story.
About 2 months before that show I heard Green Day for the 1st time. One of my friends played me one of their records (his dad lives in Oakland and he spent his summers there) and I was instantly so drawn to their sound and lyrics I could relate to. It was kind of one those “ah ha” moments in life that are so rare. I was mesmerized by Green Days’ music. I had him make me some cassettes and I about wore them out. Then a few months later I was on vacation with my family & boyfriend in Tampa and I just so happen to come across a flyer saying “Green Day Playing.” To me it was like fate. My boyfriend & I went to the concert. It was a hole-in-the-wall club, but I looked around and thought to myself, “I don’t need to fit into some clique at school because I had found my nitch right here with all the people in that club.” Green Day was playing we all had a blast.
GREEENDAYMIND: Was Al Sobrante on the drums at the time? (Original Sweet Children/Green Day drummer, John Kiffmeyer, aka Al Sobrante, left the band in 1990 to attend college.)

DAWN71: Tre’ Cool was the drummer the 1st time I saw Green Day live in Tampa, FL in Aug.1991, at The Starr Club. The 2nd time was in Elmhurst, IL in May 1992 at McGreggors (I think that was the name of the place). The 3rd time was in Dallas, Dec. 1993 (but I can’t remember the name of the club). I saw them several times in 1993 in Florida, Virginia, and twice in Texas (Austin & Dallas)
GREENDAYMIND: What was your first major Green Day show and how many shows have you been to? Which has been your favorite?
DAWN71: The 1st major Green Day concert I went to was probably the one 1993 in Dallas. It was by no means anywhere as big as Green Day’s concerts are now but it seemed more organized (well, as organized as 21-yr old punks can be). I have been to around 20 Green Day concerts (honestly I lost count). My favorite, I will have to say, was the 1st time I saw them live in Tampa, FL.
GREENDAYMIND: What is it about Green Day that you love? Why have you followed them for so long?
DAWN71: When I was in High School I had friends from every clique but there were none that I actually really fit into. So I felt like a misfit. When I found Green Day’s music it was like I had found home, somewhere I fit in. I have been through so much in my life and Green Day’s music helped me see the light at the end of the tunnel and pulled me through. I have been through so many things: I grew up in an abusive environment, my 2nd child, my baby boy, was murdered by his father when he was only 3½ months old; my ex-husband stole my daughter and I had no idea where she was for 6 yrs., then when my husband found out I’d be in a wheelchair he took off and left me for another Soldier’s wife, and I lost my ability to walk. Those are just a few things I have been through and I had nowhere to turn but to music. Green Day’s music has touched my life in so many ways. It gave me strength and courage when I needed it; it also let me vent my frustrations when I was so angry that I couldn’t take it no more. It let me know that it’s OK to cry and let it all out when the weight of the world was on my shoulders, and it gave me inner peace and a place of refuge when my life was in turmoil. The only constant in my life in the past 19 years was Green Day’s music. It has been my rock. The lyrics of their songs are so profound to me, it’s like trying to describe the indescribable. I know many people may find what I said silly, I have been teased about it before more than once. I feel sorry for the ones that find what I have said to be absurd, because they must have never experienced a deep connection to music like I have. I love all of Green Day’s older albums. I was there almost from their beginning, but the last two albums (American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown) couldn’t have had better timing. They came out right when I needed to hear them. The lyrics in those albums were exactly what I needed to hear and exactly how I felt. They saw me through some of the darkest times in my life, with the war, with my injuries both medically and mentally. Things I still struggle through to this day. Their music started speaking to me when I was only 19-yrs. old and here I am now 38-yrs. old and their music still speaks to me.
GREENDAYMIND; What’s your favorite Green Day recording and why? (Could be album, bootleg, live video, etc.)
DAWN71: My favorite Album is Insomniac. My favorite song is a toss-up between 5 songs: “Going to Pasalacqua,” “Brain Stew,” “She,” “Jesus of Suburbia,” and “Welcome to Paradise.” It’s too hard to pick just one, but if I absolutely had to it would be “She.”
GREENDAYMIND: When did you join the military?
DAWN71: I started my basic training in the Army on Aug. 26, 2001.
GREENDAYMIND: I don’t want to make this political, but I wonder if your views of the military and/or the war changed from before your deployment after you left the military?
