The American Idiot World Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Green Day in support of the group's seventh studio album, American Idiot, which was released in September 2004. The tour began in Los Angeles at the Grand Olympic Auditorium on July 29, and the last show was in Australia at the Telstra Dome. During the tour, the band played at the 2004 Reading Festival in England.

During the tour, Green Day recorded a live album, Bullet in a Bible, which was released in 2005 as a CD/DVD set. The concert at which the album was recorded was in England, at the Milton Keynes National Bowl, and was attended by more than 130,000 people. The DVD sold more than 1,500,000 copies and went Platinum in the UK and in the United States.

Background Dates for the second North America leg was announced in February 2005, and lasted from April to May 2005. The third North American leg was announced in May 2005.

Opening acts Opening acts included New Found Glory, Kaiser Chiefs, My Chemical Romance, Simple Plan, Sugarcult, Jimmy Eat World, Anti-Flag and Against Me!.

Main setlist The setlist throughout the tour remained mostly the same. Green Day typically played several songs from American Idiot, Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning ever since the Fort Worth, Texas, USA concert on October 19, 2004. "American Idiot" "Jesus of Suburbia" "Holiday" "Are We the Waiting" "St. Jimmy" "Longview" "Hitchin' A Ride" "Brain Stew" "Jaded" "Knowledge" "Basket Case" "She" "King for a Day" "Shout/Stand By Me" "Wake Me Up When September Ends" "Minority" Encore "Maria" "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" "Homecoming" "We Are the Champions" "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"

Tour dates + List of 2004 concerts Date City Country VenueSeptember 16, 2004Los AngelesUnited StatesThe Fonda TheatreSeptember 18, 2004ChicagoThe Vic TheatreSeptember 21, 2004New York CityIrving PlazaSeptember 24, 2004TorontoCanadaPhoenix Concert TheatreOctober 16, 2004New OrleansUnited StatesCity ParkOctober 19, 2004Fort WorthFort Worth Convention CenterOctober 20, 2004HoustonReliant ArenaOctober 22, 2004DuluthArena at Gwinnett CenterOctober 23, 2004CincinnatiU.S. Bank ArenaOctober 24, 2004LouisvilleLouisville GardensOctober 26, 2004HersheyGiant CenterOctober 28, 2004WorcesterCentrum CentreOctober 29, 2004PhiladelphiaLiacouras CenterOctober 30, 2004East RutherfordContinental Airlines ArenaOctober 31, 2004FairfaxPatriot CenterNovember 2, 2004TorontoCanadaAir Canada CentreNovember 3, 2004MississaugaArrow HallNovember 4, 2004MontrealBell CentreNovember 5, 2004RochesterUnited StatesBlue Cross ArenaNovember 6, 2004DetroitCobo ArenaNovember 8, 2004ChicagoUIC PavilionNovember 9, 2004MilwaukeeU.S. Cellular ArenaNovember 10, 2004MinneapolisTarget CenterNovember 12, 2004DenverPepsi CenterNovember 13, 2004West Valley CityE-CenterNovember 16, 2004EverettEverett Events CenterNovember 17, 2004VancouverCanadaPacific ColiseumNovember 18, 2004PortlandUnited StatesRose GardenNovember 20, 2004BakersfieldCentennial GardenNovember 21, 2004San DiegoCox ArenaNovember 23, 2004Long BeachLong Beach ArenaNovember 24, 2004San FranciscoBill Graham Civic AuditoriumDecember 2, 2004MonterreyMexicoArena MonterreyDecember 5, 2004Mexico CityPalacio de los DeportesDecember 7, 2004Las VegasUnited States The Joint

