Green Day has begun rescheduling some of the live dates that the band canceled in the wake of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's meltdown at a Las Vegas festival in late September and his subsequent trip to rehab for an extended stay. According to the trio's publicist, a limited run of rescheduled shows will begin on March 28th in Chicago. Eleven shows have been confirmed, with tickets for the original dates to be honored at each stop. However, 10 gigs have been canceled outright and fans have been instructed to seek refunds for those tickets at the point of purchase.

The band said in a statement, "We want to thank everyone for hanging in with us for the last few months. We are very excited to hit the road and see all of you again, though we regret having to cancel more shows."

• Armstrong added in a personal message, "Dear friends... I just want to thank you all for the love and support you've shown for the past few months. Believe me, it hasn't gone unnoticed and I'm eternally grateful to have such an amazing set of friends and family. I'm getting better everyday. So now, without further ado, the show must go on."
• The original tour dates were scrapped and Armstrong went into rehab just as the band was in the midst of releasing the first of three new albums, Uno!.
• While that disc had moderately impressive first-week sales, the next two albums, November's Dos! And last month's Tre!, sold far less. Industry analysts wondered if the band's lack of promotion, the arrival of so much new music in a short amount of time, or both were responsible for the disappointing sales of the three CDs.
• Newly rescheduled Green Day tour dates (subject to change):
  March 28 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena
  March 29 - Moline, IL - I Wireless Center
  March 31 - Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center
  April 1 - Rochester, NY - Blue Cross Arena
  April 3 - Philadelphia, PA - Liacourias Center
  April 4 - Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center
  April 6 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
  April 7 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center
  April 9 - Providence, RI - Dunkin Donuts Center
  April 11 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
  April 12 - Quebec City, QC - Quebec Colisee

SIDE NOTES
The dates that have been canceled and will not be rescheduled are:
January 7 - Green Bay, WI - Resch Center
January 10 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
January 11 - State College, PA - Bryce Jordan Center - Penn State Univ.
January 18 - Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Arena
January 25 - Portland, ME - Cumberland Co. Civic Center
January 30 - Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Ctr. / Cleveland St. Univ.
February 2 - Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center Mem. Coliseum
February 4 - Omaha, NE - CenturyLink Arena
February 6 - Broomfield, CO - 1STBANK Center
February 8 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena

WHAT DO YOU THINK??

• Do you think getting back on the road will help Green Day turn its current fortunes around?
• Is it too soon for Billie Joe to get back into the rock and roll lifestyle, especially if he's just coming out of rehab?

INTERNET COMMENTS at Loudwire and Rolling Stone - agree or not?

Ryan Howe wrote: "Am I the only one who wishes they would stay on hiatus?"

rlj1010 wrote: "Very disappointing they couldn't reschedule EVERY show that was originally affected. I think Uno, Dos, and Tre have bombed sales-wise...And this kindof thing, only rescheduling SOME shows...will definitely hinder future ticket sales...not good."

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