Billie Joe Armstrong News

"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.

Best Coast makes its first trip to Alabama as Best Coast, and they'll do it twice this month.

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.

"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.

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The Green Day frontman took to Instagram to liken the South Korean pop sensation to a viral sore that "keeps coming back." Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong went viral, so to speak, when he posted a photo of South Korean pop sensation Psy to his Instagram feed, accompanied by the caption, "This dude is the herpes of music.

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

Formed in 2003, All Time Low is a pop punk band out of Maryland that has become a staple on the scene.

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

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 .

First, let's be clear: Just as punk rock was not intended to bridge the gap between parents and their offspring, American Idiot is not the type of musical production to which you want to plan a family outing.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has hit out at 'Gangam Style' singer Psy, calling the South Korean popstar "the herpes of music." Armstrong made the comments via his Instagram account this afternoon , posting a picture of Psy alongside the caption: "This dude is the herpes of music.

Joke rap group The Lonely Island , which features SNL's Andy Samburg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer, have released details for their third album "The Wack Album," which is set to drop June 11.

Green Day's " American Idiot " , the explosive Broadway hit called "wonderfully raucous" and "emotionally charged" by The New York Times and "flat-out electrifying" by the Boston Globe, will make its Jacksonville premiere at the Times-Union Center's Moran Theater on Tuesday-Wednesday, May 14th -15th for two performances only! Alex Nee will star as ... (more)

The Maryland-born director won a Tony Award for his work guiding the 2006 Broadway hit "Spring Awakening," which chronicles teens getting a grip on their budding sexuality.

Link Wray was one of the pioneer guitarists of rock and roll. Black leather jacket, sunglasses and a slicked back ducktail, he set the standard for early raunchy guitar slinging.