Green Day Rears ‘American Idiot’
Green Day’s first studio album in four years will be titled “American Idiot,” a spokesperson confirms to Billboard.com. The set is tentatively due Sept. 14 via Reprise. It’s the follow-up to 2000’s “Warning,” which debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 998,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong will also donate two songs to the forthcoming “Live Freaky, Die Freaky” motion picture soundtrack, which will feature a duet between Kelly Osbourne and A.F.I.’s Davey Havock. Described by filmmaker John Roecker as “a sexy, gory puppet movie” on its official Web site, “Live Freaky” will be released by Hellcat Films and Epitaph.
Green Day’s other members, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, will appear in roles previously planned for drummer Josh Freese and guitarist Twiggy Ramirez, who backed out due to touring obligations with A Perfect Circle.
Along with No Doubt, Foo Fighters, Bad Religion and others, Green Day is expected to lend a track to “Rock Against Bush Vol. 2,” the second in a series of politically minded compilations due this August.
Here are Green Day’s tour dates:
Aug. 7: Tokyo (Summer Sonic Festival)
Aug. 8: Osaka, Japan (Summer Sonic Festival)
Aug. 27: Leeds, England (Leeds Festival)
Aug. 29: Reading, England (Reading Festival)
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