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  • Celebrated as one of the leading lifestyle film festivals in the United States, the 14th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival (http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com) brings the best of classic and contemporary filmmaking from around the world to Newport Beach for eight spectacular days, April 25 – May 2, 2013.

    New this year is the launch of the Festival’s Music Series, showcasing films centered on music. The Newport Beach Film Festival’s Music Film Series puts music center stage showcasing music videos, documentary, and narrative films propelled by music. Highlighting performances, historical headlines, struggling musicians and their unique stories, this growing series explores the binding relationship that links music and film. Two of the Music Film Series screenings will showcase documentaries on the Grammy Award-winning band, Green Day. It is expected that Green Day band members will appear at the Festival, as well.

    More: HERE

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  • Katie McPansy Grogan also came out to the Moline, IL show to shoot photos.  Log in to: Idiot Nation HERE to see her exclusive gallery.  Also don't miss the just added photos of the Rosemont show from Idiot Nation HERE.  And right here on greenday.com photos for Pomona, CA Show & Tempe, AZ Show now added.

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  • "It's been a slightly unpredictable path," Billie Joe Armstrong told a Chicago crowd already on the verge of hysteria after two hours of punk mayhem. Then he paused, surveying the surreal scene. "But I wouldn't trade it for the world."

    The adrenalized singer's band, Green Day, had nearly wrapped a monumental, energy-packed assault on Thursday night – their first arena gig since Armstrong's mental breakdown at last fall's iHeartRadio show in Vegas. Rehab for alcohol and drug addiction soon followed.

    By then, the evening had long felt, well, right: There was Armstrong, bounding about the stage, slashing away at his guitar, humping the ground and belting out his angst-ridden lyrics alongside bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool.

    It hadn't ben a foregone conclusion that this rowdy return of epic proportions would be the end result of a tumultuous few months for the long-touring punk kings. Following rehab, Armstrong admitted to Rolling Stone he remained uneasy about the prospect of returning to the road.

    "I'm not sure I'm ready," he confessed to senior writer David Fricke.

    Yet if any lingering doubts remained in Armstrong's mind, they were quickly washed away by the Chicago crowd's exuberant energy.

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  • Login to Idiot Nation to see if Tre answered your questions in an exclusive video Q&A from Jingletown Studios - Part 2: HERE

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  • Check out three sets of new photos in Idiot Nation from recent gigs in El Paso, SXSW, and tonight's soundcheck: HERE

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