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NEWS ABOUT: Billie Joe Armstrong

Billie Joe Armstrong stories: 2 news summaries

 Green Day's Rock  
 Opera Hits the Stage 

Multiplatinum American Idiot a coming-of-age story

Sep 2, 09 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Green Day’s multiplatinum album American Idiot is taking the stage as a 75-minute rock opera that will “challenge the very definitions of punk, theater, and musical,” writes David Downs in the East Bay Express. A 19-member cast will showcase a “Fight Club-esque story of self-discovery through... More »

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theater • musical theater • Berkeley • musical • rock opera • Jay-ZTV • Green Day • Billie Joe Armstrong

(Newser) - Wal-Mart isn’t selling Green Day’s new album because of explicit lyrics, and the band isn’t happy about it. “They won’t carry our record because they wanted us to censor it,” frontman Billie Joe Armstrong tells the AP. 21st Century Breakdown merits a parental-advisory label,... More »

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entertainment • music • censorship • parental advisory • Wal-Mart • Green Day • 21st Century Breakdown • Billie Joe Armstrong

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