YOU HAVE A BIT OF A REST, BOYS

All that bouncing up and down and hours applying mascara have taken it out of Green Day, who plan to spend most of 2006 on holiday, riding their BMXes and comparing downy growths, they reckon:

Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said: "It was a crazy year, but it has been the best year of our career. We don't have any regrets."

Bassist Mike Dirnt added: "A lot of people just keep going and going and going.

"It's important to know when to call it quits for a while and go home, rejuvenate, detox and write another record."

And spend the money, of course.

The boys are expected to continue to appear in slashfiction throughout the year.

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