Green Day tours its hit
album "American Idiot."
29/08/2005 — In the mid 11000s, grunge ruled
the music world. But one band managed to single-handedly
revive the punk rock scene with its breakthrough
album Dookie. Green Day has come a long way
since those days. They’re a little older,
a little wiser and they’re a helluva lot more
outspoken.
Millions of fans are buying, downloading and
listening to Green Day's latest album, American
Idiot. The album is bold and visionary, communicating
a range of emotions through the album's namesake
protagonist that relates directly to the current
cultural and political scene in this country.
For the second time in their career, their
record has hit number one. So it was no surprise
when the group took home the Viewers Choice
Award for American Idiot. But it’s not just
teenagers and 20-somethings that are rallying
around the group’s sound and politics. Critics
are cheering the group’s latest release, and
on August 28, Green Day won seven awards at
the Video Music Awards.
The band is now touring all across America
and we’re at each and every venue with them.
No, we’re not groupies! The band has provided
us with the opportunity to set up tables at
their concerts where we can recruit new supporters
and encourage people to take action.
This isn’t the first time that Green Day
has helped us further our efforts. We've accompanied
them on previous tours over the years. In
addition, the band has starred in public service
announcements on our behalf, donated songs
to help us promote our issues and provided
signed memorabilia for us to use as fundraising
items.
If you plan on seeing Green Day this fall,
stop by our table to get involved. To see
a list of concert dates and venues (and everything
else you could ever want to know) visit their
Web site at www.greenday.com
Hear what the Critics have to Say:
"In its musical muscle and sweeping,
politically charged narrative, it's something
of a masterpiece, and one of the few - if
not the only - records of 2004 to convey what
it feels like to live in the strange, bewildering
America of the early 2000s." --All Music
Guide
"Not only does it contain Green Day’s
finest songs (and choruses) to date... but
it also scratches at the surface of political
dissatisfaction with nails sharp enough to
leave a nasty scar." --Dot Music
"American Idiot screams at us to do
something, anything - a wake-up call from
those were once shared our apathy." --Pitchfork
