L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A Green Day member sporting a "Free Pussy Riot" T-shirt was about as political as the 2012 MTV VMAs were able to get. The band unveiled yet another new song, "Let Yourself Go," and the song, again, saw the band moving away from the political and soci... more info

Consequence of Sound — Replay performances from tonight's festivities. more info

Perez Hilton — The environment is so important! Even MTV is going Green! Green Day raged on stage at the VMAs, performing new single Let Yourself Go form ¡Uno! (above)! The Dookiest of men got super intimate with the crowd, allowing the audience to get thisclose ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot has received praise from artists including Björk, Madonna, Green Day and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Now the band is returning the favor. more info

ContactMusic — One Direction are hoping to meet Pink and Green Day at the MTV Video Music Awards VMAs tonight 06 09 12 The British boy band are performing at the music channels prestigious award ceremony in Los Angeles later... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The go-to-place for music videos MTV is not. Yet the   MTV Video Music Awards tonight are not about videos . This is a show about a promotion, a 120-minute teaser trailer for the fall's big albums, with appearances by  Alicia Keys, Green Day and T... more info

ContactMusic — Mike Dirnt of Green Day has made a statement to fans worried about punk rocker Billie Joe Armstrong who fell ill during the bands European tour Dirnt has revealed that his band mate was hospitalised after a bad bout of influe... more info

411 Mania — Check out "Let Yourself Go"... more info

411 Mania — And they explain what was wrong with him... more info

Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectTom Jenkinson is the editor of Hey Man Check My Band, a blog showcasing "new, exciting and often underexposed musicians and acts, be that through typo r... more info