Green Day Confirm First Live Dates Of 2012 - UK Tour On The Way?
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
Punk rock icons Green Day have announced their first appearances of 2012, ahead of their theatrical run of ‘American Idiot’ musical dates in the UK this October.
The performances will be their first organised gigs since 2010, and will see them rocking out sets at festivals in Japan and France this August.
The band have been confirmed as headliner at both the epic Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, and the Rock en Seine Festival at Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, just outside of Paris, France.
The year is set to be a busy one for the band, who will be performing at festivals, writing and recording new material and maybe even touring or performing gigs across the world. Their critically acclaimed ‘American Idiot’ musical will be making its way to the UK this autumn and winter too – you can check the dates and details of these shows below.
Speaking of the new material they’ll be working on, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong revealed: “Y’know, I think this is so personal, and it’s so voyeuristic – and it is - I think this is the first time we’ve ever really sung about fucking.”
Bassist Mike Dirnt added “It’s daunting, [the fans] are gonna get like an ugh, and they’re gonna sit there and hold the record and look at it like a piece of art. I mean, the songs are gonna blow their fucking minds.”
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