Green Day has spent the summer celebrating their Grammy-winning 2004 album American Idiot, and now the band will be releasing a massive box set edition of the album this fall, commemorating the record’s 20th birthday this year.
Green Day will release the definitive American Idiot 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, featuring unreleased demos, rare b-sides, bonus songs and previously unreleased live tracks, due out October 25th. The band have assembled massive Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Sets available in 8 LP vinyl and 4 CD configurations, with each box set also contains two Blu-ray discs.
Also set for released on October 25th will be a limited edition color vinyl of the original 2 LP album, plus an audiophile “One-Step” release of American Idiot. The first three tracks include an unreleased demo of “Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Demo),” the fan-favorite B-side “Favorite Son,” and “Minority (Live from Irving Plaza)” and are available on all streaming platforms now.
The collection also houses a 36-page book, a large Green Day flag, and the iconic American Idiot red tie. If you purchase via D2C, you will also receive a poster. Meanwhile, the CD box boasts a 48-page book, enamel pin set, sticker sheet, and cloth patch.
Following its release on September 21, 2004, American Idiot landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling over 23 million copies globally (with nine million in the United States alone). The album featured the smash hits “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “Holiday,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” “Jesus of Suburbia,” and “American Idiot, and earned the 2005 Grammy Award in the Best Rock Album category, as well as inspiring a Broadway musical of the same name, receiving two Tony Awards and a Grammy Award.
Pre-order/Pre-save American Idiot 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition via greenday.com.
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