Green Day

by Kimberly Potts (see more from this contributor)

Tour kickoff: August 10 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois
Dates include: August 13 at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York; August 17 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; August 20 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas; August 26 at the Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida; August 30 at the Merriweather Post in Columbia, Maryland
Tix: Top tickets are $45; on sale at Ticketmaster
Check out: GreenDay.com
Tourmates: Jimmy Eat World
The buzz: Green Day's 2004 release American Idiot won the Grammy for Best Rock Album, has already gone triple platinum and continues to enjoy a spot among the top 15 albums on the Billboard chart. Add that to the very fan-friendly priced tour tix and the band's decision to partner with USA Harvest, which collects canned goods from concert attendees and distributes them to local homeless shelters in each city the night of the performance, and a Green Day show is an all-around great way to spend an evening.
The hits: "Basket Case," "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "Holiday," "Time of Your Life" and "When I Come Around"

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