21st Century Breakdown World Tour

21st Century Breakdown World Tour
A poster promoting the first European leg of the tour.
Start Date	July 3, 2009
End Date	October 29, 2010
Legs	7
Shows	132
Tours
Previous Tour	American Idiot World Tour
Next Tour	99 Revolutions Tour

The 21st Century Breakdown World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the band Green Day, lasting from July 3, 2009 to October 29, 2010. The tour was to help show support for their newly released album, 21st Century Breakdown across its 132 shows from the Americas, Europe, Oceania and Asia. It is also the first tour where the band would tour in both Central and South America.

Background

Unlike their previous tour, Green Day would officially start the tour nearly 2 months after the album had already been released on May 15, 2009. The first three legs of the tour would happen through 2009 in North America, Europe, and Oceania. Some dates for the second European and fifth overall leg of the tour were announced during its second leg for the tour in late 2009 aimed for the summer of 2010. Dates for the seventh leg of the tour were announced in March 2010 and scheduled to start for in August of that year. The tour concluded in Central America with its final show in Costa Rica on October 29.

Opening Artists

The tour would be supported by a record number of opening artists, totaling up to 26 artists and bands opening before Green Day. Some would server as the opening act for all the concerts in a leg like AFI while some would only make a one-off appearance like the band's secret side project, Foxboro Hot Tubs. A majority of shows would have an opening act present, with special cases either having multiple or none at all. Only some shows during the band's first, sixth, and final leg of the tour include shows with no opening artists.

Live album and documentary

Like the American Idiot World Tour, the band would record a live album during the tour which would later become Awesome as Fuck. Unlike its previous tour, the recording location for the album was not centralized, instead having songs recorded from different concert venues across the European and North American legs. Only two venues had more than one song recorded for the album, being the Pannonia Fields II venue at Nickelsdorf in Austria and the Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, California. The video version of the album contains most songs played during the January 23–24 concerts at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan, with one song record at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix, Arizona. The live album would be released on March 22, 2011.

Set List

Green Day's typical setlist would consist of around 20 songs, including hit singles and other songs from 21st Century Breakdown, mixed with their other big hits, ending with one or two encores with at least 2 songs each. Unlike the band's last tour, not all songs from the album were played at least once during the tour. The following is a rough list of most fully-played songs during the tour.

"¡Viva la Gloria!"	"2000 Light Years Away"	"21 Guns"	"21st Century Breakdown"	"American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World"	"American Idiot"
"Are We the Waiting"	"At the Library"	"Basket Case"	"Before the Lobotomy"	"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"	"Brain Stew"
"Burnout"	"Christie Road"	"Cigarettes and Valentines"	"Coming Clean"	"Disappearing Boy"	"Dominated Love Slave"
"East Jesus Nowhere"	"Extraordinary Girl"	"F.O.D."	"Geek Stink Breath"	"Give Me Novacaine"	"Going to Pasalacqua"
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"	"Hitchin' a Ride"	"Holiday"	"I Fought the Law" (The Crickets cover)	"Iron Man" (Black Sabbath cover)	"J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)"
"Jaded"	"Jesus of Suburbia"	"King for a Day"	"Know Your Enemy"	"Knowledge" (Operation Ivy cover)	"Last Night on Earth"
"Letterbomb"	"Longview"	"Macy's Day Parade"	"Maria"	"Minority"	"Murder City"
"Nice Guys Finish Last"	"One for the Razorbacks"	"Only of You"	"Paper Lanterns"	"Redundant"	"Scattered"
"She"	"Shout" (The Isley Brothers cover)	"St. Jimmy"	"Stuck With Me"	"The Static Age"	"Waiting"
"Wake Me Up When September Ends"	"Welcome to Paradise"	"Whatsername"	"When I Come Around"	"When It's Time"	"Words I Might Have Ate"

