Green Day to Headline Lollapalooza Festival, 8/6-8

Green Day will be one of the headliners of this year's Lollapalooza Fesival at Grant Park on August 6-8.  Joining them will be Lady Gaga, Soundgarden, The Strokes, and Arcade Fire. Green Day's music is currently being played daily at the ST. James Theatre in the musical American Idiot.  The show is set to open April 20.

Green Day, which is singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool, are gearing up for the Broadway premiere of American Idiot - the critically acclaimed stage version of Green Day's chart-topping 2004 album that completed a record-breaking three-month run at The Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The show is directed by Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening), who collaborated on the story with Armstrong. The show is currently in previews and will open on April 20, 2010 at the ST. James Theatre.  For more information and tickets, visit www.americanidiotonbroadway.com.

Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances. Lollapalooza has featured a diverse range of bands and has helped expose and popularize alternative rock groups such as Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, The Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hole, The Strokes, Green Day and Depeche Mode

Conceived and created in 1991 by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell as a farewell tour for his band, Lollapalooza ran annually until 1997, and was revived in 2003. From its inception through 1997, and its revival in 2003, the festival toured North America. In 2004, the festival organizers decided to expand the dates to two days per city, but poor ticket sales forced the 2004 tour to be cancelled. In 2005, Farrell and the William Morris Agency partnered up with Austin, Texas-based company Capital Sports Entertainment (now C3 Presents) and retooled it into its current format as a weekend destination festival at Petrillo Music Shell and other areas in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois.

For additional information, visit: www.lollapalooza.com.

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