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Green Day Performs Live at Verizon Center
Wednesday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets go on sale May 9 at 11:00 a.m.
Reprise Records' Green Day have announced the venues for their
first proper tour of the United States and Canada in more than three
years with a stop at Verizon Center on Wednesday, July 29 at 7:30
p.m. Green Day is touring in support of their long-awaited eighth
studio album 21st Century Breakdown, which will be released
globally by Reprise Records on Friday, May 15th. Singer-guitarist
Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool have
been at work writing, arranging, and recording the album since early
2006 with producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins). The first
single, "Know Your Enemy" is the No. 1 track at Alternative
radio - the band's ninth No. 1 single at the format, making them
the artist with the second most No. 1's of all-time at Alternative.
21st Century Breakdown is Green Day's first studio album
since 2004's two-time Grammy Award-winning punk-rock opera American
Idiot, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart,
spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million
copies worldwide.
WHO: Green Day
WHAT: Summer Tour 2009
WHEN: Wednesday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m.
TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for Green Day are $49.50 (plus
applicable service charges) and are on sale now. The ticket limit
varies by section and ranges between four and eight tickets. Tickets
will be available through all Ticketmaster outlets including the
Verizon Center box office, online at www.ticketmaster.com and via
Phonecharge at 703-573-SEAT, 202-397-SEAT and 410-547-SEAT. Accessible
seating is available for patrons with disabilities by calling 202-661-5065.
WILL CALL INFORMATION: Sections 120-121, 100-101, 110-113 for
the public, as well as Fan Club members, will start at 12noon day
of show. Any other will call can be picked up starting at 10:00
a.m. day of show.
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