MTV.com - The Leak: Various Artists 'Instant Karma'

Launched Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Beyond his well-documented contributions to the musical canon, in life and death, John Lennon remains a symbol of peace. It is apt then that a selection of some of his greatest songs are the basis for Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur, a compilation being released June 12 to support Amnesty International's campaign to focus attention and mobilize activism around the crisis in the Sudan: genocide at the hands of the Janjaweed militias -- bands of fighters backed by the Sudanese government -- a campaign of violence that began in February 2003.

The album was led by Green Day's interpretation of Lennon's "Working Class Hero," the Samuel Bayer-directed video for which premiered exclusively on MTV.

"We wanted to do 'Working Class Hero' because its themes of alienation, class, and social status really resonated with us," says Green Day singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong on Amnesty International's http://www.instantkarma.org site. "It's such a raw, aggressive song... we felt we could really sink our teeth into it. I hope we've done him justice.

The set also includes U2's cover of "Instant Karma," Christina Aguilera's spin on "Mother," R.E.M.'s rendition of "#9 Dream," the Cure tackling "Love," Snow Patrol doing "Isolation" and "Power to the People" performed by the Black Eyed Peas.

Rounding out Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur are Lennon covers by the likes of Aerosmith (with The Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars), Lenny Kravitz, Los Lonely Boys, Corinne Bailey Rae, Jakob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Avril Lavigne, Big & Rich, Youssou N'Dour, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Matisyahu, Postal Service, Jaguares, Flaming Lips, Jack's Mannequin (featuring Mick Fleetwood) and Regina Spektor.

In addition to spreading awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, the project also encourages individuals to take a stand by putting their name to Amnesty International's global petition, which declares, "as a citizen of the world, I demand and end to the killing and mass atrocities in Darfur, Sudan."

Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur is available for purchase June 12, but can be heard here on "The Leak" on MTV.com for a full week prior to its release. While listening to some of the most profound music by one of the 20th Century's most revered artists covered by a selection of superstars and up-and-coming artists, visit mtvU's comprehensive Darfur Web site, darfurisdying.com to learn more about the crisis and what you can do.

Green Day has contributed a track - a cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" to the album INSTANT KARMA. "Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur," the new global "Make Some Noise" project from Amnesty International, seeks to mobilize millions around the urgent catastrophe in Darfur, Sudan. It combines the power of John Lennon's music recorded by some of the world's best-known artists, The album also features such artists as U2, Black Eyed Peas, Snow Patrol, R.E.M., Postal Service, Regina Spektor and more! 23 classic John Lennon songs newly recorded by today's greatest artists on 2 CDs.
Check out a sneak peak from the video shoot of "Working Class Hero" here: Stay tuned for Green Day's exclusive world premiere of the new video "Working Class Hero" from the new CD Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur within the next few days on iTunes, MTV, MTV2, mtvU, mtv.com and mtvu.com.
Watch it on MTV then go buy it in iTunes. ALL PROCEEDS of your purchase will go towards Amnesty International's Campaign to Save Darfur.
Preorder the CD now!
Preorder in iTunes now and get 10 bonus tracks!
Also Check Out: http://greenday.com http://instantkarma.org This is raw footage taken from the video shoot for "Working Class Hero" from Green Day. This is the band's contribution to Instant Karma, The Amnesty Campaign to Save Darfur. The finished video along with raw takes of Green Day will be available to purchase on iTunes on May 30, as it premieres on MTV, MTV2, and MTVu. All proceeds of each video sale will go to the Amnesty Campaign to Save Darfur. http://instantkarma.org Green Day will contribute a cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" to the forthcoming CD Instant Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur, proceeds from which help support Amnesty International's campaign to focus attention on the urgent catastrophe in Darfur, Sudan. "Working Class Hero," which appears on Lennon's 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, is considered one of the former Beatle's most overtly political songs, with its themes of class and social alienation. Green Day - singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool - will also shoot an accompanying video for the track. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is auctioning off an awesome Volume Bikes 26" Sledgehammer for a great cause. Check out the auction HERE! Reprise Records will release re-mastered versions of two classic Green Day albums, the Grammy Award-winning band’s 1991 debut 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour, and its second full-length, 1992’s Kerplunk, on January 9, 2007. Originally released on a Berkeley indie label, 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour was a compilation of Green Day’s early no-frills EP’s 39/Smooth, Slappy, and 1,000 Hours. Kerplunk, marked the recorded debut of drummer Tré Cool, and included the stand-out track “Welcome to Paradise” (re-recorded for Green Day’s 1994 Reprise debut Dookie). Green Day received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal category for their collaboration with U2 on the song “The Saints Are Coming.” The rock legends recorded the song to raise money to benefit the Music Rising charitable organization that replaces instruments for musicians of the Gulf Coast. Green Day will join U2 and Music Rising, the campaign launched to help bring the music back to the Gulf Coast Region destroyed by Katrina, for a special show before ESPN's Monday Night Football game between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints at the Louisiana Superdome on Monday, September 25, 2006. The show will be featured on Rhapsody. Shortly after the event, fans will have the ability to buy a download from U2 and Green Day's performance via Rhapsody. All net proceeds will go directly to Music Rising.
U2 and Green Day will debut "The Saints Are Coming," a song originally written and performed in 1978 by The Skids, to officially launch Music Rising Phase II, which will provide musical instruments to churches and schools. Verizon has joined the ranks of AT&T, Cingular, Sprint, and T-Mobile in allowing users to buy ringtones at the official Green Day ringtone web store. Check out the link to the web store for awesome Green Day ringtones and mobile wallpapers! Vote (AGAIN) for Green Day for MTV VMA's! It's been a year since Green Day won a bunch of MTV Video Music Awards. The band is nominated again for Best Rock Video for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and MTV is letting you vote. If you'd like to vote, CLICK HERE Thanks, we appreciate your support. Green Day was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award! "Wake Me Up When September Ends" was nominated for Best Rock Video.

