Green Day’s Secret Recording Sessions–And Billie Joe’s Movie

You might have been as surprised as I was when Green Day suddenly announced the imminent release of their new Revolution Radio album. There was zero indication that the band was working on anything, let alone ready to issue a new record. Their secret sessions prove that even in the age of the Internet, it’s possible to keep things on the down low. Entertainment Weekly reports this:

We were trying to make the music and the voices in Billie’s head come to life. We didn’t tell anybody that we were recording, except our wives. We gave ourselves enough time and we weren’t watching the clock. That took the pressure off.

And there was more going on than just the making of an album. Billie Joe Armstrong has a movie coming out called Ordinary World. From Deadline Hollywood:

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group has set an October 14 day-and-date release for Ordinary World, fka Geezer, a comedic drama starring Billie Joe Armstrong that premiered at Tribeca in April. The Green Day frontman plays Perry, an aging former punk rocker who’s now a married father of two. He leads a sedate life in Queens until his brother (Chris Messina) gives him money to throw a huge 40th birthday rockstar bash in a fancy Manhattan hotel — a chance to get it out of his system. But Perry’s puck past clashes with his middle-age reality. Judy Greer, Selma Blair, Dallas Roberts, Fred Armisen, Brian Baumgartner and Kevin Corrigan also star in the pic from writer-director Lee Kirk.

Revolution Radio will be out October 7 with Ordinary World‘s release coming a week later.

Meanwhile, Green Day has announced a club tour to promote Revolution Radio.