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American Idiot
World tour by Green Day
Associated albumAmerican Idiot
Start date2004
End date2006
Green Day concert chronology

The American Idiot World Tour was a concert tour by American punk trio Green Day in support of the group's seventh studio album, American Idiot, which was released in September 2004.

In 2005 during a European Leg, they recorded a live release directed by Samuel Bayer, called Bullet In A Bible. It documented two of the biggest shows in Green Day's career, playing for over 130,000 people at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in the United Kingdom on 18 and 19 of June 2005. Fourteen songs out of the whole setlist performed at these shows are included on the disc.

Setlist

General Setlist
  1. American Idiot
  2. Jesus Of Suburbia
  3. Holiday
  4. Are We The Waiting
  5. St. Jimmy
  6. Longview
  7. Hitchin' A Ride
  8. Brain Stew
  9. Jaded
  10. Knowledge (by Operation Ivy)
  11. Basket Case
  12. She
  13. King For A Day
  14. Shout (by The Isley Brothers)
  15. Wake Me Up When September Ends
  • Before starting to play the song, Armstrong used to sing Nobody likes you, everyone left you. They're all out without you, having fun., lyrics from American Idiot's Letterbomb and Homecoming.
  1. "Minority
Encore
  1. "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
  2. "Sometimes Maria, Homecoming or We Are The Champions (by Queen)
  3. "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

Tour Dates

The first shows were played in July and August of 2004, and then in September, The major dates began. The last shows of the tour were in early 2006.


[[==Suppoting Acts== My Chemical Romance (citation needed)

Personnel

Green Day

Additional Personnel

Jason Whitelead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Jason Freesekeyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, trombone, saxophone, accordion, backing vocals
Ronnie Blaketrumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals
Mike Pelino – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

See also

Notes