The MTV Video Music Awards air on Thursday, August 31, with the pre-show beginning at 6:30, and the main event at 8:00 ET/PT on MTV.

The RIAA has officially announced that Green Day's 2005 release "American Idiot" has been certified Multi Platinum!!!! Scheduled to air on July 21 at 8:00 pm ET/PT, Billie Joe will perform with Elvis Costello on VH1's "Decades Rock Live: Elvis Costello". This live concert series is dedicated to the most influential artists in rock. Tune in to see some very special performances by Billie Joe Armstrong. Check your local cable listing for channel and additional airings. Green Day took home the MuchMusic award for "Best International Group"! Thanks to everyone who voted! Green Day is taking over FUSE on Tuesday, March 14, all in the name of the recent release "Bullet In A Bible"!
Check it out:
1:30P Green Day:m/o Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2P 100% - Green Day
2:30P Loaded: Green Day
3P Green Day:m/o American Idiot Video
3:30P Influenc'd: Green Day
4P D'FUSED:m/o Green Day "When Sept.Ends"
SNEAK PREVIEW 4:30P Project This! Green Day Bullet in a Bible
7P Steven's Untitled Rock Show w/Green Day
8P 100% - Green Day
8:30p Influenc'd: Green Day
9p Green Day:m/o Boulevard of Broken Dreams
9:30p D'FUSED:m/o Green Day "When Sept.."
PREMIERE - 10p Project This! Green Day Bullet in a Bible
12:30A Influenc'd: Green Day
1A - Project This! Green Day Bullet in a Bible
Thanks to the fans, Green Day has been deemed "Favorite Group" at the 32nd Annual People's Choice Awards!! GREEN DAY Influenc'd on FUSE premieres Monday, January 9th at 9 p.m. with plenty of repeats throughout the next week. Check you local cable listing for details. Green Day "Holiday" - Voted Video of The Year by Yahoo! users!! Tune to MTV for their "Live in '05" show! See GREEN DAY's New Year's Eve performance and MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE's VMA performance is voted as the #1 live performance!!! Viewers voted on their fave live performances of the year on MTV.com, and they count them all down. Episodes air Friday December 16th at 1:00 am, Saturday December 17th at 2:00 am, and Monday December 19th at 10:00 am. Get the exclusive Green Day ringtone for "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (LIVE)" Get it HERE! Music Choice, the premier, multi-platform music network, today announced that its video-on-demand service will be the only network offering the full and uncut version of Green Day’s “Jesus of Suburbia” video. Beginning December 12th, the complete twelve minute long video will be available to millions of Comcast subscribers through Music Choice On-Demand. Green Day will be running rampant this week on FUSE! Check out the sneak preview of Green Day's DVD "Bullet in a Bible" on December 3 at 2:30pm, with the big premier at 9:00pm, and one last time on December 4 at 2:00am. Comp'd: Green Day gives you a sneak preview on December 4 at 2:30pm, the major premier at 9:00pm, and graces the screen one more time at 11:30pm. And in case you're dying for more, repeats of Live at Irving Plaza, D'Fused: Making of "When September Ends", the making of the videos for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "American Idiot", 100% Green Day, Loaded: Green Day, the making of "American Idiot" the record, Steven's Untitled Rock Show featuring Green Day, Daily Download featuring Green Day, and #1 Countdown Green Day will be featured each night from November 28 to December 4. And last, but certainly not least, "Jesus of Suburbia" will play every week night at 8:30 kicking off a half hour of solid Green Day videos! Check local listings for more scheduling info on FUSE! Don't Miss Green Day's "Jesus of Suburbia Special" that premieres on FUSE TONIGHT, November 28th at 8:30 p.m with repeats at 8:30 pm on November 29, 30, December 1, and 2 on FUSE. Green Day will be taking over TRL November 10. They will be performing some classic hits as well as some hits off of "American Idiot"!!! Green Day Bullet In a Bible special airs:
MTV - 11/8 @ 6pm, 11/11 @ 11:30pm
MTV2 - 11/12 @ 1pm & 9pm In case you missed Green Day's performance on Sessions @ AOL, you can see it now at http://music.aol.com/videos/sessions/sessions_flash.adp?defaultCovers=503&defaultID=503 See Green Day's BIG Screen Premiere of "Bullet In A Bible" in select movie theatres around the country. Experience Green Day like never before, in concert, behind the scenes and more! One Night Only, Tuesday Nov. 1st. Go to www.BigScreenConcerts.com for more info. MTV UNVEILS THE HOST, THE NOMINATIONS AND SOME OF THE PERFORMERS FOR THE MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS 2005 Check out the nominations, performers for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 - three nominations for Green Day ("Best Group", "Best Rock", "Best Album") GREENDAY Greenday has been nominated for an mtvU Woodie Award! Greenday received a nomination for the mtvU Woodie Awards in the category of "Alumni Woodie." Show your support and vote now for Greenday at mtvU.com as many times as you want! Alumni Woodie - Vote Here - http://www2.fanscape.com/mtvu/alumni.aspx Green Day was nominated today for American Music Awards in the following categories... Favorite Band, Duo or Group Favorite Album, American Idiot Favorite Alternative Artist Sports Illustrated recently sat down with Billie to talk shop about Green Day's upcoming NFL Kickoff Weekend performance. Read the full article here. A huge 'thank you' is in order to all the Green Day fans who helped Green Day win MTV's VMA Viewer's Choice Award! In addition to Viewer's Choice, Green Day took home 6 other awards including Best Rock Video, Video of The Year, and Best Group Video. Green Day fans are truly a force to be reckoned with! Tré just called to talk about VMA voting and our answering machine has never seemed so cool. Click below to hear his message now:

