New Green Day musical will "move you to tears"

Green Day's American Idiot: The Musical is set to open at the St. James Theater in New York tonight (Tuesday, April 20). And, according to frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, it'll move you to tears.

"It's going to move people," the singer told reporters. "I think it's the same reason why you would want to go see a band play live, you know?

"Having a chorus of people sing a Green Day song isn't unlike what you'd experience at one of our concerts," he added. "At the same time, this is a theatre piece that takes you on a complete journey with these characters. That's why I love watching it over and over again."

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Posted by Dan at 02:07PM | April 20, 2010

avenged.aevenfold

Posted by anggi | April 20, 2010 2:21 PM | Reply to this

i really wanna go see this, i hate living in glasgow.

Posted by supertrash | April 20, 2010 2:26 PM | Reply to this

does anyone know if this will come to the UK?

Posted by Will Wiltshire | April 20, 2010 2:56 PM | Reply to this

God, I want this to come to the UK- even if its only in London! :(

Posted by Nicole | April 20, 2010 4:46 PM | Reply to this

I remember them saying hey would like to bring it over here, but I don't think they know when
I hope they do. It sounds awesome!

Posted by Daisy | April 20, 2010 4:57 PM | Reply to this

LIKE.

Posted by Emma | April 20, 2010 5:46 PM | Reply to this

GREEN DAY ARE THE BEST!!!

its too bad i cant go to a concert :'(

Posted by caitlin | April 20, 2010 6:22 PM | Reply to this

I saw this last year, the week it opened in Berkley. Its a great piece of Theatre and really cool what they've done with the material. Especially, of course, if you're a fan. Be nice to see it come to the UK.

Posted by Stew | April 20, 2010 7:28 PM | Reply to this

I saw a preview of this last night - being stranded in New York because of the volcano has it' advantages! It is awesome, go see it if you can!

Posted by Angelene | April 20, 2010 7:46 PM | Reply to this

BRING IT TO LONDON !!

Want to see it :(

Posted by Lyndsay | April 20, 2010 9:03 PM | Reply to this

More like Bore you to tears! Sorry but the title was asking for it. I'm sure it's brilliant.

Posted by Patrick | April 20, 2010 10:27 PM | Reply to this

amen to that, i wanna go see it! D:

Posted by Lauren (: | April 20, 2010 10:46 PM | Reply to this

Even a DVD mate =]
finallyyy got the American Idiot Heart Grenade tattoo on Saturday, GreenDay are so amazin

Posted by Mark D | April 20, 2010 11:58 PM | Reply to this

I am stuck in NYC by the ash cloud and went to one of the previews last week. I'm not a huge fan of the American Idiot album but I actually really enjoyed the musical. Some songs worked in that style (21 Guns for example, which is in there along with about 2 or 3 other songs from the new album) but others, like American Idiot itself sound a bit daft. On the whole though, a really fun way to spend an evening.

Posted by Dave | April 21, 2010 1:45 AM | Reply to this

New Green Day musical will "move you to tears". Because it's so pretentious and boring? Get back to writing decent pop punk songs instead of the radio friendly crap you've churned out for the last 10 years!! As for a musical?! Are you serious?! It's amazing what a bit of fame and money can do for the ego isn't it!

Posted by Divided | April 21, 2010 8:21 AM | Reply to this

Green Day rocks, not bores. Everyone has their opinion so I don't wanna argue with you. I'm just making my point. If you don't like Green Day then don't bother reading this or leaving such a pointless comment. I like Green Day for whatever genre the music is. I don't usually label music but some of their songs are punk pop-ish (most are alternative rock).

Peace.

Posted by KazEchelon | April 21, 2010 12:00 PM | Reply to this

KazEchelon, just to let you know, 30 Seconds to Mars suck gorilla balls.

Peace.

Posted by Hippie Muthafucka | April 23, 2010 4:26 PM | Reply to this

I really hope American Idiot comes to Britain soon and not just London, that's too far away for a lot of people. Please keep us posted Kerrang!

Posted by Aileen | April 25, 2010 2:09 PM | Reply to this

A NOTE FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO HAVE POSTED ON THIS: No-ones forcing you to comment on this! It's generally the fans who are interested-if you don't like them, go do something else. I was a bit surprised when I found out about the musical (thinking Joseph, Wizard of Oz, ugh) but hey , you never know about these things...I kinda really wanna see it.

Posted by A | April 25, 2010 7:40 PM | Reply to this