March 30, 2009

Green Day confirm "American Idiot" musical

Grammy nominated rock band Green Day have confirmed that they're 2004 LP, American Idiot is to be made into a musical.

The project is to be directed by Micahel Mayer, director of infamous musical, Spring Awakening. Myers has said that he had a musical s, adaption of the record in mind all the while directing Spring Awakening

Mayer said of his thoughts:"It was very much in my head all that time (during Spring Awakening). Sometimes I really would say things like, "Why can’t this have a groove like Boulevard Of Broken Dreams".

Billy Joe Armstrong, frontman of the group - whose new album is out later this year - described the project as, "[his] wildest dream" and continued, "It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but that’s what I love about it".

The musical is set to debut in September of this year and will run on into mid-October.

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