Quicktime

Windows Media You voted for the MTV VMA Viewer's Choice Award Nominees and now Green Day is up for a moonman. But Green Day's got another fight on their hands. Now Green Day has the final hurdle- winning the vote for Viewer's Choice, and you will make the difference.

MTV's giving you two ways to do your patriotic duty- 'Normal Voting' and 'Turbo Voting' (its constitutional, check it out). Normal Voting is like a good ole chad-punching fiesta (but you get to vote over and over).'Turbo Voting' is kind of like Miami Vice meets Duck Hunt in a ultra-voting extravaganza!

Normal Voting

Turbo Voting

Now you have no excuse not to vote like mad! And remember to win, we have to vote now and often- and bombard the MTV beancounters with votes until August 28th! Then, we just sit back and enjoy Green Day V-Day. 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' will premiere on AOL Music, August 8th. Visit AOLMusic.com or use AOL keyword 'music' to watch. The fight is on: voting is open for MTV's Video Music Awards and Green Day's 'American Idiot' is up for Viewer's Choice. Watch the video and vote now at MTV.com . Voting ends Sunday so vote often and let MTV know that Green Day isn't for quitters! Josh performed at Live 8 in Philadelphia, He joined Sarah McLachlan for a duet of "Angel", a million spectators and 2 billion viewers gathered at Live 8 to spread one message ? put an end to poverty. Get more information here. Tune in to VH1 June 29th to watch Green Day on 'Driven' where Green Day's friends and family tell you exactly how driven the guys are. Airings as follows:

June 29th: 11:00 AM, 10:00 PM, 1:30 AM (Wednesday)
July 3rd: 1:30 AM (Sunday)
July 9th: 11:00 PM (Saturday)

All airtimes subject to change. Check your local listings. Congratulations to Green Day who recently became one of mtvU's 2005 Honorary Degree recipients. mtvU recognized those who 'make us laugh, rock, and think'. Click here to watch Green Day's acceptance speech now. Tune in to Fuse today at 9pm EST to watch Green Day on Steven's Untitled Rock Show. The guys will be helping to unveil the official title of the show and talk about their touring, videos, etc. You can get your Green Day fix on Music Choice® Hit List & Alternative through your TV.  Music Choice® is a collection of music channels available on digital cable and DirectTV, go to musicchoice.com for more info.

