Amelia Lily to Lead AMERICAN IDIOT in the West End This Summer

The Daily Mail writes that THE X FACTOR's Amelia Lily will lead the Green Day rock musical AMERICAN IDIOT at the Arts Theatre this summer, July 17 to September 27.

Racky Plews will direct and choreograph the show.

Lily just ended a run as the Narrator in the UK tour of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT.

The singing actress finished third on THE X FACTOR in 2011, the year Little Mix claimed the crown. Still, she went on to have chart success with her debut single "You Bring Me Joy", which got to No. 2.

Lily was also the support act for Girls Aloud's farewell tour in 2013, and for Olly Murs at the INTRO Festival.

Green Day's explosive, award-winning Broadway musical AMERICAN IDIOT first toured the UK in 2012. The story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9/11 world, AMERICAN IDIOT features the music of Green Day with the lyrics of its lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong. The book is by Armstrong and Michael Mayer and direction is by Tony Award-winner Mayer ("Spring Awakening").

Its hit songs include "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "21 Guns," "Wake Me Up When September Ends," "Holiday" and the blockbuster title track "American Idiot" from Green Day's 2004 Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum album. Also included are several songs from Green Day's 2009 release "21st Century Breakdown," and an unreleased love song, "When It's Time."

Winner of two Tony Awards and the 2010 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album, AMERICAN IDIOT premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009. In April 2010, the musical opened on Broadway where reviews were unanimously positive and it ran for over a year.