Green Day Leads the Way With MTV Video Music Award Nominations Band to Perform at the 2005 Video Music Awards
Burbank, CA - (Market Wire) - 07/25/2005 - It was
announced today that Grammy® Award-winning rock
band Green Day was nominated for eight MTV Video
Music Awards, the most of any artist / band, for the 2005
MTV Video Music Awards. The band will also perform on
the VMAs Sunday, August 28, 2005.
Green Day received nominations in multiple categories including: Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Rock Video, all for the video of their smash "Boulevard of
Broken Dreams." That same video also received nods
in
the Best Direction In A Video, Best Editing In A Video
and Best Cinematography In A Video categories. The
title song from the album, "American Idiot," nabbed nominations in Best Art Direction and the Viewers
Choice Award. The
videos were both directed by
Samuel Bayer.
Green Day's "American Idiot" was released on
September 21, 2004, and debuted at Number One on
the Billboard Top 200 Chart and Number One in several countries around the world. Weeks later the album returned to the Number One chart position in the US and many of the same countries across the globe. "American Idiot" won the Grammy®
Award for Best Rock Album in February of this year, and
the band has received extensive media attention in both
the alternative and mainstream press, gracing the covers
of Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Spin, Alternative Press, Entertainment Weekly's Listen To This, Bass Player, Drum and Guitar World. Green Day was touted as Yahoo! Music's Artist of The Month at release time, and the band recorded Sessions@AOL this past fall, which aired extensively on Fuse. In addition, Green Day has had
multiple appearances on Fuse's 100% and Daily Download.
The band is scheduled to launch their next US tour on August 10, 2005 in Chicago, IL (dates below).
Green Day Tour Dates:
08/10/05
Allstate Arena
Rosemont, IL
08/12/05
Molson Park
Barrie, Onatario
08/13/05
HSBC Arena
Buffalo, NY
08/14/05
Ervin J Nutter Center
Dayton, OH
08/15/05
Gaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville, TN
08/17/05
Ford Center
Oklahoma, OK
08/19/05
Toyota Center
Houston, TX
08/20/05
American Airlines Center
Dallas, TX
08/21/05
SBC Center
San Antonio, TX
08/23/05
Philips Arena
Atlanta, GA
08/24/05
RBC Center
Morrisville, NC
08/26/05
Office Depot Center
Sunrise, FL
08/3005
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Columbia, MD
09/01/05
Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, NJ
09/03/05
Gillette Stadium
Boston, MA
09/04/05
Parc Jean Drapeau
Montreal, Quebec
09/05/05
Corel Centre
Ottawa, Ontario
09/07/05
Wachovia Center
Philadelphia, PA
09/09/05
Civic Center
Hartford, CT
09/11/05
Palace of Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills, MI
09/12/05
Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
09/14/05
Mark Of The Quad Cities
Moline, IL
09/16/05
Xcel Energy Center
St. Paul, MN
09/17/05
Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines, IA
09/19/05
Pepsi Center
Denver, CO
09/21/05
Delta Center
Salt Lake City, UT
09/24/05
SBC Park
San Francisco, CA
09/26/05
Tacoma Dome
Tacoma, WA
09/2705
General Motors Place
Vancouver, WA
09/28/05
Portland Memorial Coliseum
Portland, OR
09/30/05
ARCO Arena
Sacramento, CA
10/01/05
Save Mart Center
Fresno, CA
10/02/05
Coors Amphitheatre
Chula Vista, CA
10/04/05
Journal Pavilion
Albuquerque, NM
10/05/05
America West Arena
Phoenix, AZ
10/06/05
Thomas & Mack Center
Las Vegas, NV
10/08/05
Home Depot Center
Carson, CA
10/09/05
Home Depot Center
Carson, CA
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