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"American Idiot" has something to say. "American Idiot" has nothing to say. Part rock concert, part political statement, part slamming, jamming, banging celebration of youth, freedom, music and the very emptiness of American culture at the dawn of the millennium, "American Idiot" rocked Fort Myers.

American Idiot, Green Day 's explosive Broadway hit called "wonderfully raucous" and "emotionally charged" by the New York Times, will play the Straz Center in Tampa from tonight, May 17-19, 2013.

From "The Who's Tommy" to juke box musicals based on songs by the likes of Ellie Greenwich, Lieber and Stoller and Abba, Broadway has increasingly turned to hit music to try to ensure hit musicals over the past 20 years.

It is as grungy as a musical can get. "American Idiot" satisfies both musical theater afficionados and hardcore Green Day fans.

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"What was his name? Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, he's saying I'm like herpes, it keeps coming back.

Last week, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong shocked the music world when emerged from his 12-step cocoon and proclaimed that South Korean pop star Psy was "the herpes of music." Ouch.

A legendary country singer/songwriter, a dog whisperer and an "American Idiot" will highlight the upcoming season at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Peforming Arts.

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Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong compared Korena crossover pop star Psy to herpes.

WELCOME TO THE PRO REPORT, where we are rolling our eyes at Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, who called pop star Psy, "the herpes of music." Send policy tips this way: rbade@politico.com . Or tweet me @ RachaelMBade and follow @ POLITICOPro .

"'Gangnam Style' was not normal. 'Gangnam' was not standard - that was an accident and accidents don't happen often," he said.

GREEN DAY star BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG has taken aim at South Korean pop sensation PSY, calling the GANGNAM STYLE hitmaker the "herpes" of music.

Billie Joe Armstrong's opinion of PSY gives new meaning to the term "viral video." "This dude is the herpes of music.

"American Idiot," the 2010 Broadway hit musical - the first punk rock opera, really - now at the Hippodrome, paints a searing portrait of restless, reckless youth, with all the sex, drugs and violence you'd expect from a disaffected generation.

The Green Day frontman and East Bay resident posted a picture of South Korean pop star Psy on Instagram and told the world what he thought of his music.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is part of a star-studded group of musicians helping to make the Lonely Island's new album a little less lonely.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is part of a star-studded group of musicians helping to make the Lonely Island's new album a little less lonely.

In 2004, Green Day released one of its most popular and influential albums, the Grammy-winning American Idiot. In 2010 a Broadway musical was launched, a combination of two albums, American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown .