LOS ANGELES (Reprise Records/ Warner Bros. Records) - Reprise Records'
Green Day will launch an extensive North American tour with
New Found Glory and Sugarcult, kicking off in New Orleans, LA on October 16th.
The band, which has taken a hiatus from active touring since the release of "Warning" in 2000, are expected to perform material spanning their entire career, as well as tracks from "American Idiot," including the album's centerpiece, "Jesus of Suburbia," a mini-rock opera that features such new originals as "I Don't Care," "City of the Damned," "Dearly Beloved" and "Tales Of Another Broken Home."
Since its release, the title track has also shot to Number One on the Modern Rock Chart. It has been deemed Buzzworthy by MTV; Artist of the Month on Launch, the music destination of Yahoo!; and Green Day has received extensive media attention in both the alternative and mainstream press, as well as such music publications as Alternative Press, Spin, Bass Player, Drum and Guitar World.
Upon release of the album, Newsweek called "American Idiot" "one of the best rock albums and the biggest surprise of the year." Green Day recorded Sessions@AOL, to also be aired later this month on Fuse.
Green Day's upcoming tour will be hosted by Verizon Wireless, which will also launch an extensive promotion and publicity campaign utilizing the company's advanced voice and data network. MTV2 will be the media sponsor.
Green Day 2004 Tour dates as follow:
Sat Oct 16 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Fest
Tue Oct 19 Ft. Worth, TX Ft. Worth Convention Center
Wed Oct 20 Houston, TX Reliant
Fri Oct 22 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett
Sat Oct 23 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
Sun Oct 24 Louisville, KY Louisville Gardens
Tue Oct 26 Hershey, PA Giant Center
Thu Oct 28 Worcester, MA Worcester Centrum
Fri Oct 29 Philadelphia, PA Liacourias Ctr @ Temple University
Sat Oct 30 E. Rutherford, NJ Continental Arena
Sun Oct 31 Washington, DC Patriot Center
Fri Nov 5 Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena
Sat Nov 6 Detroit, MI Cobo
Mon Nov 8 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion
Tue Nov 9 Milwaukee, WI US Cellular
Wed Nov 10 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Fri Nov 12 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Sat Nov 13 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
Tue Nov 16 Everett, WA Events Center
Thu Nov 18 Portland, OR Rose Garden
Sat Nov 20 Bakersfield, CA Centennial Garden
Sun Nov 21 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
Tue Nov 23 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena
Wed Nov 24 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic
