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American Idiot to Tour the UK in 2012
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The Tony Award-winning musical American Idiot will play an eight-date UK tour next autumn beginning at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton on Monday 8th October 2012. The production is the musical adaptation of Green Day’s Grammy-winning 2004 album of the same title and played 422 performances at Broadway's St James Theatre between March 2010 and April 2011. The show’s book was written by Green Day’s lead singer Billy Joe Armstrong. He also performed the role of drug dealer 'St Jimmy' when he covered for fellow rock star Tony Vincent on Broadway, before replacing him for two months towards the end of the show’s run. Casting for the UK tour is still to be confirmed. |
Boulevard of Broken DreamsAmerican Idiot is set in the suburbia of a small town where three friends are fed up with their mundane lives and decide to travel to the city on a journey of self-discovery. Johnny, known to his friends as Jesus of Suburbia, falls into drugs and enjoys a hedonistic lifestyle. Will, Johnny’s close friend, plans to leave town as well until he discovers that his girlfriend is pregnant. He stays home and descends into an alcohol and drug-induced depression. Tunny, another close friend, goes with Johnny to the city but joins the army and is shipped off to war. The show features all of the songs from Green Day’s American Idiot album, as well as classic hits such as Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). West End Transfer in 2013?American Idiot will play at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton from 8th to 13th October 2012. It will then tour to the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff from 15th to 20th October, the Edinburgh Playhouse from 22nd to 27th October, the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow from 29th October to 3rd November, Grand Canal Theatre in Dublin from 5th to 10th November, The Palace Theatre in Manchester from 12th to 24th November and Birmingham's Alexandra Theatre from 26th to 30th November. The tour will end with a week’s run at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London between the 4th and 9th December 2012. |
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