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Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt has told NME that going back on the road after frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's stint in rehab is going to be "nerve-wracking," adding that the band and its crew will be watching out for Armstrong's well-being.

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More details about the path that led to Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's onstage meltdown in Las Vegas last September, and his subsequent trip to rehab, have been revealed now that his full interview with Rolling Stone hit the stands on Friday (March 1st).

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Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has opened up about his years of drug and alcohol abuse, his onstage meltdown last fall in Las Vegas and his rehab stint in a new interview with Rolling Stone that hits newsstands on Friday (March 1st).

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Green Day's new documentary, called Quatro!, will have its premiere screening at the upcoming X Games in Aspen, Colorado, according to HenneMusic.

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A lengthy new article at Billboard.com analyzes the disappointing sales of Green Day's recent triple album release, Uno!, Dos! and Tre!. The last two, Dos! and Tre!, each sold less than 100,000 copies in their first weeks of release, which the article says "would have been unimaginable as recently as a few months ago for Green Day."

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Soundgarden's first album in 16 years, King Animal, debuted at Number Five on the Billboard album chart last Wednesday (November 21st), selling 83,000 copies in its first week of release. The CD arrived in stores on November 13th and followed up the band's 1996 album Down On The Upside, which debuted at Number Two. Soundgarden disbanded in 1997 after touring that record, reuniting in 2010 and releasing a live album and hits compilation before getting to work on King Animal.

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An edited version of the documentary about the making of Green Day's trilogy of albums will debut on TV next week.

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Green Day releases the second of three planned albums today (November 13) but with singer Billie Joe Armstrong still in rehab, what is the band's future?

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Green Day announced yesterday (October 29) that they have permanently cancelled all Fall 2012 shows (refunds are available at point of purchase) They have also scrapped a small theatre run planned to start late next month AND their US Arena tour dates through February 8 in Las Vegas

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After Billie Joe Armstrong decided to enter rehab last month, after his onstage tirade -- Green Day bassist, Mike Dirnt told Rolling Stone how difficult the situation has been for the group.

He said, "Billie doesn't take things lightly and he wouldn't take rehab lightly, either

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