The American Idiot World Tour was a

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by American

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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 2004

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in England. During the tour, Green Day recorded a live album, ''

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'', 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.

Background

Dates for the second North America leg was announced in February 2005, and lasted from April to May 2005. The third North American leg was announced in May 2005. HaseAufCenterstage

Opening acts

Opening acts included

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My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance (commonly abbreviated to MCR or My Chem) is an American rock band from Newark, New Jersey. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist Mi ...

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Sugarcult Sugarcult is an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California formed in 1999. The band currently consists of Tim Pagnotta (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Airin Older (bass guitar, backing vocals), Marko DeSantis (lead guitar), and Kenny Living ...

Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona. The band is composed of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach Lind. They h ...

and

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Main setlist

The setlist throughout the tour remained mostly the same. Green Day commonly played several songs from '' American Idiot'', ''

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'', '' Insomniac'', ''

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'' and '' Warning''. Ever since the Fort Worth, Texas, USA concert in October 19, 2004. #" American Idiot" #" Jesus of Suburbia" #"

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" #"Are We the Waiting" #"St. Jimmy" #" Longview" #" Hitchin' A Ride" #"

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" #"King for a Day" #"Shout/Stand By Me" #"

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" #" Minority" #*Encore # "Maria" #" Boulevard of Broken Dreams" #"Homecoming" #"

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Tour dates

;List of festivals

Personnel

Billie Joe Armstrong Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for t ...

– Lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar *

Mike Dirnt Michael Ryan Pritchard (born May 4, 1972), better known by his stage name Mike Dirnt, is an American rock musician who is the co-founder, bassist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and former guitarist of Green Day. He has also played in sev ...

– Bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Homecoming" (Nobody likes you) *

Tré Cool Frank Edwin Wright III (born December 9, 1972), better known by his stage name Tré Cool, is a German-born American musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the drummer for the punk rock band Green Day. He replaced the band's former drumme ...

– Drums, percussion, backing vocals on "King For A Day/Shout", lead vocals on "Homecoming" (Rock'n'roll Girlfriend) * Jason White – Lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

Jason Freese Jason Freese is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist. As a professional studio musician he has performed on over 50 albums, including for artists Green Day, Dr. Dre, Pitbull, Avenged Sevenfold, Goo Goo Dolls, and Jewel. He is the son ...

– Keyboards, saxophone, trombone, accordion, acoustic guitar, backing vocals *Kurt 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"

References

External links

* {{Green Day 2004 concert tours 2005 concert tours Green Day concert tours