Green Day to bring American Idiot musical to the UK

American Idiot, a musical based on Green Day’s Number 1 2004 album of the same name, is set to tour the UK next year.

The musical, which initially opened at the Repertory Theatre in the band’s native Berkeley, California in September 2009 before moving to Broadway in march of last year, will visit seven cities up and down the country between next October and December.

Dates are as follows:

October 2012
09-13 Southampton, Mayflower Theatre
15-20 Cardiff, Millennium Centre
22-27 Edinburgh, Playhouse
29-31 Glasgow, Clyde Auditorium

November 2012
01-03 Glasgow, Clyde Auditorium
12-24 Manchester, Palace Theatre
26-30 Birmingham, Alexandra Theatre

December 2012
03-08 London, HMV Hammersmith Apollo

To date ‘American Idiot’ has sold over two million copies in the UK alone and debuted at the top of the Official Albums Chart upon its release in September 2004. See Green Day's complete Official Chart history here.

Green Day - American Idiot on MUZU.