To kick off the September 17 season five premiere of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FX has launched “Greenman Tweet Week” where teams of talent dressed as Greenman will be hitting colleges, events, and hot spots making random appearances in unexpected places and engaging passerby’s.

During each encounter, Greenman distributes palm cards that proclaim “You’ve just had a Greenman sighting” and provide fans with instructions to tweet about it. The fans are then encouraged to post messages and photos about their Greenman sightings by tagging their posts with #sunnyfx.

Additionally, in support of the new season and Greenman Tweet Week, FX is asking fans to show their love for Greenman by putting on the suit, showing up at events, taking photos, shooting videos and sharing details with the gang by also sending tweets tagged with #sunnyfx.

You can see all the Greenman Tweet Week activity at www.Fxnetworks.com/sunnytweets.

As the highly anticipated 5th season of FX’s original comedy series It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia approaches, fans of the hit will have their chance to see the gang up close and in person as they take “The Nightman Cometh” on a multi-city tour. The musical performance was written by Rob McElhenney (Mac), Charlie Day (Charlie) and Glenn Howerton (Dennis) who all star along with Kaitlin Olson (Sweet Dee), and Danny DeVito (Frank) with special appearances by Mary Elizabeth Ellis (The Waitress) and Artemis Pebdani (Artemis).

“The Nightman Cometh” is a live stage adaptation of a fan favorite episode from season four in which Charlie writes a rock opera to woo his longtime obsession, The Waitress. The stage show originally premiered at the Troubadour in Los Angeles last spring and, based on the success and fan buzz generated by the musical, producers decided to bring the live show to six major US cities including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles (a full list of cities and dates is included below).

Tickets go on sale August 7, 2009 and are available at Ticketmaster and Live Nation locations and online at ticketmaster.com and livenation.com. Tickets subject to applicable service charges and event time and date are subject to change.

Sept 15 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Sept 16 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
Sept 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theatre
Sept 22 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
Sept 24 – San Francisco, CA – Nob Hill Masonic Center
Sept 25 – Los Angeles, CA – The Hollywood Palladium

“The Nightman Cometh” was written by Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton and is directed by Matt Shakman. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia is executive produced by, Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton Michael Rotenberg and Nick Frenkel.

“The Nightman Cometh” live tour will provide an excellent promotional platform for the fifth season launch of the critically acclaimed comedy, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which debuts Thursday, September 17th at 10:00 PM on FX. The series is produced by FX Productions.