Green Day are currently rehearsing Dookie front to back, with rumors spreading that the band will tour their landmark debut album in 2019 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. They performed the album in full at Reading and Leeds in 2013 just a year before the 20th anniversary.
Drummer Tre Cool posted a photo of the rehearsal setlist on Instagram, “Fun band practice – swipe to see the set list we played today …”
Forbes reports that the title track to Green Day’s American Idiot enjoyed a sales surge in the U.K. after a Twitter account called American Idiot For UK No.1 When Trump Visits campaigned to get the song to the top of the U.K. Official Charts in time for President Donald Trump’s recent visit to the region. Although “American Idiot” only reached No. 18 on the overall Top 100 singles chart, it reached No. 2 on the Singles Downloads Chart and topped the Rock & Metal Singles Chart. It also reached No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller list.
News of the “American Idiot” campaign quickly spread across the pond, and the track debuted at No. 23 on Billboard’s Rock Digital Song Sales chart this week with 2,000 downloads, a 320% increase over last week, Chart Data reports. Previously, the song peaked at No. 61 on the Hot 100 in 2004, and it topped the Alternative Songs chart the same year. The track also earned four nominations at the 2005 Grammy Awards.
