SESAC GOES GREEN

Grammy Award-winning punk/rock group Green Day has inked a rights deal with SESAC. "Billie Joe [Armstrong], Mike [Dirnt] and Tre [Cool] are phenomenal songwriters and musicians whose influence on the musical landscape is immeasurable. We are thrilled and humbled to welcome them to the SESAC family," Chairman/CEO John Josephson revealed today. In a related story, we're the original American Idiots.