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And we think you guys are going to enjoy it!

It was announced today by the producers of the Tony-Award winning musical that American Idiot will tour in the UK in the new year. The show will start in Southampton in October 2012 and then tour across the UK and Ireland, before closing at London's Hammersmith Apollo.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong:

"We're excited to be bringing the US stage production of American Idiot to the UK and Ireland. We played to some of the most insane crowds when we toured the album there, and we can't wait for our friends across the pond to see the musical."

Tickets will go on sale next week, but no word yet if Billie will be joining in on the tour. Chances are good though!

Check out the jump to see the dates and the venues for the tour! Happy rockin' out!

Southwest has decided to allow cameras onto their planes following recent publicity flub-ups.

The airline has been caught on record doing very stupid regulating during their flights.

Some of the fails include kicking director Kevin Smith off for being overweight and kicking off Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong for sagging.

As reported earlier, L Word star Leisha Hailey was also kicked off for kissing her girlfriend, being told Southwest is a "family airling."

FAIL!

The new reality show will air on TLC and show planes from Baltimore and Denver.

The airline hopes the show will promote passenger and employee love towards Southwest.

But the damage has already been done.

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For the film adaptation of American Idiot, the Broadway musical inspired by Green Day's questions for American government, Billie Joe Armstrong has someone in mind to star…

ROBERT PATTINSON!! ZOMG!!! TELL TEAM EDWARD!!!!!

Apparently the punk rocker thinks R-Patz's chops are groovy, saying:

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Wow! This is a big change in direction for him!

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong started dabbling in acting when he appeared as St. Jimmy in his American Idiot musical, and now, it appears he's worked his way up to a role on Showtime series Nurse Jackie, which stars Edie Falco in the title role!

According to executive producer

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In 2009, Green Day used a work of art (pictured above) for their own creative use which caught the angry attention of artist David Seltzer.

The artist sued the band for "stealing" his "frightened, fang-toothed face" for their own professional use.

Unfortunately for Seltzer, he ended up being the one who won the battle for Green Day.

During his testimony, David vented:

[Image via WENN/David Seltzer.]

Wow. So touching, and so powerful.

During a secret show at the Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, CA, Green Day premiered a brand new song, titled Amy, which paid tribute to the life of late singer Amy Winehouse.

Although

Tom Hanks and Billie Joe Armstrong! Who knew!

Though some other studios were actively pursuing the rights to the musical, in turns out that Tom's Playtone Productions will be producing the stage-to-film adaptation of American Idiot.

The details are still in the works, but Michael Mayer who direct the stage verision will return as the helmer for the film and Green Day frontman Billie Joe will reprise his Broadway role as St. Jimmy.

Hell! At this rate, why not just get the entire orginal stage crew and cast to come back! Might as well!

FYI - Playtone also has the rights to Spring Awakening. How busy are you at the moment, Lea Michele??? LOLZ!

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The closing night of Green Day's Broadway musical American Idiot was a family affair for Melissa Etheridge.

The singer took her two oldest kids to see the very last show on and even got a sweet pic with Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong!

Not a bad way to say goodbye, right?

We're also happy to see nobody lost an eye to the massive spikes on top of Billie's head. LOLz!

For any Green Day fans out there who were not fortunate enough to see American Idiot on Broadway, there is no need to fear because producers are taking the show on a North American tour!

Check out the tour dates below to see if the Tony-award-winning show will be stopping by you!

Dec. 28-Jan. 15, 2012 Toronto, ON – Toronto Centre for the Arts
Jan. 17-22 Detroit, MI – Opera House
Jan. 24-29 Boston, MA – Opera House
Jan. 31-Feb. 5 Raleigh, NC – Memorial Auditorium
Feb. 21-26 Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
Feb. 28-29 State College, PA – Eisenhower Auditorium
March 2-4 St. Louis, MO – Peabody Opera House
March 13-April 22 Los Angeles, CA – Ahmanson Theatre
April 24-29 Tempe, AZ – ASU Gammage
May 8-20 Dallas, TX – AT&T PAC
May 29-June 3 Costa Mesa, CA – Segerstrom Center
June 5-10 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre

Would U go see the American Idiot musical on tour?