Tre! Cover Revealed!

This afternoon saw the unveiling of the album cover for the final in the trilogy. Yes, Tre was released...carrying on the 'album cover every thursday' pattern that they have been following.

Here is the cover:

"I'm feeling bluuuuuuuuuuueee!" - could this have been a hint?
This cover was actually leaked through the photograph that Billie tweeted earlier in the week (as shown in my last post) so this release was no surprise, however it is still good to see it officially out there. Out of the three covers this is my favourite. The photo of Tre really stands out and...well, i like the colour!

As with all of the other covers, there was a trailer showing the guys doing all different things such as surfing, skateboarding and jamming in the studio. The song in the background is unknown but is sounding really good. Very heavy on drums but different again to the Green Day sound we have gotten used to.

If you look closer at the end of the trailer you will see that the date to pre-order the albums off the band's website is 16th July, which is the same day as Oh Love has been confirmed to be released. Also people have already been pre ordering Uno from Amazon which is amazing!

With all of the trailers out of the way, the only thing i am wondering now is....what is going to be released next week?

This made me smile...

So Billie Joe tweeted this picture earlier with the caption: "UNO! DOS! TRE! Finished!!"

Yes, the albums are ready to go and I for one couldn't be happier! For some reason, on a personal level, this announcement of the three albums and all of this wonderful news has felt like a really good dream. However seeing this photo has made it feel real and it just makes me happy that soon we are all going to be listening to songs that they have been working on for what seems like forever.

You can now also pre-order Uno from Amazon, AND an official tracklisting has been revealed. Here it is:

1. Nuclear Family
2. Stay The Night
3. Carpe Diem
4. Let Yourself Go
5. Kill The DJ
6. Fell For You
7. Loss Of Control
8. Troublemaker
9. Angel Blue
10. Sweet 16
11. Rusty James
12. Oh Love

After all of the speculation that i have read about the albums, it's nice to have something solid to go by. I am still surprised that they have chosen Oh Love for their first single but it's going to be massive! Everyone needs to mark 16th July on their calenders and stay glued to the radio when that day comes!

Smiley face.

Oh Love...

*Breaking News...sort of* Green Day's new single has been announced! (cue hallelujah cries)

'Oh Love' has been confirmed to be the first single from Uno, and is to be released on 16th July, which is just three weeks from now.

This was the tweet that broke the news:
@GreenDay: The first single from ¡Uno! will be "Oh Love" and will hit the airwaves on July 16th. Stay tuned for more details!

Gotta say, this is exciting stuff! Unexpected too, because i thought they would choose a song with more energy, like Carpe Diem. When we got the rubbish quality recordings from the secret show in Texas last year, Oh Love sounded quite soft and lacking the energy that i have come to expect from Green Day, although it was one of the tracks that stood out the most to me. I wouldn't have thought it would be a single so i guess i was pleasantly surprised!

Also, I can't believe how soon this announcement has come. I thought if anything we would be waiting until August for a single. It's great that they are getting it all out now to give us something to really look forward to.

I just hope the promo for this single and the three albums is much better than with 21st Century Breakdown.

For anyone who wants it, this is the live recording of Oh Love from their Texas show:

Tour Rumours are upon us....

Now that the albums have been announced and Uno is fast approaching, the whispers about possible tour dates have begun. Because the boys are headlining festivals around Europe at the end of August, it has been suggested that they may tour Early September but that's before Uno is even released so it's way too soon.

The only prediction i would make is maybe early 2013 after the three albums have been released.

All this being said, the band have been so unpredictable as of late that the speculation could be right and i could be completely wrong.

Personally I hope I'm right though coz I can't afford tickets at this moment!

Whenever the tour is it is going to be epic! :)

Uno, Dos, Tre!

So, this week has been pretty busy for news. Yesterday, an interview with the boys from the Rolling Stone was released, in which Billie spoke about the three albums. He mentioned that there will be 36 songs spread across the trilogy (which means 12 songs per album) and he gave a general description of the albums:

"The first one is power pop. The second is more garage-y, Nuggets-type rock. And the third, is supposed to be epic. With the first album, you're getting in the mood to party. On iDos!, You're at the party. And the third album...you're cleaning up the mess!"


This interview has made us aware of a number of tracks that will appear on the albums: Carpe Diem, Amy, It's Fuck Time and Stay The Night (which we already knew about) then there are X Kid which was written about a close friend of Billie's who committed suicide two years ago. There is also Forgotten, Brutal Love - which is said to be the opening track for iTre! - and 99 Revolutions. It looks like they are ready to unleash what promises to be a monster of a trilogy, and judging from the numerous Facebook and twitter posts it seems that the fans are well and truly ready too.

