X Factor star Amelia Lily when lead the cast of the Tony award-winning musical American idiot when it comes to The King's Theatre in Glasgow next year.
Featuring the hit songs by punk rock group Green Day, the show will be at the venue from Tuesday, May 31 to Saturday, June 4.
American Idiot has already had ahugely successful and critically acclaimed West End run.
Amelia, who plays Whatsername, said: “I’m so excited to be a part of American Idiot on tour!
"It’s been an amazing experience playing Whatsername in the West End and now I get to do it all over again next year around the UK, bringing this incredible show to a wider audience who haven’t had a chance to see it in London!”
American Idiot features the music of Green Day with the lyrics of its lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, and book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer. The production is directed and choreographed by Racky Plews, with musical supervision by Richard Morris, sound by Chris Whybrow, design by Sara Perks and lighting by Tim Deiling.
American Idiot is the story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9-11 world. Winner of two Tony Awards® and the 2010 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009, moving onto a critically acclaimed Broadway run in April 2010.
Its hit songs include Boulevard of Broken Dreams, 21 Guns, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Holiday and the blockbuster title track American Idiot from Green Day’s 2004 Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum album. Also included are several songs from Green Day’s 2009 release 21st Century Breakdown, and an unreleased love song, When It’s Time.
American Idiot The Musical is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York.
Amelia Lily finished third on the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011, mentored by Kelly Rowland.
Her debut single You Bring Me Joy was released in 2012 and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart, while her follow-up singles Shut Up (and Give Me Whatever You Got) and Party Over (both 2013) reached the top 20 and the top 40 respectively.
Amelia made her West End debut earlier this year in American Idiot the musical and previously starred as the Narrator in the UK tour of Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
ENDS.
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