“Audacious, rebellious, and stressed out by the state of the country.” Green Day share plans for epic 20th anniversary American Idiot reissue, featuring a new documentary, demos, live cuts and more

In addition, two Blu-ray discs will house a 110-minute documentary film titled 20 Years Of American Idiot, and the previously released Heart Like A Hand Grenade documentary, which captured the making of the blockbuster set.

Furthermore fans will be able to revisit some classic BBC Live performances, incorporating Top Of The Pops appearances and songs taped exclusively for Later… With Jools Holland.

To tantalise their fan base further still, the band have shared three songs from the box, a previously unreleased demo for Holiday/Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, B-side Favorite Son and a teaser for the ‘Live From Irving Plaza’ disc, in the form of Warning-era single Minority.

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The box sets are now available to pre-order, as is a limited edition colour vinyl of the original 2LP version of the epic rock opera.

In a statement related to the reissue, Warners say, “In the summer of 2004, Green Day entered the studio with Rob Cavallo to create American Idiot, uncertain of what the future held. They were audacious, rebellious, and stressed out by the state of the country at the time. American Idiot was crafted as a response to the daily bombardment of media that spreads it far and wide, making us desensitized and weary -filled with themes that still ring true today, even 20 years later.”

A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne’s private jet, played Angus Young’s Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.