Tour Dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Acts
Leg 1 - North America
July 3, 2009	Seattle	United States	KeyArena	The Bravery
July 4, 2009	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
July 6, 2009	Edmonton		Rexall Place
July 7, 2009	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
July 9, 2009	Winnipeg		MTS Centre
July 10, 2009	Fargo	United States	Fargodome
July 11, 2009	Minneapolis		Target Center
July 13, 2009	Chicago		United Center
July 14, 2009	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
July 16, 2009	Hamilton	Canada	Copps Coliseum
July 17, 2009	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place
July 18, 2009	Montreal		Bell Centre
July 20, 2009	Boston	United States	TD Garden
July 21, 2009	Philadelphia		Wachovia Spectrum
July 22, 2009	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena	N/A
July 24, 2009	Hartford		XL Center (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
July 25, 2009	Albany		Times Union Center
July 27, 2009	New York City		Madison Square Garden (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)	Kaiser Chiefs
July 28, 2009			Madison Square Garden
July 29, 2009	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center
July 31, 2009	Nashville		Sommet Center
August 1, 2009	Duluth		Arena at Gwinnett Center
August 3, 2009	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum
August 4, 2009	Miami		American Airlines Arena
August 5, 2009	Orlando		Amway Arena
August 7, 2009	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
August 8, 2009	Houston		Toyota Center	Franz Ferdinand
August 9, 2009	San Antonio		AT&T Center
August 11, 2009	St. Louis		Scottrade Center
August 12, 2009	Kansas City		Sprint Center
August 13, 2009	Omaha		Qwest Center
August 15, 2009	Denver		Pepsi Center
August 16, 2009	Salt Lake City		Energy Solutions Arena
August 18, 2009	San Jose		HP Pavilion
August 20, 2009	San Diego		Viejas Arena
August 21, 2009	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center
August 22, 2009	Phoenix		US Airways Center
August 24, 2009	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
August 25, 2009	Inglewood		The Forum
Leg 2 - Europe
September 28, 2009	Lisbon	Portugal	Pavilhão Atlântico	Prima Donna
September 29, 2009	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de Deportes
October 1, 2009	Barcelona		Palau Sant Jordi
October 2, 2009	Toulouse	France	Le Zénith
October 4, 2009	Paris		Palais Omnisports Bercy
October 5, 2009	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena
October 7, 2009	Berlin		O2 World (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
October 8, 2009	Hamburg		Color Line Arena
October 9, 2009	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum
October 11, 2009	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe
October 12, 2009	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	Prima Donna John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen
October 14, 2009	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle	Prima Donna
October 16, 2009	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy
October 17, 2009	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
October 19, 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC
October 20, 2009	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
October 21, 2009	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
October 23, 2009	London	England	The O2 Arena
October 24, 2009
October 26, 2009	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
October 27, 2009	Birmingham		LG Arena
October 28, 2009
October 30, 2009	Manchester		Evening News Arena	Prima Donna Foxboro Hot Tubs
October 31, 2009
November 1, 2009	London		Wembley Arena	Prima Donna
November 3, 2009	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
November 6, 2009	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
November 8, 2009	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
November 10, 2009	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum
November 11, 2009	Bologna		Futurshow Station
November 12, 2009	Turin		PalaOlimpico
Leg 3 - Oceania
December 4, 2009	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome	Jet
December 6, 2009	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
December 8, 2009	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
December 9, 2009			Brisbane Entertainment Centre
December 11, 2009	Sydney		Acer Arena
December 12, 2009
December 14, 2009	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
December 16, 2009
December 18, 2009	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena	Calling All Cars
December 19, 2009
Leg 4 - Asia
January 12, 2010	Bangkok	Thailand	Impact Arena	Prima Donna
January 14, 2010	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium
January 16, 2010	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	AsiaWorld-Expo
January 18, 2010	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena
January 21, 2010	Osaka	Japan	Osaka-jō Hall
January 23, 2010	Saitama		Saitama Super Arena (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
January 24, 2010
January 25, 2010	Nagoya		Nippon Gaishi Hall
Leg 5 - Europe
May 29, 2010	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Pinkpop Festival	N/A
May 30, 2010	Hanover	Germany	TUI Arena	Donots
June 2, 2010	Skive	Denmark	Skive Festival	N/A
June 4, 2010	Oslo	Norway	Ullevaal Stadion	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
June 5, 2010	Gothenburg	Sweden	Ullevi Stadion	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Johnossi
June 8, 2010	Helsinki	Finland	Kyläsaari	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts The Hives
June 11, 2010	Munich	Germany	Olympia-Reitstadion	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Donots
June 12, 2010	Nickelsdorf	Austria	Nova Rock Festival (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
June 16, 2010	Manchester	England	Old Trafford Cricket Ground (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Frank Turner
June 19, 2010	London		Wembley Stadium (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
June 21, 2010	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
June 23, 2010	Dublin	Ireland	Marlay Park (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Paramore
June 26, 2010	Paris	France	Parc des Princes	Paramore Billy Talent
June 29, 2010	Prague	Czech Republic	Vystaviste Holesovice	Billy Talent The Pooh
July 1, 2010	Mainz	Germany	Messepark	Rise Against Donots
July 2, 2010	Werchter	Belgium	Rock Werchter Festival	N/A
Leg 6 - North America
August 3, 2010	Camden	United States	Susquehanna Bank Center	AFI
August 5, 2010	Darien		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 7, 2010	Chicago		Lollapalooza Festival
August 9, 2010	Alpharetta		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
August 11, 2010	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live
August 12, 2010	Hartford		Comcast Theatre
August 14, 2010	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center
August 16, 2010	Mansfield		Comcast Center
August 18, 2010	Toronto	Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
August 20, 2010	Quebec City		L'Agora du Vieux-Port
August 21, 2010	Montreal		Quai Jacques-Cartier (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
August 23, 2010	Clarkston	United States	DTE Energy Music Theatre (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
August 26, 2010	Dallas		SuperPages.com Center (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
August 28, 2010	Greenwood Village		Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
August 30, 2010	Phoenix		Cricket Wireless Pavilion (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
August 31, 2010	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
September 2, 2010	Chula Vista		Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
September 4, 2010	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre (recorded for Awesome As Fuck)
Leg 7 - Central and South America
October 8, 2010	Caracas	Venezuela	Estadio de Fútbol de la Universidad Simón Bolívar	Lado B
October 10, 2010	Cajicá	Colombia	Nem-Catacoa Festival	Don Tetto
October 13, 2010	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Gigantinho	Superguidis
October 15, 2010	Rio de Janeiro		HSBC Arena	N/A
October 17, 2010	Brasília		Ginásio Nilson Nelson	Tiro Williams
October 20, 2010	São Paulo		Arena Anhembi	Nevilton
October 22, 2010	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Pepsi Music Festival, Costanera Sur	Massacre
October 24, 2010	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida	Attaque 77
October 26, 2010	Lima	Peru	Estadio Universidad San Marcos	Vaselina
October 29, 2010	San José	Costa Rica	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá	N/A

