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The tour supporting “Uno!,” “Dos!” and “Tre!” picks up soon, but first the band is playing some intimate shows and heading to SXSW in Austin, Texas. The first of the intimate shows is tonight at the Fox Theater in Pomona, where fans have been in line since midnight.

The doors open at 7 p.m. I’ll be shooting photos and reporting and Tweeting and probably doing a few other things tonight. You can follow along below or hit me up at @vanessafranko on Twitter. Elsewhere on social media I’m on Google+ and at the Audio File on Facebook.

Full article at Press Enterprise: HERE

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, just off a stint in rehab, segues from the punk band's performance at New York's Madison Square Garden to his musical American Idiot on Broadway in this world premiere, followed by a live performance. "Green Day's been to SXSW before, and they love it," says director Doug Hamilton.

Full list at Hollywood Reporter: HERE

In 1988, Lookout! Records co-founder Larry Livermore walked into 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California and caught his first glimpse of Green Day. Billie Joe Armstrong was just 16 at the time and they were still playing under the name Sweet Children, but Livermore saw the potential and he added them to his label. The signing of Green Day is just one anecdote in Livermore's new book Spy Rock Memories, due out on June 4th via indie punk label Don Giovanni.

UK!!  A limited number of extra standing tickets have just been released for our London Emirates Stadium show on Saturday 01 June featuring special guests Kaiser Chiefs and All Time Low.  You can buy tickets NOW using the links below:

GIgsandtours.com

Ticketmaster.co.uk