Green Day announced on Thursday they will return to Australia for their first local tour in eight years.
The American rock band announced on Instagram they will bring their Saviors stadium tour Down Under in March 2025 after promising to return to the country a year ago.
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, who last performed here in 2017, will kick off the Aussie leg of their tour in Melbourne at the Marvel Stadium on March 1.
They will then jet off to Engie Stadium in Sydney on March 3 and CBUS Super Stadium on the Gold Coast on March 5.
Green Day will celebrate 20 years since their breakthrough album Dookie, which was followed up 10 years later in 2004 by their hit punk rock opera American Idiot.
Fans can enjoy all the band’s greatest hits since their 1987 inception in Rodeo, California, right up until their 2024 record Saviors.
‘Australia has always been a big stop for us,’ bassist Dirnt told The Daily Telegraph on Thursday.
‘I feel like you guys really understand rock ‘n’ roll, and it’s great to be around people that… celebrate rock ‘n’ roll and have so many great heroes to its name.’
Green Day announced on Thursday they will return Down Under for their first Australian tour in eight years. Pictured L to R: Tre Cool, 51, Billie Joe Armstrong, 52, and Mike Dirnt, 52
Fellow Californian rockers AFI will tour with Green Day as the support, with local Aussie artists yet to be confirmed.
Fans will have their first shot at tickets during the artist pre-sale when it opens on September 16 at 1pm for the Gold Coast, 2pm for Melbourne, and 3pm for Sydney.
The Vodafone and CommBank MasterCard pre-sale will open on September 17 at 10am for Gold Coast, 11am for Melbourne, and 12pm for Sydney.
The American rock band announced on Instagram they will bring their Saviors stadium tour here in March 2025 after promising to return to the country a year ago
Live Nation will then host their pre-sale on September 19 at 11am for the Gold Coast show, 12pm for Melbourne, and 1pm for Sydney.
Finally, the general public will have access to tickets on September 20 at 12pm on the Gold Coast, 1pm in Melbourne, and 12pm in Sydney.
Green Day were last expected to play in Australia in 2020 during their Hella Mega Tour, but their tour was cancelled due to rampant COVID restrictions.
They planned to play four stadium shows in Australia at the time, and were going to be joined by fellow punk rockers Fall Out Boy and Weezer.
Green Day last put boots on Aussie soil in 2017 during their Revolution Radio Tour.
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, who last performed here in 2017, will kick off the Aussie leg of their tour in Melbourne at the Marvel Stadium on March 1
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