The Longshot

[Billie Joes Eyelids]

Ok this guessing game has been fun, but I think it’s time for the reveal. Every time I think I know what it is I change my mind. So obviously the promo has been very successful in driving people nuts in a good way. It could be a movie or a goddamn new musical on Broadway for all I know at this point.

[IcyMoffatt]

2 hours ago, neverdone2000 said:

Is there a screen shot of the April Fools’ track listing?

I've screenshots, but I have no place online to upload them and share them here. 
Here is the list:
Taxi Driver
Chasing A Ghost
Cult Hero
Kill Your Friends
Soul Surrender
Happiness
Turn Me Loose
April Fools
Body Bag
Love Is For Losers
Sooner Or Later
The Last Time So Far
Devils Kind

I had fun in the exclusive forum to rearrange the tracks listing and create a story with it for a concept album. Too bad it was a April Fools joke.

[Amanda]

38 minutes ago, neverdone2000 said:

Ok this guessing game has been fun, but I think it’s time for the reveal. Every time I think I know what it is I change my mind. So obviously the promo has been very successful in driving people nuts in a good way. It could be a movie or a goddamn new musical on Broadway for all I know at this point.

There's a member on this forum with inside info, maybe you should ask him.

[IcyMoffatt]

Look what I've found on Facebook. There is already another band called The Longshot for a couple of years now:
https://www.facebook.com/thelongshotband/

Billie will have to change his band name if he doesn't want to be mixed up with this not-related-to-his-project band called the Longshot! 

[Verycool99]

14 minutes ago, IcyMoffatt said:

I've screenshots, but I have no place online to upload them and share them here. 
Here is the list:
Taxi Driver
Chasing A Ghost
Cult Hero
Kill Your Friends
Soul Surrender
Happiness
Turn Me Loose
April Fools
Body Bag
Love Is For Losers
Sooner Or Later
The Last Time So Far
Devils Kind

I had fun in the exclusive forum to rearrange the tracks listing and create a story with it for a concept album. Too bad it was a April Fools joke.

So is this thing just a joke? Like what is actually going on? 

[Yosuke Hanamura]

3 hours ago, Hermione said:

That they were the 100% legit tracklist of the album and definitely not an April Fool's joke 

[IcyMoffatt]

1 minute ago, Verycool99 said:

So is this thing just a joke? Like what is actually going on? 

GDC turned for the Longshot Community yesterday as a April Fools. There was a exclusive forum and this fake tracklisting was posted there.

[Verycool99]

Just now, IcyMoffatt said:

GDC turned for the Longshot Community yesterday as a April Fools. There was a exclusive forum and this fake tracklisting was posted there.

 But that tracklist is very close to what the Longshot account has posted with songs 

 

[Amanda]

1 minute ago, Verycool99 said:

 But that tracklist is very close to what the Longshot account has posted with songs 

 

Are you insinuating that Green Day have a sense of humour?

[jengd]

2 hours ago, Sunshinelove said:

Was that actually posted on the longshot Instagram account?.. I can see the account and I didn’t see that posted yesterday. 

That really is pretty disturbing. Hope they post something a little more Green Day and a little less Dick Van Dyke soon 😂

[Asik]

So i shouldnt be expecting a new album? It was all just a cruel joke?

[Sunshinelove]

1 minute ago, Asik said:

So i shouldnt be expecting a new album? It was all just a cruel joke?

It’s real we just don’t know all of the details yet.  We know that Billie is definitely involved in it and some of the songs and the name of the album but we’re still waiting for the rest of it.

[Hermione]

If you look very carefully at the tracklisting one of the song titles might give you a clue about whether it was an April Fool's joke or not 

[The Bellie]

Just now, Hermione said:

If you look very carefully at the tracklisting one of the song titles might give you a clue about whether it was an April Fool's joke or not 

April Fool's 

[Hermione]

Just to be clear I'm only talking about the tracklisting 

I don't think either we or the Longshot insta account has tried to imply that the whole album and band is an April Fool's joke lol. I think the picture of Billie as a "one man band" (implying it's a solo project) was probably their April Fool's joke and that's why they've taken it down now.

[JellyTime]

3 minutes ago, Hermione said:

I think the picture of Billie as a "one man band" (implying it's a solo project) was probably their April Fool's joke and that's why they've taken it down now.

So we have another hint, nice! 

[Squashie]

The "one man band" image/gif, to my knowledge, wasn't posted to the actual Longshot account. I have my instagram notifications turned on for The Longshot and I only got one notification yesterday and it was the images of 4 guys. I think that one-man band was a fan-made image.

[The Bellie]

In Loss of control (Uno), there is an April Fool quote: "April Fool thought you're falling in love..." yet the song is real and the album too  and I think it goes pretty well with the "Love is for Losers" thing, so I still believe there will be an album, all this is too big to be a joke at 100%.

For my part, I haven't interpreted anything as a sign of a solo project of Billie's, but I can't tell what's part of the joke and what isn't : album? tour dates? seriously if they are playing gigs in the US in the following months, I'll try to attend at least one, even if it's a financial longshot for me 

 

[Hermione]

11 minutes ago, squashie09 said:

The "one man band" image/gif, to my knowledge, wasn't posted to the actual Longshot account. I have my instagram notifications turned on for The Longshot and I only got one notification yesterday and it was the images of 4 guys. I think that one-man band was a fan-made image.

Ahh ok. A fan made April fool then I guess  

[pacejunkie punk]

13 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Ahh ok. A fan made April fool then I guess  

Pretty damn good one 👍

[Billie Joes Eyelids]

42 minutes ago, Asik said:

So i shouldnt be expecting a new album? It was all just a cruel joke?

I’m really glad I’m not the only one totally confused. Now I don’t even know if any of this is real. If it isn’t, for the first time I’m going to be genuinely pissed at Billie.

[Christian's Inferno!]

I don't think the album itself is an April Fool's joke. I don't think they'd be like "Hey we're releasing an album. Just kidding, April Fools, we're not" but yeah I'm sure some sort of joke happened for April Fool's (even if we don't know what it was )

[Billie Joes Eyelids]

Just now, Christian's Inferno! said:

I don't think the album itself is an April Fool's joke. I don't think they'd be like "Hey we're releasing an album. Just kidding, April Fools, we're not" but yeah I'm sure some sort of joke happened for April Fool's (even if we don't know what it was )

If we don’t know what it was then it’s not a very good April Fools joke.

[pacejunkie punk]

Just now, neverdone2000 said:

I’m really glad I’m not the only one totally confused. Now I don’t even know if any of this is real. If it isn’t, for the first time I’m going to be genuinely pissed at Billie.

It’s real because in the legit Longshot post with the cartoon drawing he said it was not an April Fools joke.

[The Bellie]

29 minutes ago, squashie09 said:

The "one man band" image/gif, to my knowledge, wasn't posted to the actual Longshot account. I have my instagram notifications turned on for The Longshot and I only got one notification yesterday and it was the images of 4 guys. I think that one-man band was a fan-made image.

Did this gif description mention something like a one-man band? I never thought it was meant to look like one, it's kinda amateur drawing but to me each of the four guys had a different head