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Over the course of nearly two decades, Green Day have turned the Video Music Awards into their very own punk-rock playground. From their snotty debut at the 1994 show (when they tore through "Armatage Shanks") to their victory lap in 2005 — where they reaped the benefits of American Idiot and took home seven Moonmen, including Video of the Year — they've had so many memorable moments that it's sort of amazing we haven't named an award in their honor yet.
To wit: They've performed four times, won 11 awards, and debuted more Manic Panic-enhanced hairstyles than a cashier at Ricky's. They've spat and snarled and even gotten grandiose (check their version of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" from the '05 show for proof). And because of all that, they've established a VMA legacy on par with the likes of Madonna or Britney Spears or Kanye West ... it's practically unthinkable to think of a show going on without them.
Luckily for all us, they'll be back at the 2012 Video Music Awards, debuting a song off their upcoming ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tre! trilogy.
Green Day will be performing at Emirates Stadium, London - June 1, 2013. Tickets onsale September 28, 2012 at 9:30am Stay tuned for more info
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“Three albums, like this, it’s never been done before and proves how free we are as a band in our approach.”
The Green Day singer is in characteristically defiant mood.
And no wonder. The Californian trio are about to release THREE new studio albums, called ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! (“Yes an album named after me,” jokes drummer Tré Cool.) All will be released within four months, six weeks apart, and if there are any nerves about this tall order, they’re not on show today.
SFTW are at the Bren Events Center at Irvine University, California, where the band from Oakland are taking a break from rehearsals to chat.
They’ve been holed up in a nearby house for the past few weeks as they prepare for upcoming live shows across Europe including a surprise appearance at Reading Festival this weekend, to play their breakthrough 1994 album Dookie in full.
They’re off the booze and have been working out, looking healthy and lean.
“We have a mammoth task ahead,” says Billie Joe. “We usually have five weeks of rehearsals up to the release of an album but this time it’s ten weeks including promo and production as we have three records in one. We don’t make things easy for ourselves.”
Not that he seems fazed by what lies ahead.
