Announce first outdoor shows since the release of ‘21st Century Breakdown’; tour includes the band’s first ever Wembley Stadium show
“The fact that 20,000 people holler every word of American Idiot’s rejection of a “redneck agenda” is both exhilarating and encouraging… It’s all perfectly pitched and unexpectedly fantastic” – The Guardian, 23/10/09, London O2
“The beauty about this gang of gracefully grown-up punks is how they have mastered the art of making the orchestrated seem improvised and how they make every voice in the room feel like it’s the most important” – Kerrang!, 20/10/09, Belfast Odyssey Arena
“Green Day’s greatest accomplishment is the manner in which they’ve constructed a supremely cohesive whole out of such seemingly disparate parts. The characters, themes and motifs that recur throughout 21st Century Breakdown are marshalled into an engrossing narrative that recalls both Bruce Springsteen and novelist Chuck Palahniuk” – Observer Music Monthly review of the ‘21st Century Breakdown’ album
Green Day’s recent sold-out tour wowed audiences with the band’s inimitable combination of frenzied punk energy, theatrical flourishes and euphoric crowd participation. Reiterating their status as one of the world’s most electrifying live bands, the shows featured a huge array of Green Day’s hits including ‘Basket Case’, ‘Longview’, ‘Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)’, ‘Minority’, ‘American Idiot’, ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’, ‘Know Your Enemy’ and ’21 Guns.’
Now Green Day can confirm their first UK stadium shows since their famous two-night stand at Milton Keynes National Bowl in 2005 that was later documented in their live album ‘Bullet In A Bible’. In addition to the two shows on these shores, the full details of which are as below, Green Day will also play the Parc des Princes in Paris on June 26th.
Wednesday 16 June 2010
Manchester Lancashire County Cricket Ground
0871 2200 260 / 0161 832 1111
Tickets for the shows go on sale at 9am, Friday 6th November at a price of Ł49.50 and Ł42.50 for London, and Ł39.50 for Manchester. They’re available from the box office numbers listed above, the 24 hour credit card hotlines (0871 2200 260 / 0844 826 2826 / 0871 424 4444) and online at [link] , [link] [link]
Tickets are limited to six per applicant and under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
‘21st Century Breakdown’ debuted at the top of the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic when it was released earlier this year. The album’s title track will be released as a single on December 7th.
