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American Idiot

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“It created a new future for us”: The story of Green Day’s American Idiot

Millions of album sales. Countless awards. One Broadway theatre production. And Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong didn’t see success of American Idiot coming…

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Billie Joe Armstrong Suggests Switching Genders Of American Idiot Musical Cast

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong ponders a "production where the men and women switched roles".

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Dookie vs. American Idiot: Which Is The Best Green Day Album?

Which album is Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt's best? Two Green Day-obsessed K! writers thrash it out…

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