DAWN71: In a way they did. I don’t think anyone can witness that much death and destruction and not be affected by it. Before my 1st deployment, there were several male Soldiers that were friends of mine [who were] acting all tough and gung-ho about it, but those same guys were in tears by the time we came back home.
GREENDAYMIND: How were you injured? What is the extent of your injuries and how is your recovery going?
DAWN71: I got injured while out on routine patrol and our Humvee hit an IED. I was the only Soldier in the vehicle that survived. I’ll never forget my battle buddy, my good friend. We went to basic training together. I’ll never forget when she died in my arms as I tried with all I had to save her. I was a combat medic and it was my job: Fight when needed and to help Soldiers when injured and try and save their lives to get them stable till medivac arrived. I had several pieces of shrapnel in my body. I had a big gash where my forehead and scalp meet, a piece in my leg and arm but my worst injury was my back, my L3-4, L4-5 and S1 were herniated and pinched several nerves in my back. It wasn’t until after my surgery that I was unable to walk or use my right leg. Some nerves that was pinched between the discs were severed when they were trying to fix it. My recovery is going pretty slow. Unfortunately, nerves do not regenerate. But I haven’t given up hope. I refuse to except this as my fate. It is kind of weird that I’m still at war but instead of with another Country, I’m at war with my body. It’s a war I will win or die trying. I’ll never give up.
GREENDAYMIND: This was your first Green Day show in a wheelchair. I understand that you had to fight tooth and nail in order to get into the pit at Dallas because of it. How did you win this battle?
DAWN71: Yes, this was my 1st Green Day concert from a wheelchair. To me it was bad enough being in this chair and it changing most every aspect of my life. I did it by calling everyone I could and not taking no for an answer. Finally I got in touch with the Superpages.com box office manager. He was telling me no, also. He said that pit tickets were sold out anyway. I told him that they weren’t when I was trying to buy them. I tried during presale and on the day they went on sale the minute the box office opened but they refused to sale me a ticket. They tried to blame it on security so I called security and found that not to be true so I called the box office manager back and by then I had had it! So I told him that I would get some other disabled Veterans in wheelchairs and we would picket the venue (not the concert I’d never do that to GD; besides it wasn’t GD’s fault it was the venue’s), then I hung up the phone and a few minutes later the box office manager called back and said there would be 2 pit bracelets waiting at Will Call for me.
GREENDAYMIND: How was the awesome show!?! Do you have a personal highlight from the show?
DAWN71: First, I had an awesome time at the meet up at the Hard Rock Café in Dallas the night before the concert. It was so great meeting everyone and I had fun doing the drawing and giving away all the Green Day items I brought for a drawing. I wanted to do something special for the meet up and everyone seemed to enjoy the drawing. I got in line at 6AM on Thursday the 26th, so I could get up front so I could see because if I didn’t get the front I wouldn’t be able to see over everyone standing up. Green Day is always great, well beyond great. I did get up front in the pit. It took a lot of begging. I should have been up there 1st anyway as I was 1st in line but people almost ran me over getting past me to get to the pit. I did get up there though, finally. Right before the concert started, one of the security guards came up to shake my hand and told me he was deployed also and got injured in the war, too. He was very nice. I don’t know who told him about me, maybe the box office manager that I fought for 2 months with to be able to get in the pit for the concert.
Green Day was awesome on stage.  I couldn’t have asked for more in a set list. It was awesome. There was a really funny part. Right as the song Jaded ended Billie Joe pulled his pants down right in front of me, then there was a blast from the stage effects and it startled me and I fucking ducked because it happened right as Billie Joe pulled his pants down. For a split second I thought the sound came from Billie Joe’s ass and something was about to shoot out of his ass. It was the timing of the whole thing that startled me, I guess. Thank God nothing actually shot out his ass….lol.
