Idolator — Britain’s Q Awards were announced today, and Lady Gaga’s theatrical Monster Ball, Green Day’s three-hour epic concert experience and Muse’s spectacular live shows are all nominated for Best Live Act. (Also up: Brit act Kasabian and the Aussie... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — There's no "American Idiot" without Screeching Weasel. If the Ramones helped define the pop-punk template for urban malaise, Screeching Weasel reclaimed it for suburbia. The down-and-out, disillusioned and financially unstable couch-bound characters ... more info

ContactMusic — LADY GAGA, PAUL WELLER and GREEN DAY are among the big acts who have been nominated for trophies at Britain's Q Awards next month (Oct10).The Poker Face hitmaker is up... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Brandon Flowers is douche bad.  The guy called Green Day anti-Americans for performing American Idiot in England.  That honestly doesn't even make sense, especially coming from a guy sporting a Hitler moustache.  Being a douche bag is a common tra... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jeffen said... GREEN DAY - Dookie Demos (1994) http://musicruinedmylife.blogspot.com Aquatee said... Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)(Flac) Icy Blu - Icy Blu (1991)(Flac) Mason Williams - The Mason Williams Phonograph Record (1968)(Flac) Marc ... more info

Idolator — We have to assume that the ensemble of every other show on Broadway has got to be extremely bitter they’re not in Green Day’s American Idiot—the young-and-hip cast hit up a Jets game with Billie Joe, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool to belt out the B’... more info

Silent Uproar — Green Day are apparently preparing to release a live album, as announced by the band at a recent tour stop in Denver, CO. A couple new songs, "Cigarettes and Valentines" and "Olivia," were premiered at the show. As band lore goes, said songs would've... more info

ContactMusic — GREEN DAY rocker BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG is inviting New York theatregoers to join him in aftershow discussions this week (begs13Sep10) about his band's hit musical... more info

MTV.com News — Jonze went from directing Weezer's "Buddy Holly" video to an Oscar nomination for "Being John Malkovich."By Eric Ditzian David Fincher Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/ Getty Images Somewhere between directing Will Smith and then Robert Pattinson... more info

Idolator — Florence Welch may be the guiding force and namesake behind the baroque rock-pop outfit Florence + The Machine, but the 24-year old Brit isn’t too fond of the spotlight. “I like to be able to wander and I like to go places unnoticed,”  the sin... more info