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ABOUT 500 mourners gathered in St Kilda yesterday to hear friends and lovers celebrate the life of "a charming, dignified, regal man", guitarist Rowland S. Howard, who died last week, aged 50, from liver cancer.

MUSIC GREEN DAY Rod Laver Arena, December 14, 15 Andrew Murfett Reviewer WHEN Green Day released their career-defining album American Idiot in 2004, the live shows they played to launch the record around the world were incendiary events. Their Melbourne show, in March 2005, was positively explosive. Five years on, they..read more

Giants of punk rock Green Day aim to be the perfect party hosts and then some, writes Craig Mathieson.