Green Day are coming to Australia after seven years
The tour, which is finally being brought Down Under, but fans will have to be quick.
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American punk band Green Day are finally bringing their The Saviours tour to Australia, after not playing Down Under for seven years.
The tour, which is being brought Down Under thanks to Live Nation and Triple M, will see Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, play just three shows.
The Saviours Tour kicks off at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on March 1 then Engie Stadium in Sydney on March 3, and finishing up at CBUS Super Stadium, Gold Coast on March 5.
Fans will be over the moon after the band confirmed it will play its Dookie and American Idiot albums in full. There will also be songs played from their brand new album, Saviors, as well as a handful of other hits.
The band had planned gigs in Australia back in 2020, but they were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.
The tour coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Dookie album and the 20th anniversary of the American Idiot album.
Green Day are bringing Californian band AFI along with them, who will be returning to Australia for the first time since 2017.
Green Day shared: “We’ve never been more excited to unleash new music than with Saviors, a record that’s meant to be rocked live, together. And we cannot wait to return to Australia, it’s been way too long. So let’s thrash.”
In 2020, Green Day announced a tour alongside Fall Out Boy and Weezer — however ongoing Covid restrictions meant the tour ended up being canned.
It means that the band hasn’t played in Australia since 2017, when they held their Radio Revolution tour.
Last year, lead singer Armstrong told Sunrise that the band would likely return to Australia in 2025, saying it was “always hard to leave” after a show Down Under.
Pre-sale begins on September 16, while general sale kicks off on September 20, with Gold Coast fans getting to pick tickets up from 12pm, 1pm in Melbourne and 2pm in Sydney.
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