Hella Mega Tour: Green Day, Fall Out Boy & Weezer
On
September 10, 2019, the band announced the Hella Mega Tour with Fall
Out Boy and Weezer as headliners alongside themselves, with The
Interrupters as the opening act. They also released the title track off
their upcoming 13th album, Father of All....
Green Day is an
American rock band formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie
Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. For much of the band's career,
they have been a trio with drummer Tré Cool, who replaced John Kiffmeyer
in 1990 prior to the recording of the band's second studio album,
Kerplunk (1991).
Green Day was originally part of the punk scene
at the DIY 924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley, California. The band's
early releases were with the independent record label Lookout! Records.
In 1994, their major label debut Dookie, released through Reprise
Records, became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 10
million copies in the U.S., Green Day is credited alongside fellow
California punk bands including Sublime, Bad Religion, The Offspring and
Rancid with popularizing mainstream interest in punk rock in the United
States.
Though Insomniac (1995), Nimrod (1997) and Warning
(2000), did not match the success of Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod
reached double platinum and Warning achieved gold status. Green Day's
seventh album, American Idiot (2004), a rock opera, found popularity
with a younger generation, selling six million copies in the U.S. 21st
Century Breakdown was released in 2009 and achieved the band's best
chart performance. It was followed by a trilogy of albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!
and ¡Tré!, released in September, November and December 2012
respectively. Green Day's twelfth studio album, Revolution Radio, was
released on October 7, 2016 and became their third to debut at number
one on the Billboard 200.
Green Day has sold more than 85 million
records worldwide. The group has won five Grammy Awards: Best
Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, Record
of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", Best Rock Album for the
second time for 21st Century Breakdown, and Best Musical Show Album for
American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording.
In 2010, a
stage adaptation of American Idiot debuted on Broadway. The musical was
nominated for three Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Scenic Design and
Best Lighting Design, losing only the first. In the same year, VH1
ranked Green Day 91st in its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All
Time". The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
2015, their first year of eligibility.
