Double dose of Green Day at the NEC

Monday 27th April 2009, 12:39PM BST.

Green Day American superstars Green Day have announced two concerts at the LG Arena, Birmingham NEC, this autumn as they prepare to release the follow-up to the multi-million selling American Idiot album.

Green Day will appear at the LG Arena on Tuesday October 27 and Wednesday October 28, 2009.

Tickets for the Birmingham concerts go on sale from 10am on Friday, May 1, limited to two per applicant and priced at £35 plus booking and transaction fees.

Green Day’s long-awaited and highly anticipated eighth studio album 21st Century Breakdown will be released on May 15.

The album is the trio’s first since the phenomenally successful American Idiot album that sold over 12 million copies, debuted at number one on both sides of the Atlantic and earned the band two Grammy Awards.

The band commenced work on 21st Century Breakdown early in 2006 and subsequently enlisted the expertise of legendary producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins).

The album is divided into three acts – ‘Heroes and Cons’, ‘Charlatans and Saints’ and ‘Horseshoes and Handgrenades’ – and follows a young couple, Christian and Gloria, through the mess and promise of the century so far. The album’s single, Know Your Enemy, is out now.



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