American rock heroes Green Day to play Aussie stadiums in 2025

It’s been a long time between Aussie beers for American rockers Green Day. Check out where and when the adored punk lords will be back to rock our socks off.

American rock band Green Day. Picture: Supplied.

It will have been eight years between VBs for Green Day when the American rockers bring their mammoth Saviors stadium tour here in March.

Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool have made good on the promise they made almost a year ago to return to their happy rock hunting ground of Australia in early 2025.

The adored punk rock trio, who last performed here in 2017 on their Revolution Radio world tour, open at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on March 1 and then head to Engie Stadium in Sydney on March 3 and CBUS Super Stadium, Gold Coast on March 5.

Green Day will be down under in March for stadium shows. Photo: Emmie America / Supplied

The ambitious shows celebrate their seminal 1994 breakthrough album Dookie album and 2004 punk rock opera American Idiot as well as favourite tracks from throughout their career up to this year’s new record Saviors.

“Australia has always been a big stop for us,” bassist Dirnt said.

“I feel like you guys really understand rock ‘n’ roll, and it’s great to be around people that … celebrate rock and roll and have so many great heroes to its name.”

Green Day has been pulling sold-out crowds and beers, although Armstrong is now sober, in Australia for three decades.

Like many of their American peers who first started touring here during the mid 1990s, Green Day would make regular stops in Australia to launch new records or tours, holding old school press conferences where they would sample VB, the rock’n’roll beer of choice in the altrock era.

When in Australia, Green Day had a thirst for VB but not anymore for their sober frontman. Picture: NCA

“Whenever I’d walk up to a bar (in Australia), they’d say ‘VB, right?’ But no, (we never got an) official endorsement,” Armstrong said.

The band have long credited the influence of Australian rock on their music, with AC/DC among their heroes.

“Angus was one of my first teachers; one of the first albums I ever bought was For Those About To Rock. We always look to AC/DC and the sound of those classic records for what makes them sonically special,” Armstrong said.

One of the highlights of a Green Day stadium show happens before the band even walk on stage.

Ever since footage of 65,000 fans singing Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody in London’s Hyde Park in 2017 went viral, it has become a part of the show for the audience to sing the track before Green Day arrive on stage.

Green Day have announced fellow Californian rockers AFI will join them at the Australian concerts with local supports yet to be confirmed.

How to get tickets to Green Day’s Australian shows

Your first shot at tickets is the Artist pre-sale when opens on September 16 – Gold Coast from 1pm, Melbourne 2pm and Sydney at 3pm – with all details via greenday.com.

The second pre-sale is open to customers of Vodafone and CommBank MasterCard which open on September 17. The Gold Coast concert tickets for this are on sale from 10am, Melbourne 11am and Sydney at 12pm.

Next up will be the Live Nation pre-sale from September 19 – Gold Coast from 11am, Melbourne 12pm and Sydney 1pm.

Westfield members get access to exclusive reserved tickets from September 20, from 12pm in Gold Coast, 1pm in Melbourne, and 2pm in Sydney.

And finally the general public on sale opens on September 20 – Gold Coast from 12pm, Melbourne at 1pm and Sydney at 2pm.

For all ticketing details, head to greenday.com and livenation.com.au

Originally published as American rock heroes Green Day to play Aussie stadiums in 2025