Cancelled Performances

Throughout the entire tour, the only performance to be cancelled was the concert at Heineken Jammin' Festival in Venice, Italy during leg six of the tour due to bad weather.

Reception

From the entirety of the 21st Century Breakdown World Tour, the band generated around $90 million across the 132 shows during its run. The tour also sold a similar amount of tickets like the previous American Idiot tour with around 1.5 million sold. Like the tour, the album was also Green Day's most commercially successful album, hitting one million units sold in February of 2011 with over 3.5 million worldwide as of 2022. Awesome As Fuck was released to a generally favorable reception with 100,000 units sold and around 500,000 units total from both album and DVD sales worldwide.

Personnel

Green Day

• Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, harmonica, lead and rhythm guitars
• Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
• Tré Cool – drums, percussion, backing vocals on "King For A Day/Shout"

Additional Musicians

• Jason White – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
• Jason Freese – keyboards, piano, saxophone, accordion, acoustic guitar on "Are We The Waiting", backing vocals
• Jeff Matika – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Opening Act Artists

• The Bravery - leg one opening act (July 3–25, 2009)
• Kaiser Chiefs - leg one opening act (July 27–August 7, 2009)
• Franz Ferdinand - leg one opening act (August 8–25, 2009)
• Prima Donna - leg two, two four opening act
• John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - Oslo Spektrum opening act
• Foxboro Hot Tubs - Evening News Arena opening act (October 31, 2009)
• Jet - leg three opening act (December 4–16, 2009)
• Calling All Cars - Vector Arena opening act
• Donots - leg four opening act (May 30, June 11, July 1, 2010)
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - leg four opening act (June 4–23, 2010)
• Johnossi - Ullevi Stadion opening act
• The Hives - Kyläsaari opening act
• Frank Turner - leg four opening act (June 16–19, 2010)
• Paramore - leg four opening act (June 23–26, 2010)
• The Pooh - Vystaviste Holesovice opening act
• Billy Talent - leg four opening act (June 26–29, 2010)
• Rise Against - Messepark opening act
• AFI - leg six opening act
• Lado B - Caracas, Venezuela opening act
• Don Tetto - Nem-Catacoa Festival opening act
• Superguidis - Gigantinho opening act
• Tiro Williams - Ginásio Nilson Nelson opening act
• Nevilton - Arena Anhembi opening act
• Massacre - Buenos Aires, Argentina opening act
• Attaque 77 - Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida opening act
• Vaselina - Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá opening act