GREEN DAY drew thousands of screaming fans to New York's Central Park on Friday (22May09) for a free TV concert. Followers spilled onto the streets of the Big Apple after the band's performance at Rumsey Playfield, which kicked off Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series on ABC.   The rockers treated fans to old hits and songs from their latest album 21st Century Breakdown for the show, celebrating the record's success at the top of the album charts this week (begs18May09).   Music fans will have a string of free live shows to look forward to as part of the TV series. Lionel Richie, John Legend, The Jonas Brothers, Jamie Foxx, Brad Paisley and Queen Latifah have already been lined-up to perform in the weeks ahead.

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GREEN DAY have hit out at Wal-Mart bosses - after they refused to stock an uncensored version of the band's latest record.   Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown skyrocketed to the top of the U.S. album charts this week (begs18May09), after selling 215,000 copies in the three days following its Friday (15May09) release.   But bosses at the discount retail chain refused to stock the album until the group agreed to edit their tracks for language and content.   Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says, "Wal-Mart's become the biggest retail outlet in the country, but they won't carry our record because they wanted us to censor it. There's nothing dirty about our record. They want artists to censor their records in order to be carried in there. We just said no. We've never done it before. You feel like you're in 1953 or something.   "I mean, what does that say to a young kid who's trying to speak his mind, making a record for the first time? It's like a ...

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