Green Day

Green Day is a California based pop punk band consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass, backing vocals, born Michael Ryan Pritchard), and Tré Cool (drummer, backing vocals, born Frank Edwin Wright III, in Germany). Since their sixth album, the band have included close friend and associate, back-up guitarist Jason White. Their success has been a major influence on other prominent pop-punk bands, such as Sum 41 and Blink 182.

Charity Events

Green Day performed at the Live 8 concert on July 2, 2005 in Berlin, Germany, which included a rendition of Queen's We Are The Champions.

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July 2 - Berlin, Germany - Queen's - We Are The Champions

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The band also contributed a prerecorded performance to the Hurricane Katrina Benefit relief event on September 10, 2005 from their performance the prior week at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The televised portion (shown on MTV and VH1) showed the trio performing their latest single, "Wake Me Up When September Ends.". The video has been released by someone under the moniker "Oktam" and can be viewed here, with tags asking viewers to donate to charity and pray for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

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Hurricane Katrina - September 10 - Gillette Stadium

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