Green Day scrap tour due to coronavirus
It was scheduled to kick off in Singapore next month
Green Day have postponed their entire Asian tour due to the health and travel concerns with coronavirus.
Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt were due to kick off their Asia tour at Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday 8th March before hitting Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan.
Earlier this morning (28th February), Green Day issued a statement confirming the dates won’t go ahead.
“We have unfortunately made the difficult decision to postpone our upcoming shows in Asia due to health + travel concerns with coronavirus,” Green Day wrote.
“We know it sucks, as we were looking forward to seeing you all, but hold on to your tickets we’ll be announcing the new dates very soon.”
Earlier this month, Pixies cancelled three shows in China in February and March due to coronavirus and, more recently, Testament axed their Italian tour with Exodus and Death Angel due to an outbreak there.
Green Day’s Hella Mega Tour with Fall Out Boy and Weezer is coming to the UK in June for sold-out stadium shows at Glasgow Green, London Stadium and Huddersfield John Smith’s Stadium.
The hattrick of UK shows are part of a larger European stadium trek throughout June that also takes in France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Dublin's RDS Arena on Monday 29th June. The Hella Mega Tour then hits North America throughout July and August.
The real names of famous musicians, including Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt:
Mark Berry (Bez)
John Martin Maher (Johnny Marr)
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (Lana Del Rey)
William Bruce Rose (Axl Rose)
Gerard Crosbie (Gerry Cinnamon)
Edward Louis Severson III (Eddie Vedder)
Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury)
Michael Peter Balzary (Flea)
Perry Bernstein (Perry Farrell)
Robert Deal (Mick Mars)
Frank Ferrano (Nikki Sixx)
Frank Edwin Wright III (Tré Cool)
Courtney Michelle Harrison (Courtney Love)
Georg Albert Ruthenberg (Pat Smear)
Chaim Klein Witz (Gene Simmons)
James Newell Osterberg, JR. (Iggy Pop)
Vincent Damon Furnier (Alice Cooper)
Saul Hudson (Slash)
Michael Ryan Pritchard (Mike Dirnt)
Ronald James Padavona (Ronnie James Dio)
Bree Joanna Alice Robinson (Brody Dalle)
Chad Robert Turton (Chad Kroeger)
Deborah Anne Dyer (Skin)
Nicholas Jones (Nicky Wire)
Amy Lynn Hartzler (Amy Lee)
William Perks (Bill Wyman)
Jeffrey Isbell (Izzy Stradlin)
Stanley Eisen (Paul Stanley)
Henry Garfield (Henry Rollins)
Richard Harrison (Rick Parfitt)
Vincent Neil Wharton (Vince Neil)
Stevland Hardaway Morris (Stevie Wonder)
Michael McKagan (Duff McKagan)
Ian Kilmister (Lemmy)
John Baldwin (John Paul Jones)
Joan Larkin (Joan Jett)
Keith Palmer (Maxim Reality)
Eric Patrick Clapp (Eric Clapton)
Susan Janet Ballion (Siouxsie Sioux)
David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones (David Bowie)
Richard Wayne Penniman (Little Richard)
John Simon Ritchie (Sid Vicious)
Paul Daniel Frehley (Ace Frehley)
Louis Firbank (Lou Reed)
John Graham Mellor (Joe Strummer)
Mark Feld (Marc Bolan)
David Howell Evans (The Edge)
Marvin Lee Aday (Meatloaf)
Steven Victor Tallarico (Steven Tyler)
John Michael Osbourne (Ozzy Osbourne)
John Francis Bongiovi (Jon Bon Jovi)
John Anthony Gillis (Jack White)
Paul David Hewson (Bono)
Reginald Kenneth Dwight (Elton John)
Gordon Sumner (Sting)
Robert Allen Zimmerman (Bob Dylan)
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde)
Gary Mounfield (Mani)
Alan John Wren (Reni)
Quentin Leo Cook (Fatboy Slim)
Jake Edwin Charles Kennedy (Jake Bugg)
Roger Keith Barrett (Syd Barrett)
George Ezra Barnett Smitherson (George Ezra)
William John Paul Gallagher (Liam Gallagher)
Rory Charles Graham (Rag'n'bone Man)
Stephanie Lynn Nicks (Stevie Nicks)
William Michael Albert Broad (Billy Idol)
Steven Patrick Morrissey (Morrissey)
Leslie Sebastian Charles (Billy Ocean)
Paul Arthurs (Bonehead)
Graham McPherson (Suggs)
Stuart Leslie Goddard (Adam Ant)
Andrew John Hozier-Byrne (Hozier)
Green Day’s latest studio album ‘Father of All…’ was released on 7th February and stormed straight in at number one on the UK album chart.