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Green Day Goes Underground with NYC Subway Takeover (VIDEO)

Green Day brought the music to the people this week, joining The Tonight Show for an unexpected mini-concert on an NYC subway platform.

Okay, we're just going to put it out there. You know we're fans of Green Day when we find ourselves covering something that Jimmy Fallon did on NBC's The Tonight Show. Yesterday, we checked out the band as they stopped by SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show to catch up with Howard Stern and the gang, play some songs, discuss their career, and preview their new album (Saviors, the band's 14th studio album). Today (though it aired last night), we've got a look at Fallon and Green Day taking over the NYC subway system – both in disguise and not – for a truly "underground" performance.

In the clips posted (above and below), you can check out the band performing "Dilemma," "Look Ma, No Brains!", "American Idiot," "Basket Case," and a cover of "Feel Like Makin' Love." And before you ask? Yes… it's more than worth having to deal with Fallon.

Bassist Mike Dirnt addressed the band updating the lyrics to "American Idiot" to take on the Trump/MAGA folks and Elon Musk's reaction to it in an interview with Rolling Stone – here are the highlights:

On Reaction to "American Idiot" Lyric Change: "The song's twenty years old, and we're Green Day. What did you expect? Come on. I think the best part about it is that it provoked conversation. It got people talking. First, it was rhetorical, and then it got into conversation. Anytime you can get people talking, you're always going to have the loudest voices [heard first], and then everyone else in the room is going to figure out what it really means."

On Musk's Reaction: "Elon Musk actually is the machine. I can't take anything else from that. He's not shy about saying stupid shit on the internet. Whatever."

"The American Dream Is Killing Me" Was Written During Trump Administration – Here's Why It Wasn't Released: "[Saviors track] 'The American Dream Is Killing Me' was written by Billie almost four years ago. But we all knew it was just low-hanging fruit. We're not a parody of who we are, and songs like that need time to be fleshed out. If that means just sitting back and letting life happen, so be it. And it was one of the last things we recorded. Rob's like, 'What else do you got?' As we get towards the end of recording, it was two songs. It was that one and 'Father to a Son.' And those two songs, Rob's like, 'Oh, you've got to record those.' And then Billie had to go in for 'American Dream' and just deep dive on the lyrics, and just tweak a few things here and there. But 'The American Dream Is Killing Me' was the line a while back ago. We were like, 'Yeah, it's just not the right time.'"

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