GREEN DAY ANNOUNCE 2013 TOUR DATES

LOS ANGELES, CA - December 31, 2012 - Reprise Records' multi-platinum Grammy®Award-winning Green Day today announced they would return to the road in 2013 and revealed the routing for their upcoming tour, which can be found below.

"We want to thank everyone for hanging in with us for the last few months," said the members of Green Day. "We are very excited to hit the road and see all of you again, though we regret having to cancel more shows."

Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said, "Dear friends... I just want to thank you all for the love and support you've shown for the past few months. Believe me, it hasn't gone unnoticed and I'm eternally grateful to have such an amazing set of friends and family. I'm getting better everyday. So now, without further ado, the show must go on. We can't wait to get on the road and live out load! Our passion has only grown stronger."

Tickets for shows that had been postponed will be honored at these new dates. Should you have any questions regarding your tickets please contact your point of purchase.  For those who purchased tickets for dates that are now canceled, refunds will be given at original point of purchase. Additional west coast dates will be announced in early 2013. 

 

MARCH

28th - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena

29th - Moline, IL - I Wireless Center

31st - Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center    

APRIL

1st - Rochester, NY - Blue Cross Arena

3rd - Philadelphia, PA - Liacourias Center

4th - Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center

6th - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena

7th - Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center

9th - Providence, RI - Dunkin Donuts Center

11th - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre

12th - Quebec City, QC - Quebec Colisee

CANCELED DATES

JANUARY

7th - Green Bay, WI - Resch Center

10th - Wilkes-Barre, PA - Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

11th - State College, PA - Bryce Jordan Center - Penn State Univ.

18th - Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Arena

25th - Portland, ME - Cumberland Co. Civic Center

30th - Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Ctr. / Cleveland St. Univ.

FEBRUARY

2nd - Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center Mem. Coliseum

                                  4th - Omaha, NE - CenturyLink Arena                                      

                                       6th - Broomfield, CO - 1STBANK Center                                          

              8th - Las Vegas, NV  - MGM Grand Garden Arena               

       

ABOUT GREEN DAY

GREEN DAY - vocalist/guitarist BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG bassist MIKE DIRNT, and drummer TRÉ COOL - were kids from working-class backgrounds who came of age in the underground punk scene in Berkeley. Even though they had released two records prior (1039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Kerplunk), they announced their arrival with 1994's Dookie, a dynamic blast of exuberant punk-pop that sold 15 million copies and earned the band its first Grammy^® Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. Over the years, Green Day continued to top the charts with their subsequent studio albums Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning, while entertaining millions of fans with their frenetic live shows. But it was their landmark 2004 album American Idiot that launched Green Day into the stratosphere. American Idiot debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, earned seven Grammy^® nominations (winning two, including Best Rock Album), and raised the bar for modern rock and roll. In 2009, Green Day released 21st Century Breakdown, which won the 2010 Grammy^® Award for Best Rock Album. It spawned two hit singles: the gold "Know Your Enemy," which was the first song ever to top Billboard's Rock, Alternative, and Mainstream Rock charts simultaneously, and the double-platinum "21 Guns," which earned them three 2009 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Rock Video. Green Day also took home an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Rock Music Artist. Later that year, Green Day collaborated with Tony Award winning director of Spring Awakening, Michael Mayer, for the stage musical of American Idiot. The play bowed at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009 and set attendance records during its limited engagement. The play went on to Broadway and ran for a year at the St. James Theatre and won two Tony Awards. It is currently touring the United Kingdom and Ireland before returning to the United States in early 2013. Green Day's highly anticipated album Green Day ¡Uno!, the first in a trilogy of new releases, was released on September 25, 2012, followed by Green Day ¡Dos! on November 13^th and Green Day ¡Tré! on December 11th. For more about the band, visit www.greenday.com.

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