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"For us it was really disappointing, because Perry was someone that we really respected," said Green Day frontman Billie Joe ...
A documentary about rock 'n' roll legend Billy Joel is set to open this year's Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
A slot on the 1994 Lollapalooza lineup was almost relegated to Green Day‘s boulevard of broken dreams when festival founder ...
Billie Joe Armstrong reveals how Green Day responded when Perry Farrell pushed back against booking them for Lollapalooza.
Billie Joe Armstrong has recounted the time “f&cking asshole” Perry Farrell didn’t want Green Day to play Lollapalooza 1994.
In a new book about the music festival's origins, Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival, singer/songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong recalled founder Perry Farrell ...
A slot on the 1994 Lollapalooza lineup was almost relegated to Green Day‘s boulevard of broken dreams when festival founder Perry Farrell supposedly tried to block the band from performing ...
I don’t want to book a boy band,’” Rubeli said in the book via Consequence. Armstrong recalled: “Perry was a fucking asshole, straight up. He wasn’t a part of that conversation ...
Although Green Day firmly belonged in the pop-punk category in many respects, that description never sat well with them throughout their career. They had pop tendencies and were proud of their punk ...