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Hella Mega Tour at Hard Rock
Influential rock titans Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer are joining forces for a global supertour coming to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Aug. 5.
Tickets for Hella Mega Tour stop will go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at all Ticketmaster outlets, including Ticketmaster.com and by calling 800-745-3000. A presale for American Express card members will run 10 a.m. Monday through 10 p.m. Thursday.
To hype the tour, which kicks off July 13 in Paris, the three bands will make a three-night takeover of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” with a first-ever TV performance of new music from Weezer tonight, followed by Fall Out Boy on Wednesday and Green Day on Thursday.
Each band will be showcasing a new single from their respective albums, each set for imminent release and available for pre-order.
Five-time Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day just released the single “Father Of All…,” the lead track on their 13th studio album of the same name, set for release Feb. 7 on Reprise/ Warner Records. Preorder the album here.
Fall Out Boy’s new single, “Dear Future Self (Hands Up),” features Wyclef Jean and will be included on the album “Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die — Volume Two” (Island Records), out Nov. 15. Pre-order the album here.
“The End of the Game” is the first single from Weezer’s album “Van Weezer,” due out in May. The band says the album takes its inspiration from Rivers Cuomo’s early interest in the power rock of bands like KISS. Intriguing. Pre-order the album here.
The Interrupters will appear as a special guest on the tour, which is presented by Harley-Davidson. Each stop will include displays of the newest Harley-Davidson motorcycles, including the electric LiveWire.