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Green Day have triumphed over Eminem on the European music charts! The rapper is now number three with his recent release of "Relapse".

"21st Century Breakdown" came in at number two behind Depeche Mode, but it weaseled right to the top last week. Read the good news on ContactMusic.com!

The guys will make some groovy television appearances very soon. They'll be on the new Tonight Show with Conan O' Brien June 2nd at 11:35pm EST, and on Last Call with Carson Daly for a good chunk of the week. Catch the band performing June 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th at 1:35am EST!

Los Angeles residents are in for a special treat! Green Day will be at Hot Topic on June 2nd at 7pmPAC! The store's location will be on Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

Also, the guys will be performing a very special gig June 4th at the Henry Fonda Theater. Adding to this, Idiot Club members stay tuned because you'll be able to win tickets to attend a live taping for 106.7 KROQ's Kevin and Bean Show!

If  you want to see more of Green Day in action, videos of the guys performing live on Abbey Road and Radio 1 will be uploaded shortly on Green Day's official site!

Along with this, check out their photo gallery! It's been updated with pics from their appearances at Webster Hall, Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America, Bowery Ballroom, and their recent gigs in Japan.

Here's a chance for Idiot Club members to obtain a photo press pass to one gig on the upcoming tour! A maximum of two passes will be given out to each of the dates on the North American and European tours. Winners will be able to take photos of the band for two songs from the photographer's pit! Not only that, you'll also be able to get your tour report and photos posted on the fan club. More information will be available shortly!

Couldn't get your hands on the special limited edition of "Breakdown"? Well, here's your chance to score the big one! AOL Radio has a discount code for 10 percent off. The coupon will be announced every hour on all Green Day's AOL radio station. After you have heard the code, go online at GreenDayMusic.com and purchase the disc. This is only available for United States residents only! More information can be seen here.

The video for "Know Your Enemy" is nominated for Much Music's International Video Of the Year Group. Be sure to vote several times so our men in Green can snag an award!

I'll leave you all now with a special video of Green Day being interviewed on Music Station in Japan! Enjoy it everyone!

Have a great week Nimrods!

Good afternoon everyone, hope you're all doing great!

Green Day were on CBS Sunday Morning at 9 am EST, they discussed their first show, their new album, and their plans for the future.

CBSnews.com also provided a whole transcript of the interview in case you didn't happen to catch today. When asked about their first gig, Billie Joe replied, "I think we ended up playing our first show together and we played I think it was the seventh grade at, like, the-like, the middle school dance or something like that. And it ended up being really fun."

Well, with time their shows got even bigger and soon by the 90's, the trio were touring nonstop. Tre Cool's father even helped out by driving their bus.

Interviewer Tracy Smith asks Tre how the experience was, "what was it like having your chaperone dad with you on tour?" To this Cool cleverly replies, "it was fun until he started like crossing the line of-of like being a father and being a bus driver. Like he would complain about dirty socks and stuff. It's like, 'Dude, we're a punk band. We-we are dirty socks."

The guys also talked about their first major hit album, 'Dookie' which came out in 1994, " 'Dookie' came out and it was, like, the most dramatic thing that ever happened to us at the time,  you know?" Armstrong says.

Cool looks back at it like a happy memory, "we got a roadie. Everything was stepped up-you know, another notch. And then, you know, there's-we had fans."

To this, the band's bassist, Mike Dirnt adds on, "everything was new. Every day, everything was new."

Let's veer away from their careers, and focus on their more personal lives. Dirnt is part owner of his very own restaurant, Rudie's Can't Fail Cafe. Named after a tune by his favorite band, The Clash.

"I grew up hanging out in coffee shops at one and two in the morning and I thought it'd be really cool to have a place open seven days a week where we could get a coffee or a beer and also bring a kid in and hot have to wait an hour and a half for a waffle," says Mike.

He also says spending time away from his children is tough, but tries to keep optimistic, "it could be worse. I could have to go overseas and go to war and not come back at all. And as long as you keep those things in mind you're going to wake up on the right side of the bed with a purpose."

