Green Day, BTS, and Stormzy are among the big-ticket acts that have pulled out Asia dates in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
11.02.2020 - 00:46 / peoplemagazine.co.za
Green Day have abandoned plans for a movie version of their rock musical and album American Idiot.
The band converted their hit 2004 record into a Broadway musical in 2010, which subsequently toured around the world – sparking talks it would be turned into a film.
However, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has now told the NME the project has now been “pretty much scrapped”.
Bizarrely, however, he also revealed that U.S. President Donald Trump saw the musical’s opening night – but he is unsure
Green Day, BTS, and Stormzy are among the big-ticket acts that have pulled out Asia dates in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
U.S. rock band Green Day on Friday called off all of the Asian shows in its upcoming world tour because of the coronavirus outbreak, the latest music act to pull back from performances in the region.
Green Day's "Oh Yeah!" hits the top 10 of Billboard's Alternative Songs airplay chart, rising 11-8 on the Feb. 29-dated ranking.With the climb, the trio moves to within one of the record for the most top 10s in the chart's history.
By Greg Evans
Green Day joins the growing list of acts who’ve scrapped their travel plans due to the coronavirus outbreak The legendary punk rock trio have postponed their scheduled tour of Asia, which was due to kick off early next month. “We have unfortunately made the difficult decision to postpone our upcoming shows in Asia due to the health + travel concerns with coronavirus,” reads a statement posted to the band’s socials.
BTS’ Korean fans received some bad news on Thursday.
Green Day have called off a string of March tour dates in Asia “due to the health + travel concerns with coronavirus.” The posted a statement announcing that their upcoming performances are postponed, which you can read it in full below.
The trio had been due to take their 'Hella Mega' tour to the continent next month
BTS and Green Day nixed upcoming performances in Asia on Thursday due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak.
Green Day has canceled scheduled tour dates in Asia due to the coronavirus epidemic. The band’s Hella Mega tour would have taken them throughout the continent in March — and in countries with confirmed cases of the virus — starting in Singapore and stopping in Bangkok, Manila, Taipei, Hong Kong, Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo.
Green Day joins the growing list of acts who’ve scrapped their travel plans due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Green Day continues their album rollout for Father of All… (aka Father of All Motherfuckers) by bucking current trends—and sticking to their formula. Recently, they took a break from promoting their thirteenth disc as trap-free to comment on Billie Eilish’s Grammys sweep—and frontman Billie Joe Armstrong had criticism for Ariana Grande.