If you've got Comcast High Speed Internet or Comcast Digital Cable, then you can see Green Day's Music Choice interview throughout the month of April.  Click music on comcast.net or go to Music Choice on your Comcast On-Demand Menu. Tune in to NBC's 'ER' tomorrow Thursday, March 24th (10/9c) and hear Green Day's "Give Me Novacaine"! Yahoo! Music has debuted Green Day's "Holiday" video at music.yahoo.com! Click here to watch it now! Congratulations to Green Day who picked up 2 MTV awards at last night's MTV Australia awards for Best Group and Best Rock Video for "American Idiot"! If you are a Cingular subscriber, you can get easy access to every ringtone Green Day has ever released for the entire month of March. Just visit the "What's Hot" section of the MEdiaMall or via the web at cingular.com. Green Day's heading back to the UK on Monday (1/31) and BBC's Radio 1 is so excited they're getting a bit crazy. Radio 1 is going to let Green Day fans have total access to the Green Day archives and vaults. What does this mean for you? Well, you get to tell them what past Green Day sessions will hit the waves again and nothing's off-limits! So go dig up your favorite Green Day performance at Radio 1 now! Don't forget to vote for Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" on TRL to keep it in the countdown! "Berkeley, California trio Green Day put their catchy, three-chord punk on the mainstream map with their major label debut, 1994's Dookie. Ten years and four albums later, the now seasoned musicians return with their most ambitious, and arguably, best album to date. American Idiot is a 57-minute "punk rock opera" that teems with politically-charged lyrics and pungent punk riffs. Witness a portion of punk rock history when Green Day play in our MTV.com LIVE studio." A new site has just launched giving Green Day fans of the UK a place to support Green Day and other artists on the grassroots level. Volunteers will have the chance to bring their favorite artists to new fans but also, earn CDs, gig tickets, rare merch or even a chance to meet the band. To learn more, visit UKUndercurrent.com. Tune into the Late Show with David Letterman tonight at 11:30pm on CBS and catch Green Day performing Blvd of Broken Dreams. Check local listings for further information. In case you missed it... Green Day's appearance on Fuse's 'Daily Download' will repeat on Friday 12/24 at 6pm & 10pm EST. Check your local listings for further info. Some select songs from Green Day's Sessions@AOL performance will be available for download exclusively at iTunes starting December 28. Four songs from the performance - "American Idiot," "Jesus of Suburbia," "Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - will be for sale. Download the tracks, then burn them on your new Green Day CD-Rs or put them on your iPod. Fuse's Amplified Guide to the Holidays brings you what's hot in music, movies and video games for the holiday season and looking ahead to 2005.  It features: Green Day, Blink 182, Usher, The Hives, Taking Back Sunday, New Found Glory, Papa Roach, Jimmy Eat World, The Exies, The Music, Good Charlotte, Sparta, Simple Plan, Ryan Cabrera, Midtown, Yellowcard, Unwritten Law, The Rasmus,  Lil' Scrappy, Cake, Tyler Hilton and more. Green Day wants you to win a complete HP home computer system fully loaded with Windows XP Media Center in addition to great music from Green Day! Oh yeah, I think they're including some other bands like R.E.M., Beastie Boys, Joss Stone & Modest Mouse.  With XP Media Center, you can experience more of the photos, music, television, movies, and games you want in any room of your home. Enter now for a chance to win! Did you miss it the first time on MTV2? Well, you're in luck! You can catch repeat airings for 'Green Day Makes a Video' on the following dates:

11/17- 8am
11/21- 1:30am
11/22- 10:30am
11/23- 2:30am
11/30- 8am
Well actually, its a lot better than that. MTV2's giving away four pairs of tickets to each of their 2$Bill shows for Green Day. With over 20 shows available across the US and 4 winners per show, well thats like.. a lot of tickets. Visit MTV2 for a full list of shows and to enter the sweepstakes today. (No transportation provided.) The last three Green Day ticket pre-sales will take place this week. Two of these pre-sales begin today; Wednesday October 6. On sale as of now are the following cities:

Milwaukee, WI (Nov. 9 show date)
Salt Lake City, UT (Nov. 13 show date)


The third pre-sale starts Friday, Oct. 8 (10am Pacific):
Portland, OR (Nov. 18 show date)

Stay tuned to http://greenday.baselineticketing.com for more info and changes.

American Idiot is in stores now, and don't forget Green Day CD-Rs are available as well! Tune in all this week as Green Day host MTV2's Daily Rock show. Hear the band discuss their new album "American Idiot", and see 3 Green Day videos per show each day! MTV2's Daily Rock show airs Monday-Friday at 8 PM EST. GREEN DAY SESSIONS@AOL
Green Day filmed a performance this week for AOL Sessions, where they performed seven songs, including five from the new album AMERICAN IDIOT. Get an early look at the show when AOL debuts "American Idiot" today at AOL Music (AOL Keyword: Music).

You can catch the full set of seven songs next Friday, October 1st on AOL Music (AOL Keyword: Music).

