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Tuesday 30 October 5:23 p.m.
By Megan Slovak
Green Day have cancelled the remainder of their 2012
appearances and postponed their 2013 tour to allow frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to deal with his personal problems following his stint in rehab.
The singer
checked into a treatment facility for substance abuse last month following an
onstage breakdown at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas.
The American
Idiot hitmakers pulled out of appearing at this weekend's Voodoo Music + Arts
Experience festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, and now they have
announced they are scrapping all of their upcoming shows so Armstrong can focus
on his recovery.
A post on the
band's website reads, "Green Day announced today they will cancel their
club tour that was due to launch in Seattle
at the Paramount Theatre on September 26th and wind down... on December 10th.
Tickets for these clubs shows will be refunded at point of purchase.
"Additionally, Green Day will postpone all scheduled appearances
for the months of January and February 2013. New dates for these rescheduled
shows will be announced shortly and previously purchased tickets will be
honored on the new dates."
Bassist Mike
Dirnt says, "Obviously the timing for this isn't ideal, but Billie Joe's
wellbeing is our main concern. We are happy to say that Billie Joe is doing
well, and we want to thank you all for the outpouring of support and well
wishes that we have received, and we can't wait to see you all again
soon."
However, to
appease fans, the band is now bringing forward the release date of its upcoming
album ¡Tre!.
Drummer Tre
Cool adds, "We feel bad we have to delay our tour, so to make up for it we
want to give our fans the music earlier than we had planned. If we couldn't be
there to play it for you live, the least we could do was give you the next best
thing."
The album will
now hit shelves on 11 December, instead of 15 January.