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.

Future Plans

According to NME Shooting of an movie is planned to start in 2006. In an interview with Billboard, Armstrong revealed that the group are still considering turning the punk rock opera into a film, in much the same spirit as the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine." Green Day are debating whether, after the end of their Stateside jaunt, they will play stadium shows in Australia and South America. Green Day have announced that they will play stadium shows in Sydney and Melbourne (Australia) in December 2005.

Related Topics:
2006 - Australia - South America - Sydney - Melbourne

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Also Billie Joe had said that after the tour the band will sit and start thinking about a next album, as he had written 15 new songs for a follow-up. Billie said that laying down tracks is still in the very early stages, however he?s happy with the way things are going: "Right now, it's that no-pressure/fun stage of just getting on a four-track and coming up with some goofy stuff. Eventually, something sort of unfolds. It's exciting. The juices are always flowing."

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On August 1, 2005, it was announced that Green Day had rescinded the master rights to their pre-Dookie material from Lookout! Records, citing breach of contract regarding unpaid royalties that had been ongoing for sometime. As of August 2, 2005, it is unknown whether a label affiliated with the band (Reprise, Armstrong's own Adeline), a reissue specialist like Rhino, or another label entirely will reissue the Lookout!-era material. An unfortunate side effect of Green Day's reclaiming the masters from Lookout! resulted in the independent label having to lay off 2/3rds of their 9-person staff and delay new release plans for the rest of 2005.

Related Topics:
August 1 - 2005 - Breach of contract - August 2 - Reprise - Adeline - Rhino

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Green Day will release their first live DVD, "Bullet in a Bible" on November 15th, 2005. A video for "Jesus of Suburbia" is also in the works.

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