American punk-rock icons Green Day have cancelled their remaining 2012 tour dates and postponed a number of 2013 gigs, following frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s decision to enter rehab.
The stadium-filling band canceled their club tour that was originally due to launch in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre on September 26th and wind down in Tempe, AZ at the Marquee Theatre on December 10th. Tickets for these clubs shows will be refunded at point of purchase.
Additionally, Green Day will postpone all scheduled appearances for the months of January and February 2013 - new dates for these rescheduled shows will be announced shortly and previously purchased tickets will remain valid for the new dates.
"Obviously the timing for this isn't ideal, but Billie Joe's well-being is our main concern," said Mike Dirnt. "We are happy to say that Billie Joe is doing well, and we want to thank you all for the outpouring of support and well wishes that we have received, and we can't wait to see you all again soon.”
Tre Cool added: "We feel bad we have to delay our tour, so to make up for it we want to give our fans the music earlier than we had planned. If we couldn't be there to play it for you live, the least we could do was give you the next best thing."
Green Day also announced they would move up the release date of Green Day ‘¡Tré!’ to December 11th 2012 from its original date of January 15th 2013.
At the moment they remain untouched, but it’s unknown whether the band’s UK dates may be affected by the frontman’s stint in rehab.
You can see a complete list of their cancelled and postponed tour dates below - keep your eyes peeled for any forthcoming news too.
Cancelled 2012 Tour Dates
SEPTEMBER
28th San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
OCTOBER
27th New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music Experience
NOVEMBER
26th Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
27th Kennewick, WA Toyota Center
29th Salem, OR Salem Armory Auditorium
DECEMBER
1st Sacramento, CA Memorial Auditorium
2nd Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort - Grand Theatre
4th Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
10th Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
Postponed 2013 Tour Dates
JANUARY
7th Green Bay, WI Resch Center
8th Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
10th Wilkes-Barre, PA Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
11th University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center
13th Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena
14th Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
16th Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
18th Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
19th Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
21st Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
22nd Philadelphia, PA The Liacouras Center
24th Providence, RI Dunkin' Donuts Center
25th Portland, ME Cumberland Co. Civic Center
27th Quebec City, CQ Quebec Colisee Pepsi
29th Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
30th Cleveland, OH Wolstein Ctr. / Cleveland St. Univ.
FEBRUARY
1st Moline, IL I Wireless Center
2nd Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center Mem. Coliseum
4th Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center Omaha
6th Broomfield, CO 1st Bank Center
8th Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
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