AllRespect.com // Green Day Announce <i>21st Century Breakdown</i> Tour Dates

Posted on 2009-04-21 03:00:13
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Two-month jaunt kicks off July 3 in Seattle.By James Montgomery

Green Day's Billie Joe ArmstrongPhoto: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images

It's been more than three years since Green Day hit the road, and they're making up for lost time.

On Monday (April 20), they announced the first dates of a massive world tour in support of their upcoming album 21st Century Breakdown (due May 15), a two-month jaunt that will take the band across the U.S. and Canada.

The tour kicks off July 3 in Seattle and wraps August 25 in Los Angeles. No venues have been announced yet, nor have on-sale dates or opening acts.

Green Day's last tour — in support of their massive American Idiot album — spanned two years and was their most successful (and lengthy) jaunt to date. While working on Breakdown, the band took time off for a week-long tour as alter egos the Foxboro Hot Tubs.

With Monday's announcement of a tour, it's shaping up to be quite a week for Green Day fans. On Friday at 8 p.m. ET, their much-anticipated new video for the song "Know Your Enemy" will make its world premiere on more than 250 MTV on-air and online outlets.

Dates and cities for Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown tour, according to Reprise Records:

» 7/3 -- Seattle» 7/4 -- Vancouver, BC» 7/6 -- Edmonton, AB» 7/7 -- Saskatoon, SK» 7/9 -- Winnipeg, MB» 7/10 -- Fargo, ND» 7/11 -- Minneapolis» 7/13 -- Chicago» 7/14 -- Detroit» 7/16 -- Hamilton, ON» 7/17 -- Ottawa» 7/18 -- Montreal» 7/20 -- Boston» 7/21 -- Philadelphia» 7/22 -- Pittsburgh» 7/24 -- Hartford, CT» 7/25 -- Albany, NY» 7/27 -- New York» 7/29 -- Washington» 7/31 -- Nashville, TN» 8/1 -- Atlanta» 8/3 -- Tampa, FL» 8/4 -- Miami» 8/5 -- Orlando, FL» 8/7 -- New Orleans» 8/8 -- Houston» 8/9 -- San Antonio» 8/11 -- St. Louis» 8/12 -- Kansas City, MO» 8/12 -- Omaha, NE» 8/15 -- Denver» 8/16 -- Salt Lake City» 8/18 -- San Jose, CA» 8/20 -- San Diego» 8/21 -- Las Vegas» 8/22 -- Phoenix» 8/24 -- Sacramento, CA» 8/25 -- Los Angeles

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