There were some bad parts, too, which had nothing to do with Green Day’s performance. Some stupid bitch used my wheelchair to climb over the barricade. I reached up and grabbed her fat ass and threw her over the fucking barricade as hard as I could and then 2 more girls and a guy did it too so I chucked all of their asses over the fucking barricade. Then I turned around and said does anyone else want to get their fucking asses thrown over? After that, no one else stepped on me. I did missed a lot of the concert due to people shoving and pushing. I didn’t realize just how much of the visual part of the concert I had actually missed until a few days after the concert when I saw some of the videos from Youtube and I had to double check to make sure they were from the GD concert I was at, because it seemed so different on Youtube. There was so much on the Youtube videos I never saw. I wanted to see Green Day from the pit because I just wanted to feel like a normal person. Which is something that was taken from me on Feb. 15, 2006 in the IED explosion which took my ability to walk away. Watching those Youtube videos broke my heart and I kind of realized nothing was ever going to be normal for me again. Don’t get me wrong I loved the concert and enjoyed myself. Shit, I’d go to a Green Day concert blind if I had to.
I love Green Day’s music so much and it has always meant more to me than I could possibly say. It’s just that when I saw those Youtube videos, it showed me that about 90% of the visual parts of the concert I totally missed because I was sitting in this damned wheelchair. I have never been one to have a pity party for myself at all. But seeing those Youtube videos just tore me up inside. I feel like I’m stuck here with the question of “what now?” I can’t even get the full experience from one of the things I love the most in this world. I have lost a lot since I was injured and Green Day’s music/lyrics helped me a lot. Losing the ability to get the full experience like a normal person would at a Green Day concert was a hard pill to swallow. I felt kind of like the day when the doctor said I wouldn’t be able to walk again and life would be challenging and different for me from here on out. That’s the closest emotion I could compare it to what I’m feeling now. It feels like I have lost something so major in my life. I should have never watched those Youtube videos and I wouldn’t have known the difference. Now I feel like a huge part of me is missing. I have always been a take-on-the-world, help everyone I can, and never give up type of person, but right now I just feel like someone has sucked all of the oxygen out of the room and it’s hard to breathe and I feel crushed.
GREENDAYMIND: Lastly, what was your rationale for giving away tickets to the Dallas show and how did it all work out?
DAWN71: I missed their last 2 tours Green Day made in my area. The 1st time I missed it because I was deployed, and the last tour because I was healing from back surgery that was due to the IED explosion I was in during my 2nd deployment. It really sucked to miss their concerts due to things out of my control. After all of that and seeing people on the GDC forum not being able to go to Green Day’s concert because of money, I wanted to do something to help. Because I know what it is like to be a huge Green Day fan and have to miss their concert for reasons out of your control. With the economy as bad as it is I know there are some Green Day fans that can’t afford to go due to financial reasons that are out of their control. So, I decided I am going to do as much as I could to help. I took my savings and tried to help as many people as I could. I am not rich by any stretch of the imagination but you don’t have to be to make a difference no matter how small. It’s a good thing. And seeing Green Day live is a great thing!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so happy to be able to help out so many people to get to see Green Day. In all I gave away 11 tickets: 2 pit tickets, 3 tickets in the 200 section, and 6 lawn tickets. I wish I could have had enough money to give even more tickets away.
I was so happy everyone loved the custom Green Day shirts I made. In all I gave away 25 of them. I worked my butt of for 2 months trying to get as many as I could made before the Dallas concert. I was trying for 30 but only got 25 done. I took old Green Day t-shirts and recycled them and added more material and took away some material in some cases. I added a few ribbons and other things and came out with some very cool kick ass tops. It was awesome to see Corrie on stage wearing one of the shirts I made. I didn’t charge anyone for them; I gave them a way. I didn’t want to sell them and take from Green Day because I know they are selling t-shirts and other stuff. I also hope Green Day noticed people wearing the custom made tops I made and liked them. When I was making them I felt like I was doing good for the environment by recycling and at the same time showing respect for the greatest band on Earth, Green Day!!!

