Billie Joe Armstrong News

Billie Joe Armstrong was born in Oakland, California on February 17th 1972. He was the youngest of six children in a family of wide musical talent.

LIVE AT THE BELLY UP: A couple of dirty secrets about Green Day I found out a few dirty little secrets about Billie Joe Armstrong and the rest of Green Day at Monday night's sold out show at the Belly Up, which ...

The Great Rock News Report 05.21.08 Posted by Daniel Wilcox on 05.21.2008 Lars Ulrich talks new Metallica album, Billie Joe Armstrong talks new band, Heaven and Hell, Van Halen and MCR plan new releases and ...

Stop Drop and Roll Review Posted by Daniel Wilcox on 05.20.2008 Green Day rolls back the years and parties like it's 1967.

May 20, 2008 GREEN DAY frontman talks about new side-project for the first time Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong has spoken for the first time about the bands new side-project, the Foxboro Hot Tubs.

The Foxboro Hot Tubs make live debut in Arkansas Green Day played their first official gig in nearly three years last night as their not-so secret alter egos The Foxboro Hot Tubs made their live debut at ...

Foxboro Hot Tubs will play West Hollywood's The Roxy on May 27th. Green Day, um, sorry, Foxboro Hot Tubs, popped up under the mild-mannered guise of an indie American garage rock band in December 2007. via Undercover

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“What we do could actually be cool.”

Green Day members Mike Dirnt , Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool with their award for Record of the Year for 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams,' in 2006 at the 48th annual Grammy Awards. via The Post and Courier

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 27; Paris Hilton, 27; Bryan White, 34; Billie Joe Armstrong, 36 Happy Birthday: There should be lots of changes this year. via Sun-Journal

“How many people out there have digital cameras and cell phones? Let's put them away. YouTube can't own everything. There's also something called memories .”

Billie Joe Armstrong doesn't like it when paying fans take snap shots or camera phone video of him performing with his other band , Pinhead Gunpowder . via Buzzgrinder

“YouTube can't own everything. There's also something called memories.”

Billie Joe Armstrong has, rather sweetly, tried to stop people filming Pinhead Gunpowder gigs and putting them on YouTube. via No Rock&Roll Fun

“I think (the next album) will definitely be stripped down. I think the band misses being a rock band.”

MCR to pen "punk rock" LP, Armstrong to play Pinhead Gunpowder gigs, Pilots to reunite, and Wayne arrested on drug charges. via Spin

“Wish in one hand, s[p]it in the other, and see which gets filled first.”

As I look around the Law School, I see too many people who shouldn't be here. They should be philosophers, they should be novelists and at least 11 of us should be off-off Broadway stars, if not off-Broadway. ... via Stanford Daily

“I was just in shock that somebody would ... just kind of strike somebody out of nowhere.”

Pinhead Gunpowder , a side project for Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, will be playing two very rare shows next month. via MTV

January 04, 2008 ROCK STARS FOR PRESIDENT? Not enthused about any of the presidential candidates? Maybe you think a rock star could do a better job running the country. via KXXR-FM Minneapolis

“Some of the candidates selected by our members have a history of political activism dating back decades and could have a future in politics, and some would be just plain scary.”

"We wanted to raise awareness about the upcoming elections, but still have some fun doing it," said Chief Executive Officer Steve Newman. via PR-inside.com