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Frank Turner to support Green Day

Everyone's favourite punk rock troubadour, Frank Turner, has been confirmed as support for Green Day on their massive summer shows at Manchester Cricket Ground on June 16 and London's Wembley Stadium on June 19.

"The Freddie Mercury tribute concert [at Wembley Stadium] in 1992 was a major musical milestone in my life," says Turner. "My older sister made me watch it with her, and we taped the whole thing over a number of VHS cassettes (swapping them over as fast as possible so as not to miss anything).

"I was 10 years old, I'd just started finding out about music, but seeing Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Spinal Tap and a host of others playing Queen tunes was a major eye-opener for me," he added. "We watched those tapes till they broke. So for that reason and a million others, I'm pretty blown away to say I'll be opening for Green Day at Wembley Stadium (and Manchester Cricket Ground) in June. The world has gone mad!"


Posted by Dan at 11:25AM | May 14, 2010

OOOH, thats turned a brilliant day into an even better one. Definitely more excited reading that... xxx

Posted by MISS TRACY HANSON | May 14, 2010 11:36 AM | Reply to this

thats one hell of an awesome support act :-) two of my favourite artists in one day yay!

Posted by jds_bitch86 | May 14, 2010 12:17 PM | Reply to this

anyone know who the glasgow supports are?

Posted by supertrash | May 14, 2010 12:47 PM | Reply to this

Glasgow is paramore

Posted by Garceface1991 | May 14, 2010 6:08 PM | Reply to this

Paramore are not in glasgow they're in Paris and Dublin, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts are supportin em in Glasgow

Posted by Richard Birnie | May 14, 2010 6:32 PM | Reply to this

thiss is amazing :D :D

Posted by chloe | May 14, 2010 9:25 PM | Reply to this

So thats Joan jett & the black hearts and Frank turner supporting.... . im surprised it wasnt news on here when Joan & the Black hearts were announced you gotta love "I LOVE ROCK N ROLL"

Posted by Ollie | May 15, 2010 6:07 PM | Reply to this

sorry but can i ask who frank turner is :/

Posted by tom | May 15, 2010 9:10 PM | Reply to this

he's a a singer/songwriter who used to front the band million dead. folk/punk is the best description, give his albums a whirl: 'sleep is for the week', 'love, ire and song' and 'poetry of the deed'. he's fantastic live so if you are going to the wembley show, check him out :)

Posted by jds_bitch86 | May 15, 2010 10:20 PM | Reply to this

Couldnt have happened to nicer guy!

Posted by a | May 16, 2010 5:37 PM | Reply to this

Couldnt have happened to nicer guy!

Posted by a | May 16, 2010 5:37 PM | Reply to this

Couldnt have happened to nicer guy!

Posted by a | May 16, 2010 5:37 PM | Reply to this

Think there's any chance he'll support in Glasgow?

Posted by jen | May 16, 2010 8:34 PM | Reply to this

I lost all respect when they had FOB as a support act.

It was then that I understood why so many people hate post-AI GD.

Pish.

Posted by Gentleman Flannigan | May 18, 2010 5:51 AM | Reply to this

Loving this.
Am so excited about Wembley now - just wish my fricking tickets would arrive but according to ticket master they "haven't been printed yet"
SHOULD BE AN AMAZING SHOW!!

Posted by Bryers | May 18, 2010 6:48 PM | Reply to this

i just looked him up and he sounds awesome :D gonna be an awesome night on 16th :D

Posted by dan | May 22, 2010 7:45 PM | Reply to this

Green Day never had FOB as an opening act..

Posted by ellen | May 23, 2010 12:20 PM | Reply to this

Ahhh, this is amazing! As if a Green Day concert couldn't get any better, Frank Turner supporting ?! That has just made my entire week :D :D <3

Posted by Amy | May 24, 2010 7:59 AM | Reply to this

Ahhh, this is amazing! As if a Green Day concert couldn't get any better, Frank Turner supporting ?! That has just made my entire week :D :D <3

Posted by Amy | May 24, 2010 8:00 AM | Reply to this

Can somebody tell me what time Green Day starts playing??

Posted by Sareth | May 26, 2010 10:52 PM | Reply to this

Received email from Ticketmaster today. Tickets also arrived....

The runtime for the event is as follows:

Gates 16:30
Frank Turner 18:00-18:30
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 19:00-19:45
Green Day 20:15-22:50
Curfew 23:00

Posted by Nathan | May 27, 2010 2:10 PM | Reply to this

Thx Mate im sooo happppyyyyyyyyy :D:D:D

Posted by Sareth | May 28, 2010 11:18 AM | Reply to this
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