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Lyrics

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Music

American Idiot

American Idiot
Sept 21, 2004
Warner Bros. Records

1. American Idiot
2. Jesus of Suburbia
3. Holiday
4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
5. Are We The Waiting
6. St. Jimmy
7. Give Me Novacaine
8. She's a Rebel
9. Extraordinary Girl
10. Letterbomb
11. Wake Me Up When September Ends
12. Homecoming
13. Whatsername
toques emagrecer musica eletronica c3 clube

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Shenanigans

Shenanigans
2002 Reprise Records
* The Japanese version has the song DUI on it in addition to the tracks on the domestic release.

1. Suffocate
2. Desensitized
3. You Lied
4. Outsider
5. Don't Wanna Fall in Love
6. Espionage (from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
7. I Want to Be on Tv
8. Scumbag
9. Tired of Waiting for You
10. Sick of Me
11. Rotting
12. Do Da Da
13. On the Wagon
14. Ha Ha You're Dead

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International Superhits

International Superhits
2001 Reprise Records

1. Maria
2. Poprocks & Coke
3. Longview
4. Welcome To Paradise
5. Basket Case
6. When I Come Around
7. She
8. J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)
9. Geek Stink Breath
10. Brain Stew
11. Jaded
12. Walking Contradiction
13. Stuck With Me
14. Hitchin' A Ride
15. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
16.Redundant
17. Nice Guys Finish Last
18. Minority
19. Warning
20. Waiting
21. Macy's Day Parade

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Warning

Warning
2000 Reprise Records

1. Warning
2. Blood, Sex, and Booze
3. Church On Sunday
4. Fashion Victim
5. Castaway
6. Misery
7. Deadbeat Holiday
8. Hold On
9. Jackass
10. Waiting
11. Minority
12. Macy's Day Parade

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Nimrod

Nimrod
1997 Reprise Records

1. Nice Guys Finish Last
2. Hitchin' A Ride
3. The Grouch
4. Redundant
5. Scattered
6. All The Time
7. Worry Rock
8. Platypus (I Hate You)
9. Uptight
10. Last Ride In
11. Jinx
12. Haushinka
13. Walking Alone
14. Reject
15. Take Back
16. King For A Day
17. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
18. Prosthetic Head
19. Desensitized (Japanese Version Only)

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Insomniac

Insomniac
1994 Reprise Records

1. Armatage Shanks
2. Brat
3. Stuck With Me
4. Geek Stink Breath
5. No Pride
6. Bab's Uvula Who?
7. 86
8. The Panic Song
9. Stuart and the Ave.
10. Brain Stew
11. Jaded
12. Westbound Sign
13. Tight Wad Hill
14. Walking Contradiction

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Dookie

Dookie
1994 Reprise Records

1. Burnout
2. Having a Blast
3. Chump
4. Longview
5. Welcome to Paradise
6. Pulling Teeth
7. Basket Case
8. She
9. Sassafras Roots
10. When I Come Around
11. Emenius Sleepus
12. Coming Clean
13. In The End
14. F.O.D.
15. All By Myself ("secret song")

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Kerplunk

Kerplunk
1991 Lookout! Records
This CD has been re-released with the songs from the "Sweet Children E.P."

1. 2000 Light Years Away
2. One For The Razorbacks
3. Welcome To Paradise
4. Christie Road
5. Private Ale
6. Dominated Love Slave
7. One Of My Lies
8. 80
9. Android
10. No One Knows
11. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
12. Words I Might Have Ate
13. Sweet Children
14. Best Thing In Town
15. Strangeland
16. My Generation

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39/Smooth

39/Smooth
1990 Lookout! Records
This CD has been re-released as "1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" and contains the "Slappy E.P." and the "1,000 Hours E.P." songs.

