Green Day's first North American tour in three years will kick off on July 3 at Seattle's KeyArena, Warner Brothers announced today. The band's new album, the Butch Vig-produced "21st Century Breakdown," is set to drop on May 15, and tickets for the Seattle show go on sale the next day.

Ticket prices will range from $25 to $49.50, according to Warner's press release. Find more up-to-date info here.

You've probably noticed a flurry of activity over at Sax, the new nightclub that's setting up camp over at 2309 Sixth Ave. Well, I just spoke to Sax GM Micha Cornelius, and he has Thursday (May 7) penciled in as the new opening day, assuming the venue passes final inspection by the Health Department. Cornelius has the Carter Brothers, the Hybrids and DJ Butter lined up for opening night entertainment, and a grand opening party slated for May 14.

And did I mention that their web site is up and running? Check it out here.

Just added "Robots vs. Zombies" by Tacoma's Gold Teeth to the ol' Mix Tape player (down and to the right.) And wouldn't that be a killer concept for the next Robert Rodriguez flick? I'd pay money to see it, anyway.

[Note: As pointed out in the comments field, the clip sounds mangled if you listen to it using Internet Explorer, a browser that routinely annoys the @#%@%@ out of me. Sounds fine if you use Mozilla Firefox, though. Try that until I can reload.]

The Hoff leaves Tacoma, where he filmed material for "America's Got Talent" last week, and a minute later he's knee-deep in a big ol' scandal. Well, a little and possibly overblown one, actually. TMZ has details.

Come back, David, come back! TMZ's reach doesn't extend to Tacoma. So it's kind of like the tree-forest thing. If something crazy happens to you and there are no paparazzi to document, did it really happen? Hmmmmm?