Gibson unveils new Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior, complete with the pinkest hardcase you’ve ever seen By Matt Parker published 21 March 23 The Green Day leader returns with a new single-pickup signature model, packed with a P-90 and a none-more-pink Protector case
10 times fans played guitar onstage with their heroes – and absolutely killed it By Sam Roche published 13 October 22 These fans were plucked from the crowd by their guitar idols, and answered the call in roof-raising style
Billie Joe Armstrong says he plans to renounce US citizenship in the wake of Roe v Wade repeal By Sam Roche published 27 June 22 “I'm not kidding. You're gonna get a lot of me in the coming days,” the Green Day leader told the crowd at London Stadium
Green Day cancel upcoming Moscow show due to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine By Sam Roche last updated 28 February 22 The situation is “much bigger” than stadium rock, the band write, adding that they're “confident there will be a time and a place to return in the future”
Watch a flash mob of 150 musicians cover Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams By Jackson Maxwell published 24 November 21 The performance took place against the backdrop of Bánffy Castle in Bontida, Romania
Green Day share infectious new pop-punk number, Holy Toledo! By Sam Roche published 5 November 21 The bouncy track is taken from the upcoming rom-com movie, Mark, Mary & Some Other People
Green Day announce new live album, The BBC Sessions By Jackson Maxwell published 22 October 21 The 16-track collection is culled from recordings of four performances at Maida Vale Studios from 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2001
Green Day invite 11-year-old fan onstage for cover of Operation Ivy’s Knowledge during Hella Mega Tour By Matt Owen last updated 17 August 21 Meyer took to the stage with an effortless rock-star-in-the-making attitude and donned an Epiphone Les Paul Melody Maker for the high-octane appearance
Watch Rivers Cuomo cover Sugar, We’re Goin Down after Fall Out Boy were forced to pull out of Hell Mega Tour gig By Matt Owen published 6 August 21 The Weezer frontman took to the stage solo – with a purple crackle Jackson Rhoads, no less – to give the audience their expected fix of Fall Out Boy after a member of the band tested positive for coronavirus
Is the guitar solo dead in the 21st century? By Jonny Scaramanga published 24 March 21 Opinion: With guitar solos absent from the charts, Green Day championing the anti-solo and Eddie Van Halen gone, is it the end for the fret-melting guitar hero?
Green Day debut new single Here Comes The Shock, complete with Punk Rock Aerobics music video By Matt Owen published 22 February 21 With high-octane guitars, rapid-fire drum rolls and a workout-style music video, the energetic track is bound to get hearts beating
Billie Joe Armstrong - No Fun Mondays album review By Matt Doria published 10 February 21 "The effort Billie Joe Armstrong put into his 2020 lockdown project cannot be understated."
Billie Joe Armstrong’s modded 21st Century Breakdown Fender Strat is up for sale By Richard Bienstock published 28 August 20 The Green Day frontman’s 1970 Martin D-41 from the same tour is also available
Green Day's Mike Dirnt: “My wife bought me a ’58 Olympic White Fender P-Bass - it eats my friends alive that I play it live” By Mike Brooks last updated 6 October 21 The icon of the low-end talks songwriting, collecting vintage basses and giving others to good causes
How to play guitar like Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong By Total Guitar editors published 22 May 20 Learn the secrets of the iconic punk-rock guitarist's deceptively dextrous playing techniques
5 guitars that defined Billie Joe Armstrong's career in punk By Total Guitar editors published 14 May 20 Let's take a walk down the boulevard of the Green Day leader's most rockin' six-strings...
From thrash metal to nylon-string mastery from an unexpected source: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Sam Roche published 14 February 20 These are the fresh tracks guitarists need to hear right now
Green Day's Mike Dirnt on making ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!, building a bass for Paul McCartney and his surprise encounter with Cliff Burton By E.E. Bradman published 8 January 20 "No band in the world wanted to follow American Idiot, and only one band could. It was our job to either phone it in or to really go for it"
Fender launches non-profit Fender Play Foundation with artist ambassadors from Green Day, Fall Out Boy and more By Richard Bienstock published 18 September 19 New initiative provides resources and music education opportunities to young players
Watch Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Demo the MXR Dookie Drive By Richard Bienstock published 25 July 19 New distortion pedal recreates the guitarist’s tone on the classic 1994 album.