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Is producer Butch Vig working with Green Day on their new album? That’s what Vig’s Garbage bandmate Shirley Manson let slip when she visited Last Call with Carson Daly to promote her role on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. When asked whether Garbage would ever end their “indefinite hiatus” to record a new album, Manson responded “I don’t know, to be honest. We’re sort of doing our different things. I’m doing the TV show, Butch is producing Green Day, so he’s busy, so we’ll see.” That was news to everyone, as Green Day, their label and their management have been pretty hush-hush on any developments regarding the follow-up to the band’s acclaimed American Idiot.

There were rumors of Vig’s involvement with Green Day dating back to August, but there was no concrete proof until Manson’s remark. Outside of his days as a Garbage man, Vig is well-known for producing masterpieces like Nirvana’s Nevermind, the Smashing Pumpkins‘ Siamese Dream and Sonic Youth’s Dirty. Green Day made a brief, disguised return as the Foxboro Hot Tubs late last year.

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