Each time Harmonix, the game company based in Massachusetts, releases a stand alone game from their Rock Band series they deliver a great product.

Recently Harmonix released the series fourth game: “Green Day: Rock Band.” It’s the second title with a band specific name. The first was “The Beatles Rock Band.”

However, compared to the Beatles game this Green Day game doesn’t measure up as well. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean the game is bad.

Depending on how you feel about Green Day, like all games that are band specific, you will either love or hate it.

On June 19 Green performed at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the biggest effing show of their lives.

The punk pop American trio played a gigantic set list lasting nearly three hours and drawing from their musical catalog that spans 20 years.

The set list featured hits and tracks from seven out of eight of the band’s albums. The set was also peppered with shooting flames and pyrotechnics.

It’s official. This summer Lady Gaga will be making her headlining debut at Lollapalooza. Green Day, along with a reunited Soundgarden, will be joining Lady Gaga as the 2010 headliners for the longstanding outdoor festival. It will be held at Grant Park in Chicago on August 6-8. Lady Gaga had a prior appearance at the festival in 2007 on one of the smaller side stages.

Green Day has started to announce dates for a summer amphitheater North American tour as they continue to support “21st Century Breakdown,” their Grammy award winning album released last spring. The outing will feature AFI as special guests and kick off in Camden, NJ on August 3. Stops include Boston on August 16 and Dallas on August 26. The trek will wrap up in Irvine, CA on August 31. According to the record company for the band, additional dates are going to be announced soon.

According to a report from the New York Times, “American Idiot,” a musical based on the Grammy Award winning set by Green Day with the same title, will be opening this spring on Broadway at St. James Theater. Last fall the musical made a successful debut in the band’s home town at the Berkeley Repertory Theater.

As they make their way across North America, Green Day has added to their tour in progress a gallery that includes visual artistic renderings for songs from “21st Century Breakdown,” the band’s latest album. The roving gallery show draws from the work of 17 different international artists who have created works of art that were inspired by the album’s 18 songs. Green Day’s website has a full listing of the artists.

This year, Pink and Green Day will be returning to MTV’s Video Music Awards. They are both scheduled to perform music from their new releases during the ceremony to be held in New York City on September 13. At last year’s Video Music Awards show, Pink sang “So What” from “Funhouse,” her October release. This year she will choose another one of the multi-platinum album’s tacks to perform at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall.

Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs and The Bravery will provide support on the North American portion of the upcoming world tour of Green Day’s. The pop-punk band will kick their tour off in Seattle,WA on July 3. Initial opening support will be provided by The Bravery until the July 25th show in Albany, NY. Beginning with the New York City July 27 date, Kaiser Chiefs will be taking over, with Franz Ferdinand then replacing them in Houston on August 8.

Despite the fact that Green Day’s “21st Century Breakdown” was only on store shelves for three days of its debut week, the first new studio album from the band since “American Idiot” in 2004 entered the US album chart in the No. 1 spot. Released on Friday May 15 instead of the usual Tuesday, 215,000 copies of “21st Century Breakdown” were sold over the first few days of the album’s release, according to the retail sales figures from Nielsen that were reported by Billboard. During the first seven days out, “American Idiot” sold 267,000 copies.