Beta: The AFI News HQ Community!

We are working on a new community for our readers. We have been testing it with a few people and have now decided that it is ready to go beta!

Testing the community would filling out a profile and starting a thread or two in the forum, then reporting any glitches to us. If you would like to start testing the community please email James@AFINewsHQ.com with a bit about yourself and why you think you would be a good beta tester!

New AFI Shirt "Film Noir"

A new AFI shirt titled Film Noir has been posted for sale on Hot Topic and ShockHound! The shirt is $20 on both sites and available in sizes ranging from XS-XL.

New Dubstep Track From Jade

Jade posted a new dubstep track through his twitter. Listen below
We Want Your Blood by JadePuget

You can download the track!

Thanks to Remcomater336 for the tip!

Billie Joe Armstrong to take over as St. Jimmy in American Idiot *Updated*

Billie Joe Armstrong is confirmed to take over as St. Jimmy from April 5th to April 24th, the night American Idiot on Broadway is set to close. There is no word yet on who will bridge the gap between Davey's run ending March 13th, and Billie's run starting on April 5th.

Articles on the state of American Idiot
Rolling Stone
NY Times
NME
Broadway.com
MTV

First National Tour To Start This Fall
MSNBC
We will keep you updated with any further developments!

New videos and pictures of Davey in American Idiot

Zoe Aimee has posted some more videos of Davey in American Idiot from the March 5th show. She has also posted some good pictures of Davey by the stage door that you can see here.

DOOM Posts Two Reviews of Davey in American Idiot

Doom has posted two reviews of American Idiot.

The first review is by Sarah, who put up the full 3/1 performance for download. The first review also includes photos by Meg Smith, who shared her photos from Davey's debut with us.

The second review is by is by Paula O'Keefe, with photos from Elizabeth V Bouras.

Complete Audio of Davey's Broadway Debut Surfaces

Complete audio of Davey's debut performance in American Idiot has surfaced!

As we have said we won't be posting bootlegs (Good Riddance is from American Idiot, a board recording), so if you want to get the recording of Davey's debut you will have to go to Megaupload and download the file. Tumblr user Sarah posted it!

Pablo's edit: For those of you wondering, Davey sings on "St. Jimmy", "Last of The American Girls/She's a Rebel", "Last Night on Earth", "Know Your Enemy", "Homecoming" and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life". As for the recording's quality, I'd give it 6.5/10.

Soundboard recording: Good Riddance live with Davey!

Hey guys, I haven't posted lately because I basically haven't found anything worth posting, until I received a soundboard recording of the American Idiot cast of Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) featuring Davey!

Enjoy!



To download, right click, then Save Media As

The Raccoon Society Taking Questions To Ask Davey

Mat Devine front man of Kill Hannah will be asking Davey questions submitted on his blog The Raccoon Society. To submit a question click here and to find further information on The Raccoon Society click here

Audio of Sirius XM Interview-Blaqk Audio Label Info!

Last night Davey was interviewed by Madison on the Sirius-XM station Alt Nation. You can listen to the interview below.



In the interview Davey revealed he hopes to have a label for Blaqk Audio by the time he leaves New York!

Broadway.com First Look Photos of American Idiot

Broadway.com post their pictures of American Idiots new cast. Click here to view

Photos of Davey in American Idiot!

Our reader Meg has agreed to share her photos of Davey in American Idiot with us! You can view them below, click to view full-size.










Please do not post these photos anywhere without permission from Meg.

Rock 101.9 Interviews Davey Havok (Video)

101.9 has released a video of their interview with Davey Havok talking of his preparation for the role of St. Jimmy and early years listening to Green Day. *Video of audio interview posted before*

*UPDATED* AOL Interviews Davey

AOL studios conducted an interview with Davey discussing his role as St. Jimmy, who he will be playing from March 1st to March 13th. AOL has posted the interview which can be viewed below along with pictures.

In the interview Davey states that Blaqk Audio will be released as soon as a dance label is willing to release the album. After the Blaqk Audio tour they will go back to AFI! Ladies and gentleman, this is the first definite confirmation that AFI will be back afer Blaqk Audio!

Davey's American Idiot Bio

American Idiot has posted a bio of Davey, you can read it below.

is the lead vocalist of the American rock band AFI as well as the electronic duo Blaqk Audio. AFI recently toured with Green Day on their Summer 2010 U.S. Tour. AFI has released eight studio albums in the past 19 years as a band, including the recent Crash Love, the platinum LP’s Sing The Sorrow, and Decemberunderground, which featured the hit single “Miss Murder”. Both the album and song achieved #1 in their respective charts, the Billboard 200 and Hot Modern Rock Tracks.

Rock 101.9 Interviews Davey

Rock 101.9 interviewed Davey today about his role as St. Jimmy in American Idiot, which he is starting tonight. You can listen below, or download the interview (right click, save as).

Davey to be Interviewed on Alt Nation Wednesday

Davey will be a guest on Madison's show on Sirius XM-Alt Nation, at around 7pm Eastern Time Thursday 3/3 . You can email Madison with questions about the interview or requests.

Alt Nation is on Facebook and Twitter. Alt Nation is currently running a survey to see what you want to hear!