Green Day announced Thursday that they will return Down Under for the first time in eight years for their Australian tour.
The American rock band announced on Instagram that they will bring their Saviors stadium tour here in March 2025, after promising to return to the country a year ago.
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, who last performed in Melbourne in 2017, will kick off the Australian leg of their tour on March 1 at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium.
On March 3, they will then fly to Engie Stadium in Sydney and on March 5 to CBUS Super Stadium on the Gold Coast.
Green Day is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough album Dookie, which was followed up 10 years later, in 2004, by their punk rock opera American Idiot.
Fans can enjoy all the greatest hits since the band’s formation in 1987 in Rodeo, California, up to and including their 2024 album Saviors.
“Australia has always been a big stop for us,” bassist Dirnt said The Daily Telegraph on thursday.
“I feel like you guys really understand rock ‘n’ roll, and it’s great to be around people who… celebrate rock ‘n’ roll and have so many great heroes to their credit.”
Green Day announced Thursday that they will return Down Under for their first Australian tour in eight years. Pictured from left: Tre Cool, 51, Billie Joe Armstrong, 52, and Mike Dirnt, 52
Californian rockers AFI are touring with Green Day as support. Local Australian artists have not yet been confirmed.
Fans will get their first chance to get tickets during the artist pre-sale, which starts on September 16 at 1pm for Gold Coast, 2pm for Melbourne and 3pm for Sydney.
Vodafone and CommBank MasterCard pre-sales start on September 17 at 10am for Gold Coast, 11am for Melbourne and 12pm for Sydney.
The American rock band announced on Instagram that they will bring their Saviors stadium tour here in March 2025, after promising to return to the country a year ago
Live Nation will then host the pre-sale for the Gold Coast show on September 19 at 11am, for Melbourne at 12pm and for Sydney at 1pm.
The general public can purchase tickets on September 20 at 12pm on the Gold Coast, 1pm in Melbourne and 12pm in Sydney.
Green Day were scheduled to perform in Australia for the last time in 2020 during their Hella Mega Tour, but their tour was cancelled due to strict COVID restrictions.
They planned to play four stadium shows in Australia and would be joined by punk rockers Fall Out Boy and Weezer.
Green Day last set foot on Australian soil in 2017, during their Revolution Radio Tour.
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, who last performed here in 2017, will kick off the Australian leg of their tour on March 1 in Melbourne at Marvel Stadium.