BACK IN 2005, MTV STILL AIRED MUSIC VIDEOS ON THE REGULAR, INCLUDING ROCK MUSIC VIDEOS AND THE TRIO GREEN DAY CONTINUED THEIR POPULARITY ASCENT AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS THAT YEAR AT MIAMI’S AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA BY DOMINATING THE EVENT WINNING 7 AWARDS AND OPENING THE SHOW…THE BAND’S VIDEO FOR ‘BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS’ IS THE SONG THEY OPENED THE BROADCAST WITH AND THE SAME SONG WON 6 OF THE 7 AWARDS OF THE EVENING, INCLUDING VIDEO OF THE YEAR, BEST GROUP VIDEO, BEST ROCK VIDEO AND 2 TROPHIES FOR DIRECTION AND CINEMATOGRAPHY…‘IT’S NICE TO KNOW THAT ROCK MUSIC STILL HAS A PLACE AT MTV” SAID LEAD SINGER BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG STATED WHILE ACCEPTING THE BEST ROCK VIDEO AWARD… THE 7TH AWARD WENT TO ‘AMERICAN IDIOT’ AS VIEWERS CHOICE AWARD…AND IT’S TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