1. At The Library
2. Don't Leave Me
3. I Was There
4. Disappearing Boy
5. Green Day
6. Going to Pasalacqua
7. 16
8. Road to Acceptance
9. Rest
10. The Judge's Daughter
11. Paper Lanterns
12. Why Do You Want Him?
13. 409 In Your Coffeemaker
14. Knowledge
15. 1,000 Hours
16. Dry Ice
17. Only Of You
18. The One I Want
19.I Want To Be Alone

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21st Century Breakdown

21st Century Breakdown
May 15th, 2009 Reprise Records

1. Song of the Century
ACT 1 - HEROES AND CONS
2. 21st Century Breakdown
3. Know Your Enemy
4. !Viva La Gloria!
5. Before the Lobotomy
6. Christian's Inferno
7. Last Night on Earth
ACT 2 - CHARLATANS AND SAINTS
8. East Jesus Nowhere
9. Peacemaker
10. Last of the American Girls
11. Murder City
12. ?Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)
13. Restless Heart Syndrome
ACT 3 - HORSESHOES AND HANDGRENADES
14. Horseshoes and Handgrenades
15. The Static Age
16. 21 Guns
17. American Eulogy
 A. Mass Hysteria
 B. Modern World
18. See The Light

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BULLET IN A BIBLE

Bullet In A Bible
CD/DVD November 15, 2005
Warner Bros. Records

1. American Idiot
2. Jesus of Suburbia
3. Holiday
4. We Are The Waiting
5. St. Jimmy
6. Longview
7. Hitchin' A Ride
8. Brain Stew
9. Basket Case
10. King For A Day/Shout
11. Wake Me Up When September Ends
12. Minority
13. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
14. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

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UPCOMING DATES

Tickets available to the general public now. More info: AmericanIdiotonbroadway.com

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UPCOMING DATES

January 1 - February 27 - Billie Joe returns to the cast of American Idiot. Get tickets here

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12-16 - SPIN'S 20 BEST PHOTOS OF 2010

The photo shoot for the Green Day frontman's cover of SPIN's "Under the Influence" issue, in which he interviewed his idol, Replacements rocker Paul Westerberg, transformed into an impromptu concert.
"Billie Joe opened up for the photographer, Francesco Carrozzini, and played a few tunes from his band's Broadway play American Idiot for all of us," Egiziano says of this candid moment.

[Full article at SPIN]

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12-15 - NME

NME's Hottest Men in Music. Vote Billie Joe: HERE.

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12-15 - AMERICAN IDIOT GIVES BACK

The smash-hit musical AMERICAN IDIOT presents "American Idiot Gives Back", a day of special performances on Thursday, December 16 to benefit Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS. Free and open to the general public, the show's stars John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands and Michael Esper will play a different selection of their Green Day favorites, Holiday classics and songs from AMERICAN IDIOT at each NYC location.

Receive up-to-the-minute "American Idiot Gives Back" updates on Thursday, December 16 via AMERICAN IDIOT's Twitter and Facebook:
www.twitter.com/americanidiotny and www.facebook.com/americanidiotbroadway

Thursday, December 16, 2010:
Approximately 1pm: Citi Pond at Bryant Park (Between 40th and 42nd Streets / 5th and 6th Avenues)

Approx. 2pm: Carlton Hotel Lobby (88 Madison Avenue, between 28th and 29th)

Approx. 3pm: Hard Rock Café (1540 Broadway, between 43rd and 44th)

Approx. 3:30pm: St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street, between Broadway and 8th)

ABOUT AMERICAN IDIOT
Called "the first great musical of the 21st century" by The Toronto Star, AMERICAN IDIOT tells the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Their quest for meaning in a post 9-11 world leads them on an exhilarating journey.

Based on Green Day's groundbreaking rock opera American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong and the band collaborate with one of the theatre's most acclaimed creative teams, led by the Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, Pulitzer Prize and two-time Tony Award-winning composer and orchestrator Tom Kitt, and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hoggett, to bring this explosive, iconic album to the stage.

The playing schedule for AMERICAN IDIOT is Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday 8pm, Thursday at 8pm, Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm and Sunday at 3pm and 7:30pm. Tickets range from $137.00 - $49.00 and can be purchased at The St. James Box Office or via telecharge.com (212-239-6200).

