Green Day, such crowd-pleasers when they visited Pomona in March, came back around for a good old-fashioned arena show on Thursday and again thrilled a full house. The punk-rock veterans played for 2 1/2 hours (counting encores) on Thursday at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, touched on songs from every one of their albums and […]
Another bountiful day of shows: ‣ Some must’ve gone and declared it Punk Rock Thursday – Green Day (with Best Coast supporting, which is kind of curious, we admit) rocks the Sports Arena. See our review of Green Day’s March show in Pomona. ‣ And L.A. stalwarts Bad Religion team up with the Bronx to […]
Incoming: OMD, Ghost B.C., the Faint, the Postal Service, Rodriguez, Foals, Franz Ferdinand, Smith Westerns, James McCartney, Gary Clark Jr., Polica, Aesop Rock, Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dropkick Murphys, Youth Lagoon, A Day to Remember, Palma Violets, Public Enemy, Alt-J, Jello Biafra, Green Day, Purity Ring, La Roux, Bad Religion, Action Bronson, Dinosaur Jr., […]
By Pamela Wilson Billie Joe Armstrong, in his first public performance since he entered rehab in September, greeted his fans on Sunday night as if they had been the ones who left. “Welcome back,” he told the crowd as Green Day began its “99 Revolutions” tour at the Fox Theatre in Pomona. As anyone in […]
Sunday things: ‣ Green Day headlines the Fox Theater in Pomona in support of their trilogy series “¡Uno!,¡Dos! and ¡Tré!” ‣ The Echo hosts its annual Aussie BBQ with Australian bands Faker, Blackchords, Jack Carty, Trouble With Templeton, the Beards, Georgia Fair, the Falls, Bearhug and Giner & the Ghost. ‣ Downstairs at the Echoplex, […]
By Pamela Wilson “Welcome to paradise!” screamed Billie Joe Armstrong as Green Day erupted on the Echoplex stage Monday night for a two-hour tour of their greatest hits mixed with some crowd-pleasers of the future. If there were a college course on the ’90s punk trio who morphed into rock gods in the 2000s, this […]
[Things to ponder before you try to score those Green Day tickets at 10 a.m. …] First Monday in August, what fun: ‣ Meg Myers [pictured] kicks off her August residency at the Bootleg Bar. The local rocker won a lot of fans almost immediately with her “Daughter in the Choir” EP [and songs like […]
Incoming: Green Day, Aerosmith, Black Lips, Seal, Redd Kross, Bear in Heaven, Husky, Pitbull, Nicki Minaj, Hanni El Khatib, the Kills, Langhorne Slim, Jack White, Norah Jones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Childish Gambino, John Doe, White Denim, Sigurb Ros, Andrew Bird, Tennis and more. Above: The Hype Williams-directed video for Jack White’s “Freedom at 21.” […]
Monday night just got a lot more interesting. Green Day will play a surprise show at the Echoplex. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong announced the show via Twitter; tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday. The veteran trio will embark on an audacious plan to release three full-length albums – 37 songs worth – […]
Top 5 ways to get over the Wednesday hump: ‣ From the demise of Sleepy Jackson comes Empire Of The Sun [pictured above], a Boys For Lashes or AussieSpooner, if you will, if Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore were dressed by the creatures from “The Dark Crystal.” Last weekend at Lollapalooza, they managed to upstage […]