Billie Joe, who also fathers two children, speaks about parenting while trying to balance the biggest band in the world, "I consider myself a conservative parent, believe it or not, in a lot of ways. There's different sides of everybody. I think I just worry like every other parent does. You worry about education; you worry about where they're getting their information from. You hear things you never thought you'd hear coming out of your baby's mouth. But it's a trip. It's all part of it, you know?"

Smith asks him about his concerns with education since he dropped out of high school himself. Armstrong explains his logic, "you know, my oldest son, I talked with him about it recently I never brought it up before. And what I told him was I'm the luckiest bastard on the planet for doing what I've been able to do. As a musician and get to the heights we've gone to or at least the level we've gone to and it's something I never take for granted and it doesn't happen to everybody and, you know, my kids like music too."

Back to their music career, their previous album, "American Idiot", also was the topic of discussion. Smith asks about this epic work of art, "there's a succession of albums, and then comes the-and I've heard this term over and over again-masterpiece 'American Idiot'. What do you think of that term?"

Armstrong goes on to joke about it, "it's not really strong enough. In the term to describe such an opus of sorts."

And how about their current record, "21st Century Breakdown"? It's the number one record in the nation, and also more ambitious than it's predecessor!

"It's chaos and desperation and, you know, there's an angry mob, there's a city on fire while you're making out with your girlfriend in the middle of it," Billie Joe said.

One might think their music seems angry, desperate and possibly even depressing at times, but the band members assure you they're doing fantastic.

"This is a good journey that always starts with the music, you know? Whether it's live or just with an acoustic guitar in your room. I think at the end of the day, if you follow the music, it'll take you on a really, really great journey," Mike says summing up their entire musical career, past and present!

There's more Green Day coming at you during the next few weeks! On Tuesday June 2nd, the guys will appear along side Tom Hanks on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien. Also, later next month, the guys will be performing their awesome tunes on Late Night with Carson Daly for a whole week. So make sure you set up those Tivos and DVR's!

In another article, according to undercover.com.au, Eminem has defeated Green Day selling 27,971units of his album, "Relapse". He has the number one record on the Australian charts for this coming week, as well as conquering the UK charts. It is also expected to sell 600,000 plus units in the United States as well.

Here's a clip that was left out of the televised interview for CBS, the guys discuss an incident that involved their bass player getting very sick onstage.

Join the listening party on our forums! We'll be streaming "21st Century Breakdown" until midnight May 29th, 2009. It's also featured on Nimrod Radio!

Have a wonderful week Nimrods!

Hola everyone, how are you doing today? Hope you're all doing swell!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Green Day's new album "21st Century Breakdown" is number one on the US album chart this week. Billboard.com reported the news earlier today! Nimrod Street would like to give the guys a huge congratulations!

Now let's give a quick run down of the losers, at number two is the soundtrack to "Hannah Montana: The Movie", at number three Cam'Ron's "Crime Pays", "The Fame" by Lady GaGa is number four and ending the top five, "Unstoppable" by Rascal Flatts at number five.

Wait, there's more! "Together Through Life" by Bob Dylan comes in at number six, Taylor Swift's "Fearless" at number seven, "Epiphany" by Chrisette Michele's at number eight, Rick Ross's "Deeper Than Rap" at number 9, and last but not least, "Fantasy Ride" by Ciara at number ten!

In other Green Day news, the guys will be on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show beginning at 7pm until 9pm GMT. Check out the link to listen in. You'll hear live session tracks recorded from BBC Maida Vale Studios in London, England!

MTV.com have posted an article about Green Day admiring hip-hop records. The trio have been blasting it while they tour, some of the records they've been listening to have been Eminem, who will have the number one record next week.

It's long been rumored that singer, Billie Joe Armstrong couldn't stand the Detroit native, but it looks like that could very well been false.

"Looking at a guy like Eminem, the way he put his records out and how he goes from character to character and how a lot of hip-hop artists use different names, conceptually, I think that's really important to put into records. I think that's why a lot of hip-hop records become so eventful. All of a sudden a character will come up. A dialogue will come up. The ambition a lot of hip-hop records have, that's something I can relate to."

The article also was kind enough to provide a video clip with Armstrong telling you in his own words, enjoy!

The fun's not over yet, join our listening party on our forums! We'll be streaming the entire "Breakdown" album until midnight May 29th. It's also playing on Nimrod Radio as well!