Best Bet for Green Day Boston Tickets

It’s safe to say that Green Day as a band has successfully achieved cult status over the past two decades. They started out as a small California local band with a grassroots fan base, and with their catchy, and at times even controversial pop punk songs, they have built a tremendous and dedicated fan base over the years that spans across the entire world. They are likely the most influential punk/alternative band in the modern music scene.

Original formed under the name Sweet Children in 1987, the played local shows in California, immersing themselves in the punk scene before signing with Lookout! Records. Their first EP, titles “1,000 Hours” was released by Lookout!. They also decided to start appearing under the new name, Green Day to create separation between themselves and another band with a similar name to Sweet Children. Now, Green Day has released eight studio albums and sold over twenty-two million records, just in the United States.

The trio that makes up Green Day include front man Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool. Three guys who started out together with big dreams, the same dreams as thousands of small bands that star every year, but Green Day managed to find success and spread their music to a huge fan base. Now they are another band with longevity that young musicians can emulate.

The current Green Day 2009 tour, their first tour in three years, is worldwide. The tour kicks off in Seattle on July 3. The band will perform all over the world until the end of the year to promote their latest album, “21st Century Breakdown.” The album has done remarkably well, boasting five hit singles. More than 12 million copies of the album have been sold worldwide.

Despite their roots in the punk scene, there is little doubt that Green Day is one of the biggest and most popular bands in existence today, and are the feature of major network interviews, magazine covers and websites.

Green Day has a concert in Boston at the TD Banknorth Garden on July 20, and the show begins at 7:30 PM. Tickets are available from various sources, so the best bet to get a good deal is use a free service like TicketZinger.com, which displays all of the cheapest Green Day tickets at one time.