FUSE AIRS SESSIONS@AOL
The Green Day Sessions will also air on Fuse. You can catch "American Idiot" any day now. The premiere of the entire show on Friday October 1 at 7pm ET will be  uninterupted and commercial free. If you're washing your hair that night, we still took care of you with plenty of airings:

Repeats:
Friday October 1 @ 11pm ET
Monday October 4 @ 7pm & 11pm ET
Tuesday October 5 @ 4pm ET
Wednesday October 6 @ 4:30pm & 9pm ET
Friday October 8 @ 8:30pm ET
Saturday October 9 @ 4pm & 9:30pm ET
Sunday October 10 @ 4:30pm & 10:30pm ET
Tuesday October 12 @ 7pm & 11pm ET
Sunday October 17 @ 4pm ET
Saturday October 23 @ 2pm & 7pm ET
Sunday October 24 @ 12N & 9pm ET


AMERICAN IDIOT is in stores now! Green Day's 'American Idiot' is a close call on TRL so help them push it over the edge by clicking here and voting for Green Day on TRL! Rollingstone's review of 'American Idiot' proves one thing: rollingstone.com loves them some Green Day! That's right, Green Day's 'American Idiot' is the top album review on Rollingstone.com. Click here to read why Green Day's new album is already drawing comparisons to The Who and why Rollingstone.com cautions Good Charlotte to 'take notes'. Keep your eye on the boob (tehe) tube as Green Day hits the air in September! Not only will the boys be performing 'American Idiot' on David Letterman (Monday September 20th), but they'll also appear on MTV's The Leak (starting September 14th) on MTV.com. AP Magazine and Fanscape have your chance to enter to win one of 7 prize giveaways including an Xbox and video games, a $250 online music gift certificate, and CDs from Green Day and more.  Enter before Oct. 18 and pick up a copy of AP featuring Green Day on the cover, on stands now! Bloody 'ell, check out Green Day on BBC's Radio1! Not only can you tell those tea-loving gents what your favorite Green Day tracks are, you can also listen to an exclusive Green Day interview with excerpts that never made it to the BBC's airwaves. Click here to check it out now. Check back for details as they become available:

LA promo show - 8/28
Chicago promo show - 9/10
New York promo show - 9/17
Toronto promo show - 9/17
Ft. Worth - 9/10
Houston - 9/10
Atlanta - 9/17
Cincinnati - 9/11
Hershey - 9/18
Worcester - 9/11
Philadelphia - 9/11
East Rutherford - 9/24
Fairfax - 9/11
Toronto - 10/1
Montreal - 9/18
Rochester - 9/18
Detroit - 9/11
Chicago - 10/2
Madison - TBA
Minneapolis - TBA
Denver - 10/2
Salt Lake City - TBA
Everett - 1/02
Vancouver - 9/18
Portland - TBA
Bakersfield - TBA
San Diego - 9/25
Long Beach - TBA
San Francisco - 10/3
Visit Green Day's Artist of the Month feature at LAUNCH to see live performances of "American Idiot" and "Holiday" from the new album and an exclusive interview! Plus enter to win a trip to see the band live this Fall, watch all their videos, and much more. Live now at LAUNCH ,the music destination of YAHOO! On Friday, September 17, MTV2 is turning over the airwaves to Green Day. First up, Green Day Greatest Hits at 9:00 p.m. ET, hosted by Green Day. You pick this half hour of videos, so vote for your favorite below. Next at 9:30 p.m. ET, check out Green Day Makes an Album where MTV goes behind the scenes of their new collection American Idiot. Then at 10:00 p.m. MTV2 airs a half hour Green Day concert from MTV’s back catalogue, picked by you. Finally at 11:00 p.m., MTV2 hits you with an encore presentation of Green Day Makes a Video.

If that’s not enough Green Day for you, don’t forget to check out The Leak to listen to their entire new album American Idiot a week before it hits stores, only on MTV and MTV2.com, from September 14–September 21.

So get votingt for your favorite Green Day concert and videos, and tune in to MTV2 on September 17 to see what made the cut.

Green Day will embark on a four-date tour beginning September 16th in Los Angeles to coincide with the Reprise Records release of American Idiot.

The band will exclusively perform American Idiot in its entirety for this tour.

The Green Day 2004 North American tour itinerary will be announced as soon as available.

In the meantime be sure to catch American Idiot on the following dates:

• 16th Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre (on sale 8/28)
• 18th Chicago, IL - The Vic (on sale 9/10)
• 21st New York, NY - Irving Plaza (on sale 9/17)
• 24th Toronto, ONT - Phoenix Theatre (on sale 9/17)

Be sure to tune into to mtvU today and tomorrow, August 16th & 17th for the exclusive world premiere of Green Day's new video for American Idiot. mtvU is MTV's college network available on college campuses nationwide. To find out where you can watch and more about mtvU, go to mtvU.com.

Go behind the scenes of the "American Idiot" video shoot on MTV2 and then see the video. Premieres Wednesday August 18 at 9pm ET/PT. And repeats:

• Thursday - 8/19 @ 10:30a
• Friday - 8/20 @ 6:30p
• Saturday - 8/21 @ 9:00p
• Sunday - 8/22 @ 11:30p
• Tuesday - 8/24 @ 9:00p
• Wednesday - 8/25 @ 10:30a
• Thursday - 8/26 @ 9:30p

Launch/YAHOO! will premiere "American Idiot" online on Wednesday August 18 immediately following the MTV2 airing. See it here.

In stores September 21 in North America September 20th in the rest of the world

On MTV2 - hour long special
11/12 @ 1pm (commercial & 9pm (the 1pm airing will be commercial-free)

Go check out The Leak of "Bullet In A Bible" right now at mtv.com.