+ List of 2005 concerts Date City Country VenueJanuary 11, 2005BerlinGermanyArena BerlinJanuary 12, 2005AmsterdamNetherlandsHeineken Music HallJanuary 14, 2005Offenbach am MainGermanyStadthalle OffenbachJanuary 15, 2005BöblingenSporthalle BöblingenJanuary 16, 2005MilanItalyFilaForumJanuary 18, 2005BaselSwitzerlandSt. JakobshalleJanuary 19, 2005ParisFranceZénith ParisJanuary 20, 2005DüsseldorfGermanyPhilipshalleJanuary 21, 2005HamburgAlsterdorfer SporthalleJanuary 23, 2005BirminghamEnglandNational Indoor ArenaJanuary 24, 2005LondonBrixton AcademyJanuary 25, 2005January 27, 2005NottinghamNottingham ArenaJanuary 28, 2005ManchesterManchester Evening News ArenaJanuary 29, 2005January 31, 2005DublinIrelandThe PointFebruary 2, 2005PlymouthEnglandPlymouth PavilionsFebruary 3, 2005CardiffWalesCardiff International ArenaFebruary 5, 2005BrightonEnglandBrighton CentreFebruary 6, 2005LondonHammersmith ApolloFebruary 7, 2005February 8, 2005Newcastle upon TyneMetro Radio ArenaFebruary 10, 2005GlasgowScotlandSEC CentreMarch 5, 2005AucklandNew ZealandNorth Shore Events CentreMarch 7, 2005BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Entertainment CentreMarch 9, 2005SydneySydney Super DomeMarch 10, 2005MelbourneRod Laver ArenaMarch 12, 2005AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment CentreMarch 13, 2005PerthArena JoondalupMarch 17, 2005OsakaJapanOsaka-jō HallMarch 18, 2005NagoyaAichi-Ken TaiikukanMarch 19, 2005ChibaMakuhari MesseMarch 20, 2005March 22, 2005SapporoTsukisamu DomeApril 15, 2005Coral GablesUnited StatesUniversity of Miami Convocation CenterApril 16, 2005OrlandoTD Waterhouse CentreApril 18, 2005TampaUSF Sun DomeApril 19, 2005JacksonvilleJacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaApril 20, 2005CharlotteCricket ArenaApril 22, 2005NorfolkTed Constant Convocation CenterApril 23, 2005PittsburghMellon ArenaApril 24, 2005Atlantic CityTrump Taj MahalApril 25, 2005AlbanyPepsi ArenaApril 27, 2005VestalBinghamton UniversityApril 28, 2005PortlandCumberland County Civic CenterApril 29, 2005ManchesterVerizon Wireless ArenaApril 30, 2005AmherstMullins CenterMay 2, 2005Quebec CityCanadaColisée PepsiMay 4, 2005LondonJohn Labatt CentreMay 5, 2005ColumbusUnited StatesSchottenstein CenterMay 6, 2005ClevelandWolstein CenterMay 7, 2005Grand RapidsVan Andel ArenaMay 9, 2005MadisonAlliant Energy CenterMay 10, 2005PeoriaPeoria Civic CenterMay 11, 2005Cedar RapidsU.S. Cellular CenterMay 13, 2005St. LouisSavvis CenterMay 14, 2005Kansas CityMunicipal AuditoriumMay 15, 2005OmahaQwest Center OmahaMay 17, 2005WinnipegCanadaMTS CentreMay 19, 2005EdmontonRexall PlaceMay 20, 2005CalgaryPengrowth SaddledomeJune 3, 2005NürburgGermanyRock am RingJune 4, 2005NurembergRock im ParkJune 5, 2005PragueCzech RepublicSazka ArenaJune 7, 2005KatowicePolandSpodekJune 9, 2005BudapestHungaryBudapest Sports ArenaJune 11, 2005ImolaItalyHeineken Jammin' FestivalJune 12, 2005NickelsdorfAustriaNova RockJune 18, 2005Milton KeynesEnglandNational BowlJune 19, 2005June 25, 2005InterlakenSwitzerlandGreenfield FestivalJune 27, 2005BadalonaSpainPavelló Olímpic de BadalonaJune 28, 2005MadridTelefónica ArenaJune 29, 2005June 30, 