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When I heard singer Phil Everly had died earlier this month, I had one of those, "Oh, I'm really getting old" moments.

The stage goes dark. A single spotlight illuminates the drum set. Gina Schock, barely visible behind the bass drum, pounds out a tribal tattoo.

A kinetic cast tears up the Hippodrome Theatre in the national touring production of 'American Idiot,' the Broadway musical/opera based on the Green Day album of that name.

While Green Day's sound has evolved greatly since forming in 1987, the band has maintained a knack for writing songs with lasting appeal. Here are five that still hold up well.

Michael Mayer teamed with punk rock star Billy Joe Armstrong to make hit musical, coming to Hippodrome.

Voice contestants struggle to bring out their inner rocker on stage

Oakland teenage-quartet plays this weekend's Insubordination Fest.

The 2012-13 Broadway season includes 'Wicked,' 'Billy Elliot, 'American Idiot,' 'Flashdance'