Green Day are currently on a major stadium tour with the Smashing Pumpkins and Rancid and are celebrating two major anniversaries — Dookie 30 and American Idiot 20 years old – by playing both albums in their entirety every night. That’s not all Green Day are doing to celebrate this big American Idiot birthday. There is also a deluxe edition of the album with bonus tracks. And of course there is a new American Idiot Keurig machine, truly the coolest way to brew your little coffee cartridges ever invented.
Green Day founded Punk Bunny Coffee, their own coffee company, in 2015, so maybe this serendipitous collaboration isn’t as coincidental as it seems. Also, Green Day aren’t the first band to have their own Keurig machine; the Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up” iced coffee kit came out last year. But Green Day are the first band to play with Operation Ivy. And As far as I know, they get their own Keurig machine.
According to a press release, the new limited edition Green Day machine features “a custom K-Iced™ Plus coffee maker, Punk Bunny Coffee K-Cup® pods and a branded mug, as well as exclusive access to a Spotify playlist curated by the band.” In true corporate partnership fashion, Billie Joe Armstrong says, “We’re on the road celebrating 20 years American Idiot all summer. Our buses and backstage areas were stocked with our coffee company’s first signature coffee machine. Now we can finally announce this release and hope you like it as much as we do!” Sometimes he gets scared.
The Green Day Keurig is apparently already sold out, but you can learn more about it here.