ABOUT BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised over $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.

BC/EFA is the major supporter of seven programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative, the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic and more. BC/EFA also awards annual grants to more than 400 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide.

For more information, visit www.broadwaycares.org.

www.AmericanIdiotonBroadway.com

[Full article at Broadway World]

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12-14 - ADELINE RECORDS ONLINE SALE

Only 2 days left to order and get your merch in 2010! Sale goes until December 31, but last shipment for the year is this Thursday. After that you'll have to wait until January 5 for your order to ship. Don't miss out!
Adeline Records has launched a redesign of their online store, and have included a 25% off discount for most items listed.

This includes their awesome Adeline Merch, as well as most merchandise and products from other bands.

If you guys were looking to buy some Green Day vinyl, they currently have those on sale as well. They have the 7" vinyl for Warning, Minority, and Waiting - as well as the 12" for American Idiot and Warning. As the banner on the store says, to take advantage of the 25% off, just use the code "TAKEIT" during checkout.

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12-14 - JEANNE DE WAAL JOINS AMERICAN IDIOT CAST

 Jeanna de Waal will replace original cast member Mary Faber as Heather in the Broadway production of American Idiot, at the St. James Theatre, beginning with tonight's performance, December 14. Faber, who will soon appear as Smitty in the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, played her final performance on Sunday, December 12.
The musical features a score by Green Day. It is directed by Michael Mayer, who wrote the book with the band's frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, and features choreography by Steven Hoggett. It follows working-class characters from the suburbs to the city to the Middle East, as they seek redemption in a world filled with frustration.
The principal cast also includes Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr., Tony Award Nominee Stark Sands, Michael Esper, Rebecca Naomi Jones, and Christina Sajous. As previously reported, Armstrong will play a limited engagement as St. Jimmy, beginning January 1.
Waal is making her Broadway debut. She recently appeared in the West End production of We Will Rock You.
For more information on the show, click here.
[Full article at Theater Mania]

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12-14 - THE SING OFF

'The Sing-Off' recap: rock hits and guilty pleasures? Yes, please

Tonight's Sing-Off opens with a group performance of Green Day's "21 Guns," and I continue to be struck by how much better these are than Idol's results-day group sings. No contest.
[Full article at Baltimore Sun]

UPCOMING DATES

December 11 - Green Day: Remastered on Vh1 Classic  9PM/8PM central
January 1 - February 27 - Billie Joe returns to the cast of American Idiot. Get tickets here

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12-09 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to Tré Cool who celebrates his birthday today!

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12-09 - GREEN DAY NOMINATED AT VIDEO GAME AWARDS

Green Day's "Basket Case" is nominated for Best Song in a Game at the 2011 Video Game Awards. Stay tuned December 11th on SPIKE TV.
12-08 - BEHIND THE MUSIC: REMASTERED

January 1 - February 27 - Billie Joe returns to the cast of American Idiot. Get tickets here

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12-02 - MESSAGE FROM MIKE AND FAMILY

Mike and Brittney wanted all of you in the Green Day family to see her and know her name first!

Ryan Ruby Mae Pritchard
Born 11/29/10.  7lbs 6oz

Rage and love...

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12-02 - GRAMMY NOMINATION

The Recording Academy's Best Musical Show Album is awarded to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a new score. Last night the nominees were announced and we're happy to share that Green Day as the composers and Billie Joe Armstrong as lyricist have been nominated for the Original Broadway Cast Recording: American Idiot (Featuring Green Day)! This is the 19th nomination Green Day has received from the Recording Academy since 1995!

Tune in to the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on CBS on Sunday, February 13th at 8PM ET/PT to see if Green Day will take home their 5th Grammy award!

Click HERE to read the LA Times article about their nomination.

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11-30 - BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG RETURNS TO AMERICAN IDIOT

Billie Joe Armstrong returns to the cast of American Idiot for 50 performances only as St. Jimmy, starting January 1, 2011 through February 27, 2011.

