Green Day working on new album

Thu 2nd Jun, 2011 in International News

Billie Joe Armstrong, who recently produced the debut album for his 16 year old son’s band Emily’s Army has revealed that Green Day is hard at work on the follow-up to 2009’s 21st Century Breakdown.

“OK, here’s the scoop,” Armstrong announced on Twitter. ”[Green Day] has been jamming new songs everyday. There’s a tonne of new songs. The direction is fresh and high energy. Feels great. I don’t want to give away too much but just know that me, Mike [Dirnt, bass] and Tre [Cool, drums] and Jason [Freese, keyboards] are collaborating and having the best time playing music. And that’s not bullshit!!

In recent days Armstrong has posed a series of questions on Twitter, which may hint at the direction the band is taking in the studio, including “What would [rock photographer] Bob Gruen do?”, “What would Best Coast do?”, “What would [U.S. Bombs singer] Duane Peters do?” and “What would Elvis Costello do?”.