Green Day is getting ready to embark on a world tour in 2024 in support of their latest album, Saviours. But the punk-rockers will also use the opportunity to celebrate two of their most iconic records, Dookie and American Idiot.
The group announced on social media that they intend to play Dookie and American Idiot in full on every show during The Saviors Tour alongside “a bunch of your other favorites, new and old, all summer long.” The tour, which kicks off in May, will see the band perform 43 shows in Europe and North America.
Released in 1994, Dookie is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. It is an album that put Green Day on the map and is often considered one of the greatest records in punk music. The record features songs like “Basket Case”, “Longview”, and “When I Come Around”.
American Idiot, on the other hand, turned 20 in 2024. It was a hit among the critics and audience, becoming the band’s first release that topped the US Billboard 200. It contained hits like “American Idiot,” “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” and “Wake Me Up When September Ends.”
Green Day will officially release Saviors, their 14th studio album, on January 19. The early reviews of the record are positive, while the band is billing it as the “best of everything that Green Day has.”
“Whether it’s something from Dookie or American Idiot, I think somehow we were able to bridge the gap in making something that is like an essential record for us,” Billie Joe Armstrong shared in a recent interview.
