Green Day UK tour?

[jump]

Fearne Cotton was pretty cagey about Green Day this morning on Radio 1, about half eleven. Said to listen to Zane Lowe's show on Wednesday night for some "very special news"...

[paulomas]

Just announced on twitter, Green Day playing Shepherd's Bush Empire on thursday

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Green Day will play a special show in London at the @O2SBE on Thursday! Tickets on presale via Idiotclub 9am, general sale 12pm tomorrow!

Edited August 20, 2012 by paulomas

[lacney]

Green Day have just announced they are playing Shepherds Bush on Thursday

[lacney]

Damn you paulomas, you weren't there when I started this post...

[LondonTom]

As good as confirmed then , so we can go back to discussing other things now?

[iPaulo xD]

Doesn't this confirm they will play reading aswell then?

[6daviesdr]

[quote name=iPaulo ' timestamp='1345472054' post='3820816]

Doesn't this confirm they will play reading aswell then?

[iPaulo xD]

People will die in the NME.. silly, and unfair.

[mrtourette]

It confirms that the damn t-shirt was correct about London so there's a good chance it could be correct about Reading.

[6daviesdr]

[quote name=iPaulo ' timestamp='1345472329' post='3820822]

People will die in the NME.. silly, and unfair.

[iPaulo xD]

Is it likely Leeds will get anything then? Bloc Party?

[mrtourette]

Bigger tent and earlier in the day than TCV means I can't see if being much busier than that surprise set.

[mrtourette]

[quote name=iPaulo ' timestamp='1345472521' post='3820828]

Is it likely Leeds will get anything then? Bloc Party?

[jump]

How much are the tixs when they go on sale?

[iPaulo xD]

£49.50 each!

[mrtourette]

Outrageous, a quarter of the cost of a R&L ticket.

[rug568]

a 1/3 of what i paid.

[6daviesdr]

Yeah 45fv, 49.50 inc booking fee. Its all box office collection and youll get wristbanded, yet there will still probly be a 2-5 quid fee for that too lol

[sjseabass]

It's great and all, this is exactly the sort of thing festivals need to do for buzz, to get back some of the lustre which seems to have been lost over the last year or two (and it's certainly worked this time) but I can't hide my disappointment about the clash with two of my favourite bands on main (Los Campesinos! and Blood Red Shoes). I mean, I'll be at Green Day of course (having seen the others three and four times respectively already), but I was really hoping it'd be when OFWGKTA or The Shins were on...

I was expecting longer than 30 mins too - I mean, even if they literally only do new songs they've got three albums' worth of them.

Edited August 20, 2012 by theevilfridge

[Justiceforcedave]

Look at the times on the site, there isn't a gap like there is on the Reading one.

You've got your 'awesome' Thursday night entertainment anyway.

[Cieran]

I just hope Green Day play a few hits.

[rug568]

when i come around/basket case/time of my life and a couple from American Idiot would do me fine.

[mrtourette]

If it's just a 20/25 minute set I think we can expect a lot of new stuff.

[DTichborne]

I tend to treat things like this with a pinch of salt but I think it's now fair to say that if it's a hoax, it's an extremely elaborate one.

[rug568]

yeah and why the hell would Reading play along with it by leaving a gap between PWGG and Pure Love?

PWGG will probably get one of the biggest crowds of the weekend because of this!