Green Day announce UK stadium gigs

Page last updated at 11:45 GMT, Monday, 2 November 2009

Greg Cochrane By Greg Cochrane
Newsbeat music reporter Green Day Green Day will play two stadium shows in Manchester and London next summer Green Day have announced details of two UK stadium shows in summer 2010.

The Californian three-piece will play Manchester Lancashire County Cricket Ground (16 June) and London's Wembley Stadium (19 June).

Tickets for the shows go on sale at 9am on Friday 6 November.

Billie Joe Armstrong and co have just completed a UK arena tour and also played a tiny midnight show last night (1 November) at London's Garage venue under their alias Foxboro Hot Tubs.

The band famously played two huge gigs at Milton Keynes National Bowl in 2005 following the success of their album American idiot.

Latest album 21st Century Breakdown was released in May.

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