~Idiot Club members have until Nov. 30 6pm EST to send in their entries to the “Macy’s Day Parade” contest. The song is “the band’s commentary on commercialism” and the IC is asking us what matters to us on Thanksgiving.

~Inked magazine is giving away five 21st Century Breakdown limited edition CDs. Find the question of the day on Twitter or Facebook.

~1039 Sweet Children is having a fan art contest with some cool prizes.

~Canadian fans can enter to win tix and a media pass to a Green Day concert, from Much Music.

~Buy 21stCB and a t-shirt at Hot Topic in Fargo, ND and get a wristband to meet Green Day July 10. [Via GD.com]

~Green Day will be playing at the P.C. Richard Theater in NYC May 20. Enter to win tickets here. Also, th Bowery Ballroom show on May 18 has been confirmed by GD.com.

Warner Bros UK just sent out an update. They write that Green Day are currently in the UK, where they filmed an episode for Abbey Road today and will be recording one for Zane Lowe tomorrow. Update: According to Green Day World, the Abbey Road special will be shown (in the UK) on 4Music on May 14 at 9pm and 11pm. “It will then be broadcast at midnight on Channel 4 the same evening, and as part of Channel 4’s T4 on May 17th (1pm) and again on May 23rd (11.30am).”

Also, the new Green Day Game has just been launched. Answer new questions every day about the band to win prizes, and you can get bonus points for referring your friends.

And The Sun in the UK will have the live stream of 21st Century Breakdown a week early, along with Rhapsody and MTV/VH1.
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Green Day will be in Germany in the next few days. For Green Day’s itinerary, and info, check the Events Calendar.

Update: audio and webcam photos from today’s radio interview were posted on GDC. [Download] (To be honest it’s a bit annoying to listen to because it’s simultaneously translated from German.)

~GD.com announced two more giveaways. See the Contests page.

~Green Day Breakdown, the fan site, is giving away 3 copies of 21st Century.

~Rhapsody is having a huge 2-week promotion for Green Day’s new album, with never seen photos, interviews, discounts, and more. Prizes (like a TiVo and MP3 players) will be given out daily. And, with MTV, they will stream the album starting May 8.

Hot Topic is giving away a trip to Los Angeles to see Green Day. The grand prize includes a meet and greet with the band, plus airfare, hotel and tickets to the concert, for two people. The concert is August 25. To enter, and to read the full details, click here.

Warner is having a contest to give away copies of the 21st Century Breakdown limited special editions to fans. You can take the widget, below, and embed it all over the place — websites, MySpace, etc. — then send screenshots in to their email address, and you will be entered to win one of the special editions. For the full details, and to grab the embed code from the widget, read on. More » » »