Nope, they sure aren't but they are MTV's European Music Awards and Green Day did win- two of 'em to be exact. What categories did they take, you ask? Oh, just 'Best Album' and 'Best Rock Act'! Not bad for three Yanks. Here are the dates and times for the Green Day DVD airings on MTV and MTV2. 11/7 on MTV @ 6pm 11/12 on MTV2 @ 1pm & 9pm See Green Day's BIG Screen Premiere of "Bullet In A Bible" in select movie theatres around the country. Experience Green Day like never before, in concert, behind the scenes and more! One Night Only, Tuesday Nov. 1st. Go to BigScreenConcerts.com for more info. MTV UNVEILS THE HOST, THE NOMINATIONS AND SOME OF THE PERFORMERS FOR THE MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS 2005 Check out the nominations, performers for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 - three nominations for Green Day ("Best Group", "Best Rock", "Best Album") Green Day has been nominated for an mtvU Woodie Award! Green Day received a nomination for the mtvU Woodie Awards in the category of "Alumni Woodie." Show your support and vote now for Greenday at mtvU.com as many times as you want! Alumni Woodie - Vote Here Green Day was nominated today for American Music Awards in the following categories... Favorite Band, Duo or Group
Favorite Album, American Idiot
Favorite Alternative Artist Sports Illustrated recently sat down with Billie to talk shop about Green Day's upcoming NFL Kickoff Weekend performance. Read the full article here. A huge 'thank you' is in order to all the Green Day fans who helped Green Day win MTV's VMA Viewer's Choice Award! In addition to Viewer's Choice, Green Day took home 6 other awards including Best Rock Video, Video of The Year, and Best Group Video. Green Day fans are truly a force to be reckoned with! Tré just called to talk about VMA voting and our answering machine has never seemed so cool. Click below to hear his message now:

Quicktime

Windows Media You voted for the MTV VMA Viewer's Choice Award Nominees and now Green Day is up for a moonman. But Green Day's got another fight on their hands. Now Green Day has the final hurdle- winning the vote for Viewer's Choice, and you will make the difference.

MTV's giving you two ways to do your patriotic duty- 'Normal Voting' and 'Turbo Voting' (its constitutional, check it out). Normal Voting is like a good ole chad-punching fiesta (but you get to vote over and over).'Turbo Voting' is kind of like Miami Vice meets Duck Hunt in a ultra-voting extravaganza!

Normal Voting

Turbo Voting

Now you have no excuse not to vote like mad! And remember to win, we have to vote now and often- and bombard the MTV beancounters with votes until August 28th! Then, we just sit back and enjoy Green Day V-Day.'Wake Me Up When September Ends' will premiere on AOL Music, August 8th. Visit AOLMusic.com or use AOL keyword 'music' to watch. The fight is on: voting is open for MTV's Video Music Awards and Green Day's 'American Idiot' is up for Viewer's Choice. Watch the video and vote now at MTV.com . Voting ends Sunday so vote often and let MTV know that Green Day isn't for quitters!On July 2, 2005, Green Day and 100 other artists globally, a million spectators and 2 billion viewers will gather at Live 8 to spread one message - put an end to poverty. Get more information, add your name to the global petition and watch the shows live on the web here. Tune in to VH1 June 29th to watch Green Day on 'Driven' where Green Day's friends and family tell you exactly how driven the guys are. Airings as follows:

June 29th: 11:00 AM, 10:00 PM, 1:30 AM (Wednesday)
July 3rd: 1:30 AM (Sunday)
July 9th: 11:00 PM (Saturday)

All airtimes subject to change. Check your local listings.Congratulations to Green Day who recently became one of mtvU's 2005 Honorary Degree recipients. mtvU recognized those who 'make us laugh, rock, and think'. Click here to watch Green Day's acceptance speech now. Tune in to Fuse today at 9pm EST to watch Green Day on Steven's Untitled Rock Show. The guys will be helping to unveil the official title of the show and talk about their touring, videos, etc. You can get your Green Day fix on Music Choice® Hit List & Alternative through your TV. Music Choice® is a collection of music channels available on digital cable and DirectTV, go to musicchoice.com for more info.

