BURBANK, CA. (Warner Bros. Records/ www.greenday.com) - Green Day's timely and politically charged video for "Wake Me Up When
September Ends," skyrocketed to number one on MTV's "TRL" today, just days after the network aired the clip in its seven-minute entirety. Directed by Samuel Bayer, the video for "Wake Me Up When
September Ends," stars Evan Rachel Wood ("Thirteen") and Jamie Bell ("Billy Elliot"). The vignette's beautiful and wrenching images exacerbate the emotional duality of patriotism's consequences.
For the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Green Day lead the way with the most nominations. Their eight nominations include: Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Rock Video, all for the video of their smash "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." That same video also received nods in the Best Direction In A Video, Best Editing In A Video and Best Cinematography In A Video categories. The title song from the album, "American Idiot," nabbed nominations in Best Art Direction and the Viewer's Choice Award. The videos were both directed by Samuel Bayer. Green Day are scheduled to perform at this year's awards on August 28th in Miami, FL.
Green Day's "American Idiot" was released on September 21, 2004 and debuted at Number One on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and Number One in several countries around the world. Weeks later the album returned to the Number One chart position in the US and many of the same countries across the globe. "American Idiot" won the Grammy® Award for Best Rock Album in February of this year, and the band has received extensive media attention in both the alternative and mainstream press, gracing the covers of Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Spin, Alternative Press, Entertainment Weekly's Listen To This, Bass Player, Drum and Guitar World. Green Day was touted as Yahoo! Music's Artist of The Month at release time, and the band recorded Sessions@AOL this past fall, which aired extensively on Fuse. In addition, Green Day has had multiple appearances on Fuse's 100% and Daily Download.
The band is currently on tour in North America.
Green Day Tour Dates:
August
12th Barrie, ONT Molson Park
13th Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
14th Dayton, OH Ervin J Nutter Center
15th Nashville, TN Gaylord Entertainment Center
17th Oklahoma, OK Ford Center
19th Houston, TX Toyota Center
20th Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
21st San Antonio, TX SBC Center
23rd Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
24th Morrisville, NC RBC Center
26th Sunrise, FL Office Depot Center
30th Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavillion
September
1st East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium
3rd Boston, MA Gillette
4th Montreal, QUE Parc Jean Drapeau
5th Ottawa, ONT Corel Centre
7th Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
9th Hartford, CT Civic Center
11th Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
12th Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
14th Moline, IL Mark Of The Quad Cities
16th St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
17th Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
19th Denver, CO Pepsi Center
21st Salt Lake City, UT Delta Center
24th San Francisco, CA SBC Park
26th Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
27th Vancouver, WA General Motors Place
28th Portland, OR Portland Memorial Coliseum
30th Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
October
1st Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
2nd Chula Vista, CA Coors Amphitheatre
4th Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
5th Phoenix, AZ America West Arena
6th Las Vegas, NV Thomas & Mack Center
8th Carson, CA Home Depot Center
9th Carson, CA Home Depot Center
