Green Day 'Know Your Enemy'

• 29th Apr 2009

Green Day’s long-awaited and highly anticipated eighth studio album ‘21st Century Breakdown’ will be released worldwide by Reprise Records on Friday, May 15th. The album is the trio’s first since the phenomenally successful ‘American Idiot’ album that sold over 12 million copies, debuted at #1 on both sides of the Atlantic and earned the band two Grammy Awards.

The band commenced work on ‘21st Century Breakdown’ early in 2006 and subsequently enlisted the expertise of legendary producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins). The album is divided into three acts – ‘Heroes and Cons’, ‘Charlatans and Saints’ and ‘Horseshoes and Handgrenades’ – and follows a young couple, Christian and Gloria, through the mess and promise of the century so far. The album’s single, ‘Know Your Enemy’, is out now.

Green Day have also confirmed their first full UK tour since the start of 2005. This tour also represents their first headline dates since here their defining two night stand at Milton Keynes National Bowl that same summer:

October Box office

19th – Glasgow, SECC 0844 847 2487
23rd – London, O2 0844 856 0202
24th – London, O2 0844 856 0202
26th – Sheffield, Arena 0114 256 5656
27th – Birmingham, LG Arena 0844 338 8000
28th – Birmingham, LG Arena 0844 338 8000
30th – Manchester, MEN Arena 0844 847 8000
31st – Manchester, MEN Arena 0844 847 8000

Tickets go on sale from 10am, Friday May 1st from the box office numbers listed above, the 24 hour credit card hotline on 0871 2200 260 or online at link. Tickets are limited to two per applicant and are priced at £37.50 for London and £35 for all regional dates.

Green Day: ‘21st Century Breakdown’ tracklisting

Act I: Heroes and Cons

Song of the Century
21st Century Breakdown
Know Your Enemy
¡Viva La Gloria!
Before The Lobotomy
Christian’s Inferno
Last Night on Earth

Act II: Charlatans and Saints

East Jesus Nowhere
Peacemaker
Last of the American Girls
Murder City
?Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)
Restless Heart Syndrome

Act III: Horseshoes and Handgrenades

Horseshoes and Handgrenades
The Static Age
21 Guns
American Eulogy – a) Mass Hysteria, b) Modern World
See The Light