Mercury News, California — The Bay Area's Green Day plays the HP Pavilion on Tuesday as part of its '21st Century Breakdown' tour. more info

NME — They'll perform alongside Green Day and Muse more info

ET Online — MTV has announced that one breakout performer and one veteran hip-hop artist will be joining the list of performers at this year's MTV Video Music Awards! The wildly popular Lady Gaga and Jay-Z are gearing up to take the VMA stage on Sunday, S... more info

Rolling Stone — Jay-Z and Lady Gaga have both been added as performers for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, invading New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, September 13th. The pair will join previously announced performers Green Day, Taylor Swift, Muse a... more info

MTV.com News — 50 Cent, Nelly Furtado and Leighton Meester will be presenters at September 13 show.By James Montgomery Jay-Z Photo: Jared Milgrim/FilmMagic It was already shaping up to be a pretty huge night, but now, the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards have... more info

MTV.com News — But bassist Jared Followill does admit their 'Use Somebody' clip is 'probably the least stupid video we've done.'By James Montgomery, with reporting by Gil Kaufman Kings Of Leon's Jared Followill Photo: MTV News If there's one thing the fi... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Wolfmother, Hank Williams • Jackson’s “This Is It” Heads to Theaters • Jane’s Addiction, Killers Wrap Lolla ‘09 • Velvet Revolver Singer Search Still Ongoing • Lambert Promises “Sexy” Surprises on LP • Send Us... more info

411 Mania — Last week, Alistair McGeorge began A Lesson In Green Day, looking at the band’s career from its beginning 22 years ago up to the release of Warning in 2000. This week, the look at Green Day continues, moving from International Superhits! to ... more info

Rolling Stone — With Green Day in the throes of their 21st Century Breakdown tour, Rolling Stone caught up backstage with Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt before their concert at Philadelphia’s Spectrum for an exclusive look at the trio’s latest an... more info

PopSugar — Brad Pitt rocked out at a Green Day concert in New Orleans on Friday night, but he was up early to tour his Make It Right projects in the Ninth Ward with Pax and a newly 8-year-old Maddox on Saturday morning. The boys were back in LA by that afternoo... more info