Green Day's American Idiot set to rock Glasgow in 2016

Green Day’s explosive, Tony Award® winning Broadway musical American Idiot will now embark on a national tour, following on from its hugely successful and critically acclaimed West End run, coming to the King’s Theatre Glasgow on Tuesday 31 May until Saturday 4 June 2016.

Amelia Lily (X-Factor) will be reprising her critically acclaimed role, Whatsername, for the UK tour, with further casting to be announced.  

Amelia Lily said “I’m so excited to be a part of American Idiot on tour! It’s been an amazing experience playing Whatsername in the West End and now I get to do it all over again next year around the UK, bringing this incredible show to a wider audience who haven’t had a chance to see it in London!”

American Idiot features the music of Green Day with the lyrics of its lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, and book by Billie Joe Armstrongand Michael Mayer. The production is directed and choreographed by Racky Plews, with musical supervision by Richard Morris, sound by Chris Whybrow, design by Sara Perks and lighting by Tim Deiling.  

American Idiot will begin its UK tour from 19 March 2016, commencing at the Curve Theatre, Leicester. Other confirmed venues include the Palace Theatre, Manchester (5-9 April), New Theatre, Cardiff (19-23 April), Kings Theatre, Portsmouth (26-30 April), Grand Opera House, Belfast (3-7 May), New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (10-14 May), Exeter Northcott Theatre (18-22 May), Sunderland Empire (24-28 May) and King’s Theatre, Glasgow (31 May – 4 June).

American Idiot is the story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9-11 world. Winner of two Tony Awards® and the 2010 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009, moving onto a critically acclaimed Broadway run in April 2010.

Its hit songs include “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “21 Guns,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” “Holiday” and the blockbuster title track “American Idiot” from Green Day’s 2004 Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum album. Also included are several songs from Green Day’s 2009 release “21st Century Breakdown,” and an unreleased love song, “When It’s Time.”

PERFORMANCES

King’s Theatre Glasgow

Tue 31 May – Sat 4 Jun

Tue – Thu eves 7.30pm

Fri, 5pm & 8.30pm

Sat, 4pm & 8pm

Box Office 0844 871 7648 (bkg fee) Calls cost 7p per minute, plus your phone company’s access charge

www.atgtickets.com/glasgow (bkg fee)