If you've got Comcast High Speed Internet or Comcast Digital Cable, then you can see Green Day's Music Choice interview throughout the month of April. Click music on comcast.net or go to Music Choice on your Comcast On-Demand Menu. Tune in to NBC's 'ER' tomorrow Thursday, March 24th (10/9c) and hear Green Day's "Give Me Novacaine"!Yahoo! Music has debuted Green Day's "Holiday" video at music.yahoo.com! Click here to watch it now! Congratulations to Green Day who picked up 2 MTV awards at last night's MTV Australia awards for Best Group and Best Rock Video for "American Idiot"!If you are a Cingular subscriber, you can get easy access to every ringtone Green Day has ever released for the entire month of March. Just visit the "What's Hot" section of the MEdiaMall or via the web at cingular.com. Green Day's heading back to the UK on Monday (1/31) and BBC's Radio 1 is so excited they're getting a bit crazy. Radio 1 is going to let Green Day fans have total access to the Green Day archives and vaults. What does this mean for you? Well, you get to tell them what past Green Day sessions will hit the waves again and nothing's off-limits! So go dig up your favorite Green Day performance at Radio 1 now! Don't forget to vote for Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" on TRL to keep it in the countdown!"Berkeley, California trio Green Day put their catchy, three-chord punk on the mainstream map with their major label debut, 1994's Dookie. Ten years and four albums later, the now seasoned musicians return with their most ambitious, and arguably, best album to date. American Idiot is a 57-minute "punk rock opera" that teems with politically-charged lyrics and pungent punk riffs. Witness a portion of punk rock history when Green Day play in our MTV.com LIVE studio." A new site has just launched giving Green Day fans of the UK a place to support Green Day and other artists on the grassroots level. Volunteers will have the chance to bring their favorite artists to new fans but also, earn CDs, gig tickets, rare merch or even a chance to meet the band. To learn more, visit UKUndercurrent.com. Tune into the Late Show with David Letterman tonight at 11:30pm on CBS and catch Green Day performing Blvd of Broken Dreams. Check local listings for further information.In case you missed it... Green Day's appearance on Fuse's 'Daily Download' will repeat on Friday 12/24 at 6pm & 10pm EST. Check your local listings for further info. Some select songs from Green Day's Sessions@AOL performance will be available for download exclusively at iTunes starting December 28. Four songs from the performance - "American Idiot," "Jesus of Suburbia," "Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - will be for sale. Download the tracks, then burn them on your new Green Day CD-Rs or put them on your iPod. Fuse's Amplified Guide to the Holidays brings you what's hot in music, movies and video games for the holiday season and looking ahead to 2005. It features: Green Day, Blink 182, Usher, The Hives, Taking Back Sunday, New Found Glory, Papa Roach, Jimmy Eat World, The Exies, The Music, Good Charlotte, Sparta, Simple Plan, Ryan Cabrera, Midtown, Yellowcard, Unwritten Law, The Rasmus, Lil' Scrappy, Cake, Tyler Hilton and more. Green Day wants you to win a complete HP home computer system fully loaded with Windows XP Media Center in addition to great music from Green Day! Oh yeah, I think they're including some other bands like R.E.M., Beastie Boys, Joss Stone & Modest Mouse. With XP Media Center, you can experience more of the photos, music, television, movies, and games you want in any room of your home. Enter now for a chance to win! Did you miss it the first time on MTV2? Well, you're in luck! You can catch repeat airings for 'Green Day Makes a Video' on the following dates:

11/17- 8am
11/21- 1:30am
11/22- 10:30am
11/23- 2:30am
11/30- 8am. Well actually, its a lot better than that. MTV2's giving away four pairs of tickets to each of their 2$Bill shows for Green Day. With over 20 shows available across the US and 4 winners per show, well thats like.. a lot of tickets. Visit MTV2 for a full list of shows and to enter the sweepstakes today. (No transportation provided.) The last three Green Day ticket pre-sales will take place this week. Two of these pre-sales begin today; Wednesday October 6. On sale as of now are the following cities:

Milwaukee, WI (Nov. 9 show date)
Salt Lake City, UT (Nov. 13 show date)


The third pre-sale starts Friday, Oct. 8 (10am Pacific):
Portland, OR (Nov. 18 show date)

Stay tuned to http://greenday.baselineticketing.com for more info and changes.

American Idiot is in stores now, and don't forget Green Day CD-Rs are available as well! Tune in all this week as Green Day host MTV2's Daily Rock show. Hear the band discuss their new album "American Idiot", and see 3 Green Day videos per show each day! MTV2's Daily Rock show airs Monday-Friday at 8 PM EST. GREEN DAY SESSIONS@AOL
Green Day filmed a performance this week for AOL Sessions, where they performed seven songs, including five from the new album AMERICAN IDIOT. Get an early look at the show when AOL debuts "American Idiot" today at AOL Music (AOL Keyword: Music).

You can catch the full set of seven songs next Friday, October 1st on AOL Music (AOL Keyword: Music).

