FIRST TIME ROVIO HAS CREATED AN ANGRY BIRDS EPISODE
WITH A BAND
GAME FEATURES ALL NEW LEVELS, ALBUM EXCLUSIVES, AND
CHARACTERS
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Rovio
Entertainment, creator of Angry Birds, and multi-platinum selling and
Grammy® Award-winning band Green Day have teamed up to launch a new
musical episode for Angry Birds Friends. The episode features 10
never-before-seen themed levels, as well as all new bad pig characters
inspired by band members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool. Fan
can also access specially created content, including Green Day's latest
single "Oh Love", and an exclusive song "Troublemaker."
This unique collaboration is the first of its kind for Rovio and offers an
innovative blend of music, video, and gameplay. Updates for the Green Day
episode, coming later this fall, will provide even more exclusive content and
levels.
"We're all fans of Angry Birds," said Armstrong.
"It's such an addictive game that when we first started playing it we
couldn't stop. Go Team Green!"
"We are beyond excited," commented Rovio CMO and
Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka. "Two amazing brands working together on
a one-of-a-kind collaboration - we can't wait for our fans to explore this
new Green Day world."
For more information, stay tuned to greenday.com/angrybirds, and Angry Birds' Twitter account
(www.twitter.com/AngryBirds), #WeAreTeamGreen #greendaypigs.
ABOUT ROVIO ENTERTAINMENT
Rovio is an industry-changing entertainment media company
headquartered in Finland, and the creator of the globally successful Angry
Birds franchise. Angry Birds, a casual puzzle game, became an international
phenomenon within a few months of its release, and is now the number one paid
app of all time. Following this success in mobile gaming, Angry Birds has
expanded rapidly in entertainment, publishing, and licensing to become a
beloved international brand. www.rovio.com
ABOUT GREEN DAY
GREEN DAY - vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong,
bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool - were kids from working-class
backgrounds who came of age in the underground punk scene in Berkeley. Even
though they had released two records prior (1039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
and Kerplunk), they announced their arrival with 1994's Dookie, a dynamic
blast of exuberant punk-pop that sold 15 million copies and earned the band
its first Grammy® Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. Over the
years, Green Day continued to top the charts with their subsequent studio
albums Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning, while entertaining millions of fans
with their frenetic live shows. But it was their landmark 2004 album American
Idiot that launched Green Day into the stratosphere. American Idiot debuted
at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, earned seven
Grammy® nominations (winning two, including Best Rock Album), and raised the
bar for modern rock and roll. In 2009, Green Day released 21st Century Breakdown,
which won a 2010 Grammy® Award for Best Rock Album. It spawned two hit
singles: the gold "Know Your Enemy," which was the first song ever
to top Billboard's Rock, Alternative, and Mainstream Rock charts
simultaneously, and the double-platinum "21 Guns," which earned
them three 2009 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Rock Video. Green Day
also took home an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Rock Music
Artist. Later that year, Green Day collaborated with Tony Award winning director
of Spring Awakening, Michael Mayer, for the stage musical of American Idiot.
The play bowed at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009 and set
attendance records during its limited engagement. The play went on to
Broadway and ran for a year at the St. James Theatre and won two Tony Awards.
Their highly anticipated album Green Day ¡Uno!, the first in a trilogy of new
releases, will bow this fall followed by Green Day ¡Dos! And Green Day
¡Tré!. For more about the band, visit www.greenday.com.
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