<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Billie-joe-armstrong ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/billie-joe-armstrong Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:44:31 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “When I started this business, I had two kinds of people: those who believed in it and those laughing at me”: Who is buying $15 million guitars? One of the world’s leading dealers lifts the veil on the collectible guitar market ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/matts-guitar-shop-interview UzQ65Wpr3uDnpZii3qViJ9 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:44:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Green Day showing the world how to keep it loud!” Billie Joe Armstrong shows off mysterious new Marshall as Green Day rock the Super Bowl – could a signature amp finally be on the cards? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/green-day-super-bowl-billie-joe-armstrong-mystery-marshall DGqHg7swJkT9XHXR9kS6jZ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:37:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The company's performance has deteriorated due to the rise of the secondhand market and intensifying competition”: Iconic Japanese guitar firm Fernandes Guitars files for bankruptcy again – but there's still hope for fans of the brand ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/fernandes-files-for-bankruptcy-again-but-theres-still-hope XNjMmqXeVbwf84tqtSrr9d Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:24:51 +0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:28:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You told me you could play this song!” Green Day invite fan on stage to play Good Riddance – but he trolls them with Wonderwall instead ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/green-day-fan-trolls-with-wonderwall reJcNfPrgirhVZvPm57bb6 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:15:40 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:56:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong tackles one of Randy Rhoads’ most iconic solos – tapping and all – in live cover of Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/billie-joe-armstrong-ozzy-osbourne-crazy-train-solo YqcETM5MDwPgijFyL8uXy8 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:15:18 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:17:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This particular way of concluding Bohemian Rhapsody will be hard to beat!” Brian May with Benson Boone, Green Day with the Go-Gos, and Lady Gaga rocking a Suhr – Coachella’s first weekend delivered the guitar goods ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/brian-may-billie-joe-armstrong-lady-gaga-coachella-2025 EbSg48yGytNHdQWYXufUaj Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:08:46 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:24:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Imagine performing a Green Day song to Billie Joe Armstrong”: Guitarist plays Green Day classic at Liverpool's Cavern Club – only to discover Billie Joe Armstrong was filming his set ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/guitarist-performs-green-day-classic-in-front-of-billie-joe-armstrong iMUrm4jGsL3hERyNSHk3Pn Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:02:32 +0000 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:01:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of his guitar geek dreams was to play this guitar”: Billie Joe Armstrong just played Steve Jones’ iconic Sex Pistols Les Paul – which recently sold for $390,000 – with Green Day in Paris ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/billie-joe-armstrong-using-sex-pistols-steve-jones-les-paul-guitar KtvqP73u4uwJTjrVFfqKJk Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:30:16 +0000 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:51:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanna say thank you Michael for an unbelievable catalog of music that has changed the history of rock 'n' roll”: Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt play Van Halen hits with ex-VH bassist Michael Anthony ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-van-halen shN8TCKVXspowE3u3t6bJb Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:14:38 +0000 Wed, 08 May 2024 14:36:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every band wants to have a Sgt. Pepper’s type of moment. And American Idiot was that moment for us”: Billie Joe Armstrong on the making of the magnum opus that saved Green Day ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-on-the-making-of-american-idiot UfTfgv5Ktki3VSQqg2niHn Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:05:46 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:39:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I know my limitations, but at the same time I’m really pushing myself to be a better guitar player”: Billie Joe Armstrong on ripping solos like Angus Young – and what Green Day have in common with Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-saviors-interview hx29rSLwAzRXgGg3C6EMCE Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:33:30 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 08:46:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I loved Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads. Then something happened where it was like you had to be in the guitar Olympics”: Billie Joe Armstrong explains why he rekindled his relationship with the guitar solo on Green Day’s newest album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/billie-joe-armstrong-solos-saviors cpq78gmdwSzCA4PBuRm4rL Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:37:03 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:41:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Green Day, Ace Frehley and George Harrison's last Beatles guitar – only in the new Guitar World ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitar-world-march-2024 sEjYqb4Vq9arHGcRkCGzjE Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:26:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He looked at me and he goes, ‘You’re the only one that understands me. People think I’m an alien because of the way I play’”: Why Eddie Van Halen cried when he met Billie Joe Armstrong ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/eddie-van-halen-billie-joe-armstrong-meeting 3zSoN6MyqrRHyRDutCQ9DE Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:53:08 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Billie Joe Armstrong set to sell rare prototype Gibson guitars and tour-used gear in new Green Day Reverb Shop – and one of them will cost you nothing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/green-day-reverb-shop-2023 SN3dceLMJVrZGEjfcsnBPS Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:17:17 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Get Billie Joe Armstrong’s explosive