2004–05 concert tour by Green Day
American Idiot World Tour Tour byGreen Day Green Day performing at the Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on September 1, 2005.
Location Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania Associated album American Idiot Start date July 29, 2004 End date December 17, 2005 No. of shows 167 Green Day concert chronology
TheAmerican Idiot World Tour was aconcert tour by Americanrock bandGreen Day in support of the group's seventh studio album,American Idiot , which was released in September 2004. The tour began in Los Angeles at the Grand Olympic Auditorium on July 29, and the last show was in Australia at the Telstra Dome. During the tour, the band played at the 2004Reading Festival in England.[ 1]
During the tour, Green Day recorded a live album,Bullet in a Bible , which was released in 2005, as a CD/DVD set. The concert at which the album was recorded was in England, at the Milton Keynes National Bowl, and was attended by more than 130,000 people. The DVD sold more than 1,500,000 copies and went Platinum in the UK and in the United States.
Dates for the second North America leg was announced in February 2005, and lasted from April to May 2005.[ 2] The third North American leg was announced in May 2005.[ 3]
Rock am Ring 2005, one of the locations for a concert on the tour.Opening acts includedNew Found Glory ,Kaiser Chiefs ,My Chemical Romance ,Simple Plan ,Sugarcult ,Jimmy Eat World ,Anti-Flag andAgainst Me! .
The setlist throughout the tour remained mostly the same. Green Day commonly played several songs fromAmerican Idiot ,Dookie ,Insomniac ,Nimrod andWarning ever since the Fort Worth, Texas, USA concert on October 19, 2004.
"American Idiot " "Jesus of Suburbia " "Holiday " "Are We the Waiting" "St. Jimmy" "Longview " "Hitchin' A Ride " "Brain Stew " "Jaded " "Knowledge" "Basket Case " "She " "King for a Day" "Shout/Stand By Me" "Wake Me Up When September Ends " "Minority "Encore "Maria" "Boulevard of Broken Dreams " "Homecoming" "We Are the Champions " "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) " Date City Country Venue North America Leg 1 September 16, 2004 Los Angeles United States The Fonda Theatre September 18, 2004 Chicago The Vic Theatre September 21, 2004 New York City Irving Plaza September 24, 2004 Toronto Canada Phoenix Concert Theatre October 16, 2004 New Orleans [ a] United States City Park October 19, 2004 Fort Worth Fort Worth Convention Center October 20, 2004 Houston Reliant Arena October 22, 2004 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center October 23, 2004 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena October 24, 2004 Louisville Louisville Gardens October 26, 2004 Hershey Giant Center October 28, 2004 Worcester Centrum Centre October 29, 2004 Philadelphia Liacouras Center October 30, 2004 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena October 31, 2004 Fairfax Patriot Center November 2, 2004 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre November 3, 2004 Mississauga Arrow Hall November 4, 2004 Montreal Bell Centre November 5, 2004 Rochester United States Blue Cross Arena November 6, 2004 Detroit Cobo Arena November 8, 2004 Chicago UIC Pavilion November 9, 2004 Milwaukee U.S. Cellular Arena November 10, 2004 Minneapolis Target Center November 12, 2004 Denver Pepsi Center November 13, 2004 West Valley City E-Center November 16, 2004 Everett Everett Events Center November 17, 2004 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum November 18, 2004 Portland United States Rose Garden November 20, 2004 Bakersfield Centennial Garden November 21, 2004 San Diego Cox Arena November 23, 2004 Long Beach Long Beach Arena November 24, 2004 San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium December 2, 2004 Monterrey Mexico Arena Monterrey December 5, 2004 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes December 7, 2004 Las Vegas United States The Joint Europe Leg 2 January 11, 2005 Berlin Germany Arena Berlin January 12, 2005 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall January 14, 2005 Offenbach am Main Germany Stadthalle Offenbach January 15, 2005 Böblingen Sporthalle Böblingen January 16, 2005 Milan Italy FilaForum January 18, 2005 Basel Switzerland St. Jakobshalle January 19, 2005 Paris France Zénith Paris January 20, 2005 Düsseldorf Germany Philipshalle January 21, 2005 Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle January 23, 2005 Birmingham England National Indoor Arena January 24, 2005 London Brixton Academy January 25, 2005 January 27, 2005 Nottingham Nottingham Arena January 28, 2005 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena January 29, 2005 January 31, 2005 Dublin Ireland The Point February 2, 2005 Plymouth England Plymouth Pavilions February 3, 2005 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena February 5, 2005 Brighton England Brighton Centre February 6, 2005 London Hammersmith Apollo February 7, 2005 February 8, 2005 Newcastle upon Tyne Metro Radio Arena February 10, 2005 Glasgow Scotland SEC Centre Oceania Leg 1 March 5, 2005 Auckland New Zealand North Shore Events Centre March 7, 2005 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre March 9, 2005 Sydney Sydney Super Dome March 10, 2005 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena March 12, 2005 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre March 13, 2005 Perth [ b] Arena Joondalup Asia Leg 1 March 17, 2005 Osaka Japan Osaka-jō Hall March 18, 2005 Nagoya Aichi-Ken Taiikukan March 19, 2005 Chiba Makuhari Messe March 20, 2005 March 22, 2005 Sapporo Tsukisamu