Green Day Staging Their Own "Breakdown" for Ambitious Summer Tour "We want to give Springsteen a run for his money," Billie Joe says

Green Day
Openers On select dates: the Bravery, Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand
Tickets $29.50-$149.50

WHAT TO EXPECT:
You'll get the entirety of 21st Century Breakdown at some gigs — and "maybe Kerplunk as an encore," cracks Billie Joe Armstrong. If it sounds like a lot, it is — Armstrong says he's hoping to eventually outrun rock's most noted marathoner. "We want to give Springsteen a run for his money," Armstrong says. "I think his longest show is maybe five hours. Green Day's got six."

How will it all play? According to our David Fricke, the band's early Breakdown test run in Oakland "proved that the rock opera can be as punk as a Clash 45."