2005LyonFranceHalle Tony GarnierJuly 1, 2005WerchterBelgiumRock WerchterJuly 2, 2005RoskildeDenmarkRoskilde FestivalJuly 3, 2005GothenburgSwedenScandinaviumJuly 5, 2005KristiansandNorwayQuart FestivalJuly 7, 2005RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam AhoyJuly 9, 2005NaasIrelandOxegenJuly 10, 2005KinrossScotlandT in the ParkAugust 10, 2005RosemontUnited StatesAllstate ArenaAugust 12, 2005BarrieCanadaMolsons ParkAugust 13, 2005BuffaloUnited StatesHSBC ArenaAugust 14, 2005FairbornNutter CenterAugust 15, 2005NashvilleGaylord Entertainment CenterAugust 17, 2005Oklahoma CityFord CenterAugust 19, 2005HoustonToyota CenterAugust 20, 2005DallasAmerican Airlines CenterAugust 21, 2005San AntonioAT&T CenterAugust 23, 2005AtlantaPhilips ArenaAugust 24, 2005RaleighRBC CenterAugust 26, 2005SunriseOffice Depot CenterAugust 30, 2005ColumbiaMerriweather Post PavilionSeptember 1, 2005East RutherfordGiants StadiumSeptember 3, 2005FoxboroughGillette StadiumSeptember 4, 2005MontrealCanadaParc Jean-DrapeauSeptember 5, 2005OttawaCorel CentreSeptember 7, 2005PhiladelphiaUnited StatesWachovia CenterSeptember 9, 2005ConnecticutHartford Civic CenterSeptember 11, 2005Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn HillsSeptember 12, 2005IndianapolisConseco FieldhouseSeptember 14, 2005MolineThe MARK of the QuadsSeptember 16, 2005St. PaulXcel Energy CenterSeptember 17, 2005Des MoinesWells Fargo ArenaSeptember 19, 2005DenverPepsi CenterSeptember 21, 2005Salt Lake CityDelta CenterSeptember 24, 2005San FranciscoSBC ParkSeptember 26, 2005TacomaTacoma DomeSeptember 27, 2005VancouverCanadaGM PlaceSeptember 30, 2005SacramentoUnited StatesARCO ArenaOctober 1, 2005FresnoSave Mart CenterOctober 2, 2005Chula VistaCoors AmphitheatreOctober 4, 2005AlbuquerqueJournal PavilionOctober 5, 2005PhoenixAmerica West ArenaOctober 6, 2005Las VegasThomas & Mack CenterOctober 8, 2005CarsonHome Depot CenterOctober 9, 2005October 10, 2005October 11, 2005Los AngelesWiltern LG TheatreOctober 13, 2005San FranciscoThe WarfieldOctober 14, 2005Los AngelesWiltern LG TheatreOctober 16, 2005NashvilleGaylord Entertainment CenterOctober 17, 2005FairbornErvin J. Nutter CenterDecember 14, 2005SydneyAustraliaSydney Cricket GroundDecember 17, 2005MelbourneTelstra Dome

List of festivals

Personnel Billie Joe Armstrong – Lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, harmonica on "Minority" Mike Dirnt – Bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Homecoming" (Nobody likes you) Tré Cool – Drums, percussion, backing vocals on "King For A Day/Shout", lead vocals on "Homecoming" (Rock'n'roll Girlfriend) Jason White – Lead guitar, backing vocals Jason Freese – Keyboards, saxophone, trombone, accordion, acoustic guitar, backing vocals Kurt Lohmiller – (July 2004 – Late January 2005) – Backing vocals, percussion, trumpet Ronnie Blake – (Late January 2005 – December 2005) – Backing vocals, percussion, trumpet Mike Pelino (September 2004 & April 2005 – December 2005) – Rhythm guitar, backing vocals on "St. Jimmy" Bobby Schneck (October 2004 – March 2005) – Rhythm guitar, backing vocals on "St. Jimmy"

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