Green Day has never sounded better than on “21st Century Breakdown.” Armstrong could be the voice of his generation, creating just the right balance between tuneful anguish and comic relief.

Nearly five years after their last album, Green Day will return this May with their latest punk masterpiece, 21st Century Breakdownan album Rolling Stone's David Fricke describes as even "more ...

Green Day have posted a 30-second sneak peek of "Know Your Enemy," the first single off 21st Century Breakdown, on their official Website. The LP, due out May 15th, is the band's follow-up to ...

Green Day: 21st Century BreakdownGreen Day took small steps out of its comfort zone on American Idiot, but Breakdown finds the band going bolder, mixing in elements of mariachi (“Peacemaker ...

So, "21st Century Breakdown" offers up catchy, well-produced nuggets, from the rocky lead-off single "Know Your Enemy" to the pretty power ballad "21 Guns." There's "The Static Age" and the ...

Green Day will release its eighth studio album, "21st Century Breakdown," on Friday, May 15, the group announced Wednesday. By David J. Prince, Billboard, The Associated Press NEW YORK — Green ...

As soon as the title track kicks in, it’s clear 21st Century Breakdown is meant to be arena rock for anarchists. It’s a slow, methodical, mid-tempo number that sets the stage for the ...

Instead, Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool push Idiot ‘s conceits even further on 21st Century Breakdown, a slick, class-obsessed, 70-minute, 18-song, three-act cycle that ...

Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, giving the trio its second chart-topper . . . The album opens with 215,000 after just three days of release, as the set ...

UPDATE: Read the magazine review here. Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown, one of 2009's most-anticipated records, releases in May. Yesterday, reps from ...

Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown might very well be the most anticipated album of 2009... at least, if you listen to mainstream media outlets and pop-punk lovers around the world.