Green Day news & updates

Habitat for Humanity and New Album Info

In efforts to raise money for the Habitat for Humanity charity, Green Day has autographed a Gibson Epiphone guitar to be given away during an auction. 100% of all the proceeds go directly to the Habitat for Humanity charity. Other celebrities giving something away in the auction include 30 Seconds to Mars, Christian Bale, Linkin Park, the cast of Grey's Anatomy as well as many, many others. For more information, visit Ebay where the auction will take place.

In other news, Warner Music UK  has formed a mailing list for fans to sign up (with an email address) and according to that mailing list the new Green Day album can be expected next year in 2009.

New Album Advances?

In an interview with the Marin Independent Journal, Tom Higgenson (who you may know as the frontman of Plain White Tees) made a comment involving a potential recording project of Green Day.  It seems the band was interested in a potential Malibu recording spot.

"One day after a run on the beach, Higgenson came home just as Billie Joe Armstrong and the other members of Green Day arrived unannounced to say hello and check out the house for a recording project of their own."

In addition to hinting at a new recording, Higgenson also managed to let on that he was a Green Day fan as well...

"The title track on "Big Bad World" smacks of Green Day, reviewers say, and Higgenson admits he and his bandmates were a bit starstruck when their heroes showed up.

"We were trying to play it cool, but in our heads we were going 'Holy. É,' and our hearts were beating real hard," he recalls with a laugh."

Most Popular Album

According to the Grace Note Music Database, American Idiot is the most popular album of all time. This rank was determined by the by the number of times an album has been identified within the database. For the rest of the list, you can visit the Grace Note's website. 

In other news, you'll be able to catch Green Day on TV a couple times this weekend. The Simpsons Movie will be airing on HBOZ at 2:10 pm (eastern time) and again on Sunday at noon (eastern time.) Fuse will be airing Green Day: Loaded at 5:30 pm this Sunday, and then the making of American Idiot at 6:00 pm, both eastern times.