The fact that Green Day credited the work of The Who, and Tommy in particular, with providing the inspiration for their 21st-century album is added incentive.
It’s a happy coincidence that these two “rock operas” based on groundbreaking “concept albums” are both enjoying limited London seasons this summer – and, for anyone interested in the development of this fascinating crossover sub-genre, it’s an unmissable opportunity to experience both.
That is, for the next few weeks in any case. Ashley Birchall in Tommy vs Aaron Sidwell in American Idiot: both onstage in London in August 2015īirth-wise, more than three decades separate The Who’s Tommy and Green Day’s American Idiot, but location-wise, the distance is only three short train stops, from London’s Charing Cross to Greenwich.
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