As if all of that wasn't enough, the album artwork for iDos! was also released:

Same style as iUno! only this time with Mike on the cover. As with iUno!, a thirty second trailer was released showing more footage from the studio and from the secret shows at the end of last year. The music in the background this time was the instrumental for It's Fuck Time.

I have to say, it's sounding amazing! It's hard to believe that it is the same band. The guitar riffs are out of this world, displaying the talents of Billie Joe and Jason White. It was originally meant for their side project, Foxboro Hot Tubs, but i think with the amount they have played it live it HAS to be a Green Day song. I was pleasantly surprised that it made it onto an album!

You can watch the trailer below:

I'm hoping that next week sees the release of iTre! but i can just feel that something amazing is going to happen soon. I hope I'm right!

Memories...

"Now this is a fucking gathering!"

So, today I am feeling sentimental about Green Day. It has been happening to me a lot recently but today has been especially bad...this is because, two years ago today they gave me the best night of my life.

It was two years ago since me, David and Katie went to see them in Manchester as part of their 21st Century Breakdown summer tour 2010 and for obvious reasons i was so excited.

It was such a lovely day too, really sunny outside as we walked to find our bed and breakfast that we had booked in advance for the show. We waited and waited and waited, got to the very front...well not barrier but second row, and as soon as the boys ran onstage I just knew it was going to be a night to remember.

We were on Mike's side, and it was so amazing coz you could see the energy and the passion in his performance, he genuinely wanted to be there putting on that show for us and it was so incredible. As soon as Billie ran over and stood right in front of me (more or less) my heart just started pounding. My hero was standing right in front of me was just something else altogether.

I heard Lulu's Shout on TV tonight and I couldn't stop smiling because I could see Tre singing it and dancing, and I could hear Billie saying "Come here Christina Aguilera I want you back!" and when the crowd was chanting 'Get your tits out for the lads' at Tre, Billie said "Take your c*cks out for the girls!" I am still laughing as I am writing this!

Billie's performance was unreal. Although there were so many people there, he made me feel a sense of intimacy...i know it doesn't make any sense but to feel like that at a show is just the best feeling in the world, better than any high. When he did the final encore and sang When It's Time/Wake Me Up When September Ends/Good Riddance you could hear that he meant every single word he was singing. Before he started singing he said this (this is along the same lines as what he said):

"This is the best show we have ever played in Manchester right now, and I swear to God i would never wanna be in any other fucking band than Green Day, I swear to God. Bands break up, some of my favourite bands either someone died or they have broke up i don't know, like your parents or something...but you gotta wheel me away in a fucking coffin to get me out of this fucking band i'll tell you..."

After he said that I cried, I cried through the encore and I cried at the end. It was the first time for a while that I have walked out of a show thinking 'I never want this to end!'

There are only a few other people who would be able to understand my feelings about this night, but hopefully if you read this you will see why this night meant the world to me! If not I hope you enjoyed reading it all the same.

Bring on the next tour! :D

(Here are some of my favourite photos)

Album Cover for iUno! released

About an hour ago, the Green Day world exploded with excitement, as the band released a 30 second preview for the first of the album trilogy:

Yes, ladies and gents, it's finally happened! As well as the trailer, the band revealed the album artwork to us (shown below)  Gotta say, I'm loving this cover, very bright and colourful - will easily catch your eye in the music shops! Just a quick note, it's the first one of their studio albums since Warning to actually feature the band/a member of the band on the cover...nice and obvious factoid for you there folks! Hope you all enjoyed it!

This news comes after Billie tweets for the first time in months, not just once but three times, announcing a secret show in Los Angeles:


"Green day Surprise rock n roll sex party show meaning "secret show" coming soon in LA AREA. Stay tuned!"

"Clothing optional! Dance or fuck off. And it's FREE"

"Bring your own booze. Weirdos and punishers welcomed!"

From the sound of the instrumental in the background, their new sound is going to be FBHT style mixed with old school stuff. It's sounding pretty kick ass! Cannot wait to hear more!

As well as releasing the cover, it looks like a tracklist has been released. Here are the songs that we have seen:

• Nuclear Family
• Stay The Night
• Carpe Diem
• Let Yourself Go
• Fell For You
• Crushing Bastards
• Teenage Angel/Angel Blue
• See You Tonight
• It's Fuck Time
• Stop When The Red Lights Flash (I'll Make You Surrender)
• Kill The DJ
• Lazy Bones
• Wild One
• Make Out Party
• Drama Queen

Exciting yes? I think so! I am very curious to hear what they sound like and how many of these songs will end up on iUno!

Hmmm i guess we will have to wait and see...
25th September isn't too far away now, 103 days left, not that i have been counting....