See list below for specific dates:

January 1 - 2 - Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 3pm & 7:30pm
January  4 - 9 - Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday - Friday @ 8pm, Wednesday @ 2pm,  Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 3pm
January  18 - 30 - Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday - Friday @ 8pm, Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 3pm & 7:30pm
February 10 - 13 - Thursday - Friday @ 8pm, Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 3pm & 7:30pm
February 15 - 27 - Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday - Friday @ 8pm, Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 3pm & 7:30pm

Please note that Billie Joe Armstrong will not appear as St. Jimmy from January 11 to January 16 and from February 1 to February 9.

Click here for tickets

For more information please visit www.americanidiotonbroadway.com/billiejoe

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11-30 - IDIOT CLUB CONTEST

Currently there is a Message Board Scavenger Hunt happening in Idiot Club.  Ten winners will win an limited edition GD item.  If you are already a member, hop over to www.idiotclub.com for the details.  Not a member yet?  What better time than now?  www.idiotclub.com

Deadline to submit is December 1 at 2:00pm EST. Winners will be announced by December 6 and will get an awesome Limited Edition prize from our IC Prize Vault.

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11-29 - BILLIE JOE CATCHES 'NEXT TO NORMAL'

You'll have to excuse audience members at the Ahmanson Theatre on Sunday night for doing a double-take at the guests in seats K19 and 20. After all, the musical "Next to Normal," about a clinically depressed, bipolar woman (played by Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley) and her family, is probably the last place people would expect to see the lead vocalist for the rock band Green Day.

But sure enough, there was Billie Joe Armstrong, sans mascara, with his wife, Adrienne, in the center orchestra section for opening night of the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.

The connection? "Next to Normal" composer and co-orchestrator Tom Kitt also served as music supervisor for Green Day's Broadway musical "American Idiot."

A few rows up from Armstrong sat the always-dapper Pierce Brosnan and wife Keely Shaye Smith, seeing the musical for the first time. His "Mamma Mia!" costar Amanda Seyfried also was in attendance.

[Full article at LA Times]

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11-29 - MTV

The mysteries surrounding "I'm Still Here," the documentary film directed by Casey Affleck that tracks Joaquin Phoenix's supposed breakdown, appear to have been solved. In an interview with the New York Times, Affleck admitted that the entire project was not actually a legitimate documentary (which followed Phoenix's attempts to start a rap career, do a bunch of drugs and generally fall apart) but rather a massive piece of performance art conceived by Phoenix. Even Phoenix's legendary interview on "The Late Show with David Letterman" was part of the act. Knowing that it's mostly for show certainly makes "I'm Still Here" better and lets everybody stop worrying about Phoenix and his mental health.

Hoaxes in the music world are a dime a dozen, but this particular project recalls the strange tale of the Network, the mysterious New Wave band that started to make noise in 2003 in the run-up to their debut album Money Money 2020. Their brand of twitchy New Wave didn't take the world by storm, though they did get an awful lot of ink because they started a feud with Green Day (frontman Billie Joe Armstrong put out their album on his label) while also fending off rumors that they were made up of the members of Green Day.

"I just wanted to talk about the rumors and the bulls--- that has been going on lately," Armstrong wrote in a statement in the summer of 2003. "All I gotta say is f-- the Network. These guys are totally spreading rumors. I try to do those guys a favor by bringing them to this country and putting out their record and this is how I get repaid, by talking s--- about my band. Unfortunately there is a contract and I have to put out their record. The only thing I can say is f--- you, Network. Bring it on."

The identities of the members of the Network remained closely guarded. They always wore masks and were never photographed very cleanly, and they went by odd pseudonyms like Fink and the Snoo. Meanwhile, Green Day band seemed really intent on selling the idea that they were not in fact the Network, though eventually there was too much evidence against it (namely that their names showed up in the writing credits for the songs on Money Money 2020). But that didn't stop Green Day from really trying to sell the drama, even going as far as having their publicist issue statements about how badly the Network were ruining the group's lives. They never stretched it as far as Phoenix did, but they still managed to keep people talking for a while.

American Idiot Cast performing "Good Riddance"

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