Dome North America Leg 2[ 2] April 15, 2005 Coral Gables United States University of Miami Convocation Center April 16, 2005 Orlando TD Waterhouse Centre April 18, 2005 Tampa USF Sun Dome April 19, 2005 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena April 20, 2005 Charlotte Cricket Arena April 22, 2005 Norfolk Ted Constant Convocation Center April 23, 2005 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena April 24, 2005 Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal April 25, 2005 Albany Pepsi Arena April 27, 2005 Vestal Binghamton University April 28, 2005 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center April 29, 2005 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena April 30, 2005 Amherst Mullins Center May 2, 2005 Quebec City Canada Colisée Pepsi May 4, 2005 London John Labatt Centre May 5, 2005 Columbus United States Schottenstein Center May 6, 2005 Cleveland Wolstein Center May 7, 2005 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena May 9, 2005 Madison Alliant Energy Center May 10, 2005 Peoria Peoria Civic Center May 11, 2005 Cedar Rapids U.S. Cellular Center May 13, 2005 St. Louis Savvis Center May 14, 2005 Kansas City Municipal Auditorium May 15, 2005 Omaha Qwest Center Omaha May 17, 2005 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre May 19, 2005 Edmonton Rexall Place May 20, 2005 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome Europe Leg 3[ 3] June 3, 2005 Nürburg Germany Rock am Ring June 4, 2005 Nuremberg Rock im Park June 5, 2005 Prague Czech Republic Sazka Arena June 7, 2005 Katowice Poland Spodek June 9, 2005 Budapest Hungary Budapest Sports Arena June 11, 2005 Imola Italy Heineken Jammin' Festival June 12, 2005 Nickelsdorf Austria Nova Rock June 18, 2005 Milton Keynes England National Bowl June 19, 2005 June 25, 2005 Interlaken Switzerland Greenfield Festival June 27, 2005 Badalona Spain Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona June 28, 2005 Madrid Telefónica Arena June 29, 2005 June 30, 2005 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier July 1, 2005 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter July 2, 2005 Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival July 3, 2005 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium July 5, 2005 Kristiansand Norway Quart Festival July 7, 2005 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy July 9, 2005 Naas Ireland Oxegen July 10, 2005 Kinross Scotland T in the Park North America Leg 4 August 10, 2005 Rosemont United States Allstate Arena August 12, 2005 Barrie Canada Molsons Park August 13, 2005 Buffalo United States HSBC Arena August 14, 2005 Fairborn Nutter Center August 15, 2005 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center August 17, 2005 Oklahoma City Ford Center August 19, 2005 Houston Toyota Center August 20, 2005 Dallas American Airlines Center August 21, 2005 San Antonio AT&T Center August 23, 2005 Atlanta Philips Arena August 24, 2005 Raleigh RBC Center August 26, 2005 Sunrise Office Depot Center August 30, 2005 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion September 1, 2005 East Rutherford Giants Stadium September 3, 2005 Foxborough Gillette Stadium September 4, 2005 Montreal Canada Parc Jean-Drapeau September 5, 2005 Ottawa Corel Centre September 7, 2005 Philadelphia United States Wachovia Center September 9, 2005 Connecticut Hartford Civic Center September 11, 2005 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills September 12, 2005 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse September 14, 2005 Moline The MARK of the Quads September 16, 2005 St. Paul Xcel Energy Center September 17, 2005 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena September 19, 2005 Denver Pepsi Center September 21, 2005 Salt Lake City Delta Center September 24, 2005 San Francisco SBC Park September 26, 2005 Tacoma Tacoma Dome September 27, 2005 Vancouver Canada GM Place September 30, 2005 Sacramento United States ARCO Arena October 1, 2005 Fresno Save Mart Center October 2, 2005 Chula Vista Coors Amphitheatre October 4, 2005 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion October 5, 2005 Phoenix America West Arena October 6, 2005 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center October 8, 2005 Carson Home Depot Center October 9, 2005 October 10, 2005 October 11, 2005 Los Angeles Wiltern LG Theatre October 13, 2005 San Francisco The Warfield October 14, 2005 Los Angeles Wiltern LG Theatre October 16, 2005 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center October 17, 2005 Fairborn Ervin J. Nutter Center Oceania Leg 5 December 14, 2005 Sydney Australia Sydney Cricket Ground December 17, 2005 Melbourne Telstra Dome
List of festivals Billie Joe Armstrong – Lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, harmonica on "Minority"Mike Dirnt – Bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Homecoming" (Nobody likes you)Tré Cool – Drums, percussion, backing vocals on "King For A Day/Shout", lead vocals on "Homecoming" (Rock'n'roll Girlfriend)Jason White – Lead guitar, backing vocalsJason Freese – Keyboards, saxophone, trombone, accordion, acoustic guitar, backing vocalsKurt Lohmiller – (July 2004 – Late January 2005) – Backing vocals, percussion, trumpet Ronnie Blake – (Late January 2005 – December 2005) – Backing vocals, percussion, trumpet Mike Pelino (September 2004 & April 2005 – December 2005) – Rhythm guitar, backing vocals on "St. Jimmy" Bobby Schneck (October 2004 – March 2005) – Rhythm guitar, backing vocals on "St. Jimmy"
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