FUSE AIRS SESSIONS@AOL
The Green Day Sessions will also air on Fuse. You can catch "American Idiot" any day now. The premiere of the entire show on Friday October 1 at 7pm ET will be uninterupted and commercial free. If you're washing your hair that night, we still took care of you with plenty of airings:

Repeats:
Friday October 1 @ 11pm ET
Monday October 4 @ 7pm & 11pm ET
Tuesday October 5 @ 4pm ET
Wednesday October 6 @ 4:30pm & 9pm ET
Friday October 8 @ 8:30pm ET
Saturday October 9 @ 4pm & 9:30pm ET
Sunday October 10 @ 4:30pm & 10:30pm ET
Tuesday October 12 @ 7pm & 11pm ET
Sunday October 17 @ 4pm ET
Saturday October 23 @ 2pm & 7pm ET
Sunday October 24 @ 12N & 9pm ET


AMERICAN IDIOT is in stores now! Green Day's 'American Idiot' is a close call on TRL so help them push it over the edge by clicking here and voting for Green Day on TRL!Rollingstone's review of 'American Idiot' proves one thing: rollingstone.com loves them some Green Day! That's right, Green Day's 'American Idiot' is the top album review on Rollingstone.com. Click here to read why Green Day's new album is already drawing comparisons to The Who and why Rollingstone.com cautions Good Charlotte to 'take notes'. Keep your eye on the boob (tehe) tube as Green Day hits the air in September! Not only will the boys be performing 'American Idiot' on David Letterman (Monday September 20th), but they'll also appear on MTV's The Leak (starting September 14th) on MTV.com. AP Magazine and Fanscape have your chance to enter to win one of 7 prize giveaways including an Xbox and video games, a $250 online music gift certificate, and CDs from Green Day and more. Enter before Oct. 18 and pick up a copy of AP featuring Green Day on the cover, on stands now! Bloody 'ell, check out Green Day on BBC's Radio1! Not only can you tell those tea-loving gents what your favorite Green Day tracks are, you can also listen to an exclusive Green Day interview with excerpts that never made it to the BBC's airwaves. Click here to check it out now. Check back for details as they become available:

LA promo show - 8/28
Chicago promo show - 9/10
New York promo show - 9/17
Toronto promo show - 9/17
Ft. Worth - 9/10
Houston - 9/10
Atlanta - 9/17
Cincinnati - 9/11
Hershey - 9/18
Worcester - 9/11
Philadelphia - 9/11
East Rutherford - 9/24
Fairfax - 9/11
Toronto - 10/1
Montreal - 9/18
Rochester - 9/18
Detroit - 9/11
Chicago - 10/2
Madison - TBA
Minneapolis - TBA
Denver - 10/2
Salt Lake City - TBA
Everett - 1/02
Vancouver - 9/18
Portland - TBA
Bakersfield - TBA
San Diego - 9/25
Long Beach - TBA
San Francisco - 10/3
Visit Green Day's Artist of the Month feature at LAUNCH to see live performances of "American Idiot" and "Holiday" from the new album and an exclusive interview! Plus enter to win a trip to see the band live this Fall, watch all their videos, and much more. Live now at LAUNCH ,the music destination of YAHOO! On Friday, September 17, MTV2 is turning over the airwaves to Green Day. First up, Green Day Greatest Hits at 9:00 p.m. ET, hosted by Green Day. You pick this half hour of videos, so vote for your favorite below. Next at 9:30 p.m. ET, check out Green Day Makes an Album where MTV goes behind the scenes of their new collection American Idiot. Then at 10:00 p.m. MTV2 airs a half hour Green Day concert from MTV's back catalogue, picked by you. Finally at 11:00 p.m., MTV2 hits you with an encore presentation of Green Day Makes a Video.

If that's not enough Green Day for you, don't forget to check out The Leak to listen to their entire new album American Idiot a week before it hits stores, only on MTV and MTV2.com, from September 14-September 21.

So get votingt for your favorite Green Day concert and videos, and tune in to MTV2 on September 17 to see what made the cut.

Green Day will embark on a four-date tour beginning September 16th in Los Angeles to coincide with the Reprise Records release of American Idiot.

The band will exclusively perform American Idiot in its entirety for this tour.

The Green Day 2004 North American tour itinerary will be announced as soon as available.

In the meantime be sure to catch American Idiot on the following dates:

• 16th Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre (on sale 8/28)
• 18th Chicago, IL - The Vic (on sale 9/10)
• 21st New York, NY - Irving Plaza (on sale 9/17)
• 24th Toronto, ONT - Phoenix Theatre (on sale 9/17)

Be sure to tune into to mtvU today and tomorrow, August 16th & 17th for the exclusive world premiere of Green Day's new video for American Idiot. mtvU is MTV's college network available on college campuses nationwide. To find out where you can watch and more about mtvU, go to mtvU.com.

Go behind the scenes of the "American Idiot" video shoot on MTV2 and then see the video. Premieres Wednesday August 18 at 9pm ET/PT. And repeats:

• Thursday - 8/19 @ 10:30a
• Friday - 8/20 @ 6:30p
• Saturday - 8/21 @ 9:00p
• Sunday - 8/22 @ 11:30p
• Tuesday - 8/24 @ 9:00p
• Wednesday - 8/25 @ 10:30a
• Thursday - 8/26 @ 9:30p

Launch/YAHOO! will premiere "American Idiot" online on Wednesday August 18 immediately following the MTV2 airing. See it here.

In stores September 21 in North America September 20th in the rest of the world