Green Day tone in a compact pedal as MXR brings the Dookie Drive back – again – for a limited time only ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mxr-dookie-drive-2023-billie-joe-armstrong-green-day hCWYbo6BrbrgZ4dxqR4mqH Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:58:16 +0000 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:02:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/gibson-billie-joe-armstrong-les-paul-junior-review QFYFTRLBowEQGmTArUKRaT Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:11:38 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gibson unveils new Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior, complete with the pinkest hardcase you’ve ever seen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-billie-joe-armstrong-les-paul-junior-2023 YGtNswGcskeNkMHsq5LkBA Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:55:27 +0000 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:59:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Billie Joe Armstrong says he plans to renounce US citizenship in the wake of Roe v Wade repeal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/billie-joe-armstrong-roe-v-wade dMy43GjTWwTUG47FuJfbPQ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:27:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ 11 crazy guitarist signature products that have nothing to do with guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/11-crazy-guitarist-signature-products mTdRata8HBBMangqiicZCJ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:14:20 +0000 Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:18:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Epiphone unveils low-cost version of Billie Joe Armstrong’s first signature Les Paul Junior ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-billie-joe-armstrong-les-paul-junior FK85ma65fi3YGXYr7g68GH Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:58:50 +0000 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 20:37:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Green Day invite 11-year-old fan onstage for cover of Operation Ivy’s Knowledge during Hella Mega Tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/green-day-invite-fan-onstage YGKtkSqxSfoceQZug7MYJM Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:16:05 +0000 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:12:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Green Day debut new single Here Comes The Shock, complete with Punk Rock Aerobics music video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/green-day-debut-new-single-here-comes-the-shock-complete-with-punk-rock-aerobics-music-video qKZXm4dhUsCwYVnZCo2hdZ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:57:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Billie Joe Armstrong - No Fun Mondays album review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/billie-joe-armstrong-no-fun-mondays-album-review w9Q9qFXstH4gU55AV6MdV8 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:46:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Trace Billie Joe Armstrong's roots and revisit an Eddie Van Halen rarity with this week's essential guitar tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/trace-billie-joe-armstrongs-roots-and-revisit-an-eddie-van-halen-rarity-with-this-weeks-essential-guitar-tracks tKetavYTawPuPvdfEiyKVS Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:31:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Billie Joe Armstrong’s modded 21st Century Breakdown Fender Strat is up for sale ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/billie-joe-armstrongs-modded-21st-century-breakdown-fender-strat-is-up-for-sale 5QGnHbwvptwUa58vpsf8qi Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:52:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Vai: Kurt Cobain and Billie Joe Armstrong's playing is "virtuosic" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-vai-kurt-cobain-and-billie-joe-armstrongs-playing-is-virtuosic dzpC87nFjnGCyqVmgC3oDT Mon, 01 Jun 2020 14:38:48 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2020 14:46:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to play guitar like Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/how-to-play-guitar-like-green-days-billie-joe-armstrong nurLxf9DvDDpSsKXNQYwZB Fri, 22 May 2020 10:30:05 +0000 Fri, 22 May 2020 10:32:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ 5 guitars that defined Billie Joe Armstrong's career in punk ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/5-guitars-that-shaped-billie-joe-armstrongs-career-in-punk zdEgSfN354UN3SUMrRoS3o Thu, 14 May 2020 12:01:31 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Demo the MXR Dookie Drive ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/watch-green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-demo-the-mxr-dookie-drive V2vJ9J7YDRGYJSuYeCSQUm Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:56:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ NAMM 2019: Dunlop Unveils the MXR Dookie Drive ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/namm-2019-dunlop-unveils-the-mxr-dookie-drive XyBHmWdx4oU8wvUL26UreS Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:42:35 +0000 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:26:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Green Day to Sell Guitars and Other Gear on Reverb.com ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/green-day-to-sell-guitars-and-other-gear-on-reverbcom tzLkwfuCFah3nsW6hSKqsV Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:41:43 +0000 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 17:42:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ NAMM 2019: Billie Joe Armstrong Teases Green Day ‘Dookie’ MXR Pedal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/namm-2019-billie-joe-armstrong-teases-green-day-dookie-mxr-pedal NFMkabCvwb2iHyK4PNJrw Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:01:50 +0000 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:43:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Green Day Premiere "Troubled Times" Music Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/green-day-premiere-troubled-times-music-video Q6uLsdrUpcTb8aRxiDbL46 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:35:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Are These the Ten Best Guitar Destruction Clips Ever? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/are-these-ten-best-guitar-destruction-clips-ever BTNMaaxWq2nSprK9iTUKT9 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:29:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Interview: Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on '¡Uno!,' '¡Dos!' and '¡Tre!' ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/magazine/interview-green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-uno-dos-and-tre oTSoFF9umKGBFTaibwCm97 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:09:57 +0000