Billie Joe Armstrong is back with Green Day after taking leave for health reasons. New tour dates have been announced, however some of the band's original tour dates (including their stop in Madison) have been canceled. Below is the Press Release that was sent to us with more information on their 2013 tour:
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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 13th and Green
Day ¡Tré! on December 11th. For more about the band, visit www.greenday.com.
