Green Day Announce First Tour in Four Years

Oh, relax. Pitchfork's relatively positive review of Green Day's latest, American Idiot, notwithstanding, this site is in no danger of transforming into some sort of Warped Tour mash note wankfest. But you must admit that the deified mall-punk trio has turned its new politically charged rock opera into a nuclear-scale career resurgence: Idiot has scored the band a chart-topping radio hit, uncharacteristically positive (not quite "glowing") reviews, a backslapping photo op with John Kerry last week on Letterman, and now, a full-bore tour-- their first in four years-- aiming to reinsert the band into the Zeitgeist's upper crust permanently. Dates:

10-16 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Fest
10-19 Ft. Worth, TX - Ft. Worth Convention Center
10-20 Houston, TX - Reliant
10-22 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett
10-23 Cincinnati, OH - US Bank Arena
10-24 Louisville, KY - Louisville Gardens
10-26 Hershey, PA - Giant Center
10-28 Worcester, MA - Worcester Centrum
10-29 Philadelphia, PA - Liacourias Ctr @ Temple University
10-30 E. Rutherford, NJ - Continental Arena
10-31 Washington, DC - Patriot Center
11-05 Rochester, NY - Blue Cross Arena
11-06 Detroit, MI - Cobo
11-08 Chicago, IL - UIC Pavilion
11-09 Milwaukee, WI - US Cellular
11-10 Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
11-12 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
11-13 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center
11-16 Everett, WA - Events Center
11-18 Portland, OR - Rose Garden
11-20 Bakersfield, CA - Centennial Garden
11-21 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
11-23 Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Arena
11-24 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic

However, just in case your thirst for profane, off-the-cuff bratty behavior can't be sated in the meantime, Green Day also recently minted a seven-track AOL Sessions performance, which debuts today at AOL Music but will then be repeatedly re-aired on Fuse, if you're into that sorta thing. All times Eastern:

10-01 11:00 p.m.
10-04 7:00 and 11:00 p.m.
10-05 4:00 p.m.
10-06 4:30 and 9:00 p.m.
10-08 8:30 p.m.
10-09 4:00 and 9:30 p.m.
10-10 4:30 and 10:30 p.m.
10-12 7:00 and 11:00 p.m.
10-17 4:00 p.m.
10-23 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.
10-24 12:00 noon and 9:00 p.m.

Finally, if in a moment of ethical weakness you've inadvertently illegally downloaded a Green Day song or two, now's your chance to make amends: The GreenDayMusic.com store is now offering the rather bizarre but strangely appealing Green Day CD-R pack, featuring five blank CD-Rs printed with the classic CD artwork for past albums Dookie, Nimrod, and Warning, as well as American Idiot, and a rare band photo completing the royal flush, all for the low low price of $7.99. So make those ill-gotten Internet gains look semi-legitimate. Green Day forgives you.