Green Day Musical Trailer Surfaces Online

10/06/09 2:12pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The trailer for Green Day's new stage musical, American Idiot, which is based on the album of the same name, has appeared on the internet.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) wrote the script for the play, which recently opened in Los Angeles and has since broken and set records at the Berkeley Repertory Theater.

The musical follows characters Jesus Of Suburbia, St. Jimmy and Whatshername, who are all mentioned in the songs on 2004's American Idiot, as they struggle to deal with America after Sept. 11, 2001.

Get ready to see a lot more of the American Idiot musical quite soon, since Armstrong recently told Spin.com he wants to make a film adaptation of it.

Here's the trailer:

Green Day will play these dates in support of the recently released 21st Century Breakdown:

Oct. 7 Berlin, Germany @ World Arena
Oct. 8 Hamburg, Germany @ Color Line Arena
Oct. 9 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Forum
Oct. 11 Stockholm, Sweden @ The Ericsson Globe
Oct. 12 Oslo, Norway @ Spectrum
Oct. 14 Dortmund, Germany @ Westfalenhalle 1
Oct. 16 Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Ahoy
Oct. 17 Antwerp, Belgium @ Sportspaleis Antwerp
Oct. 19 Glasgow, Scotland @ Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre
Oct. 20 Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Odyssey Arena
Oct. 21 Dublin, Ireland @ The O2 Dublin
Oct. 23-24 London, England @ O2 Arena
Oct. 26 Sheffield, England @ Sheffield Arena
Oct. 27-28 Birmingham, England @ LG Arena
Oct. 30-31 Manchester, England @ Manchester Evening News Arena
Nov. 1 London, England @ Wembley Arena
Nov. 3 Munich, Germany @ Olympiahalle
Nov. 6 Vienna, Austria @ Stadthalle Wien
Nov. 8 Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
Nov. 10 Milan, Italy @ Datchforum
Nov. 11 Bologna, Italy @ Futurshow
Nov. 12 Turin, Italy @ Palaolimpico
Dec. 4 Perth, Australia @ Burswood Dome
Dec. 6 Adelaide, Australia @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Dec. 8-9 Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Dec. 11-12 Sydney, Australia @ Acer Arena
Dec. 14 Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena
Dec. 18-19 Auckland, New Zealand @ Vector Arena
Jan. 21 Osaka, Japan @ Osaka-Jo Hall
Jan. 23-24 Saitama-shi, Japan @ Saitama Super Arena
Jan. 25 Nagoya, Japan @ Nihon Gaishi Hall