
Green Day's American Idiot musical to tour UK in 2012 - tickets Saturday 10th December

In 2004, Green Day released their phenomenally successful seventh studio album, 'American Idiot'. With its themes of disillusionment and disbelief at what sections of American society had become, and a certain theatrical quality, not least with the nine-minute 'Jesus of Suburbia', the album was a storyboard.
Many felt the record was a comment on American foreign policy and its image around the world, with President George W Bush the eponymous imbecile. Not true. Billie Joe Armstrong wrote the song as a response to America's, at times, shameless redneck culture at which he was aghast. So in a way, it was about Dubya after all.
Like many of the 14 million who bought the record, director Michael Mayer was intrigued by its concept and accents. He approached the band and found he was pushing at an open door. Together with Green Day, and frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who wrote the book for the production, Mayer used the band's music to expand the themes of 'American Idiot' into a full, sung-through musical production.
Making its Broadway debut in 2009, American Idiot has since proved a commercial and critical success, winning two Tony awards and seeing stints from Melissa Etheridge and Billie Joe Armstrong himself in the role of St Jimmy.
After a US tour, the production is coming to the UK in autumn next year for a busy three-month tour beginning in Southampton on 9th October, moving to Cardiff (from 15th October), Edinburgh (from 22nd October), Glasgow (from 29th October), Manchester (from 12th November) and Birmingham (from 26th November), before the final run of dates at the Hammersmith Apollo from 4th to 9th December 2012.
The tour includes at least five dates in each location, including a long run in Manchester and a number of matinée performances.
We will have tickets available when they go on sale at 10AM on Saturday 11th December 2011.
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- Tue 5th Mar 2019 Green Day's American IdiotOpera House (Blackpool)Buy Tickets
- Wed 6th Mar 2019 Green Day's American IdiotOpera House (Blackpool)Buy Tickets
- Thu 7th Mar 2019 Green Day's American IdiotOpera House (Blackpool)Buy Tickets
- Fri 8th Mar 2019 Green Day's American IdiotOpera House (Blackpool)Buy Tickets
- Sat 9th Mar 2019 Green Day's American IdiotOpera House (Blackpool)Buy Tickets
- Tue 19th Mar 2019 Green Day's American IdiotGaiety Theatre (Dublin)Buy Tickets
- Wed 20th Mar 2019 Green Day's American IdiotGaiety Theatre (Dublin)Buy Tickets
- Thu 21st Mar 2019 Green Day's American IdiotGaiety Theatre (Dublin)Buy Tickets
- Fri 22nd Mar 2019 Green Day's American IdiotGaiety Theatre (Dublin)Buy Tickets
- Sat 23rd Mar 2019 Green Day's American IdiotGaiety Theatre (Dublin)Buy Tickets
- Tue 2nd Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotPalace Theatre (Manchester)Buy Tickets
- Wed 3rd Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotPalace Theatre (Manchester)Buy Tickets
- Thu 4th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotPalace Theatre (Manchester)Buy Tickets
- Fri 5th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotPalace Theatre (Manchester)Buy Tickets
- Sat 6th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotPalace Theatre (Manchester)Buy Tickets
- Tue 9th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotNew Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham)Buy Tickets
- Wed 10th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotNew Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham)Buy Tickets
- Thu 11th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotNew Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham)Buy Tickets
- Fri 12th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotNew Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham)Buy Tickets
- Sat 13th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotNew Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham)Buy Tickets
- Tue 16th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotTheatre Royal (Brighton)Buy Tickets
- Wed 17th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotTheatre Royal (Brighton)Buy Tickets
- Thu 18th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotTheatre Royal (Brighton)Buy Tickets
- Fri 19th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotTheatre Royal (Brighton)Buy Tickets
- Sat 20th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotTheatre Royal (Brighton)Buy Tickets
- Tue 23rd Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotMilton Keynes Theatre (Milton Keynes)Buy Tickets
- Wed 24th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotMilton Keynes Theatre (Milton Keynes)Buy Tickets
- Thu 25th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotMilton Keynes Theatre (Milton Keynes)Buy Tickets
- Fri 26th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotMilton Keynes Theatre (Milton Keynes)Buy Tickets
- Sat 27th Apr 2019 Green Day's American IdiotMilton Keynes Theatre (Milton Keynes)Buy Tickets
- Tue 14th May 2019 Green Day's American IdiotNew Wimbledon Theatre (Wimbledon)Buy Tickets
- Wed 15th May 2019 Green Day's American IdiotNew Wimbledon Theatre (Wimbledon)Buy Tickets
- Thu 16th May 2019 Green Day's American IdiotNew Wimbledon Theatre (Wimbledon)Buy Tickets
- Fri 17th May 2019 Green Day's American IdiotNew Wimbledon Theatre (Wimbledon)Buy Tickets
- Sat 18th May 2019 Green Day's American IdiotNew Wimbledon Theatre (Wimbledon)Buy Tickets
- Tue 28th May 2019 Green Day's American IdiotThe King's Theatre (Glasgow)Buy Tickets
- Wed 29th May 2019 Green Day's American IdiotThe King's Theatre (Glasgow)Buy Tickets
- Thu 30th May 2019 Green Day's American IdiotThe King's Theatre (Glasgow)Buy Tickets
- Fri 31st May 2019 Green Day's American IdiotThe King's Theatre (Glasgow)Buy Tickets
- Sat 1st Jun 2019 Green Day's American IdiotThe King's Theatre (Glasgow)Buy Tickets