To coincide with the release their new album, 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day played the first of three concerts in New York last night at the Bowery Ballroom. Tonight they play Webster Hall and on Friday (22nd May) they play the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park as part of the ‘Good Morning America Concert’.
Amazingly, Green Day was formed in 1987 and have released a staggering 8 studio albums, 6 live albums and 3 compilations. They have enjoyed continued commercial success all around the world since landing their first big hit with their second single, Basket Case. Since then their hits include Geek Stink Breathe, Minority, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, American Idiot, the brilliant acoustic Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life), and the current single Know Your Enemy.
They kick off the North American leg of a world tour in Seattle on 3rd July. They will be touring the United States throughout the summer and divided the support slot up between The Bravery, Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand.
On 28 September they bring their fast furious stadium punk pop shows to European, starting with concerts in Portugal and Spain before visiting Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Holland and Belgium in October before starting their UK tour on 19th October in Glasgow.
Concert tickets for all shows are now available.
Green Day UK Tour Dates:
19 October Glasgow, Scotland SECC
20 October Belfast, Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
21 October Dublin, Ireland The 02
23 October London, England The 02
24 October London, England The 02
26 October Sheffield, England Sheffield Arena
27 October Birmingham, England LG Arena
28 October Birmingham, England LG Arena
30 October Manchester, England MEN Arena
31 October Manchester, England MEN Arena
01 November London, England Wembley Arena
Green Day complete their European tour with dates in November in Austria, Switzerland and Italy.
Green Day UK Tour Tickets
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1 Lauren // May 19, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Should be a good tour; Green Day’s new cd offers a lot of variety plus the band has a lot of other great material to work with from prior releases. How do you feel about the new cd? You can read my review here and let me know what you think! http://rockcdreview.blogspot.com