ContactMusic — Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is taking his first steps into acting by accepting a role on hit TV show Nurse Jackie The singer has spent time on the Broadway stage starring in his bands musical American Idiot and now he is moving to the sma... more info

Perez Hilton — Wow! This is a big change in direction for him! Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong started dabbling in acting when he appeared as St. Jimmy in his American Idiot musical, and now, it appears he's worked his way up to a role on Showtime series N... more info

NME — Dry The River and Ben Howard are also set to play live to celebrate 200 years of Warner/Chappell more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The new issue of Q (out on 27 September 2011) features 25 different covers with the artists who are shaping music right now. Each issue features a new interview with all the cover stars, but which one will you pick? The full list of cover stars are: ... more info

Guardian Music — Frank Sinatra's own label had a wide variety of stars and this show made good use of its back catalogueThey Did It Their Way: the Story of Reprise Records (Radio 2) was an eye-opening chronological tour of the label set up and owned by Frank Sinatra.... more info

Guardian Music — We were liveblogging, red carpeting and, er, red wining at the Mercurys as Polly Jean walked away victorious. As for you? You were mostly slagging off the Beatles ...All the chatter from this year's Mercury prizeRebecca Nicholson gives Mercury prize ... more info

The Quietus — Billy Joe Armstrong thrown off flight more info

Guardian Music — Billie Joe Armstrong removed from US flight because his 'pants sagged too low'Billie Joe Armstrong has a trouser problem. The Green Day singer was recently kicked off a flight on Southwest Airlines. The reason? His low-slung crotch."All the passenger... more info

ContactMusic — Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of punk-rock group Greenday has been kicked off a south-western flight from Oakland, California to Burbank, California on Thursday night (01. 09. 2011)Announcing his surprise on Twitter the 39-year-old rocker said "J... more info

Pop Crunch — In what seems to be a situation wherein Green Day’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong was kind of a jerk and a flight attendant was a bit of a control-freak, [...] more info