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Seeing as it's Jason Freese's birthday today, let's have some Billie/Jason appreciation in here.

Few more from the Florence show two years ago:

Jason Freese is always so much fun on stage. I loved how he and Billie would have a sax/kazoo battle on the last tour

Kroq radio using Billie's photo to say "@billiejoearmstrong dropping by to remind you it's Friday"!

Billie and Mike are so cute onstage

and around the mic stand it's funny because often when he holds stuff that are not music related he seems a bit awkward (all the while cute), holding a piece of paper or a glass of wine for instance, but yeah every time he holds the mic, his guitar or anything during a gig he just puts his beautiful hands in the sexiest way possible One of the first beautiful eye / hand pic I can think of is this one (if you zoom on his eye it's almost unreal ) I also had the luck to hold his hand briefly at the end of my first Longshot gig in Brooklyn, I was in second row and brought my hand forward as he was shaking hands in the front right before leaving the stage, and I was so glad that he took mine, but I didn't try to hold it too long since he had leaned over a bit to reach me and I didn't want to bother him. I was just a quick clamping and then I let go. But my friend I went with, who was in second row as well next to me, was hardier than me, like you she didn't let go of his hand immediately, while giving him our flag we had brought, to make him understand that she wanted him to take it, and he did. I was completely awed by how she did it, one of my best visual memories from that night is seeing her holding Billie's hand, Billie staying still for a few seconds, until he moved away while taking the flag with him For my part, I don't fangirl on Mike individually, but I love him, and I fangirl on seeing Billie and Mike together a lot. Mike matters so much to GD and to Billie. Like @R_Z-Log says, he's awesome to watch at a gig, The only time I was first row at a GD gig I was on Mike's side and, even though I didn't see Billie a lot in front of me, seeing Mike all the time was anything but boring. Even my mom who loves Billie "especially for his music" as she says to me, while having never talked to me directly about the other GD members, was disappointed when I showed her Longshot gigs, because "where are Mike and Tre?" even though she is not a fangirl, she had a typical slightly possessive fan reaction about seeing other guys next to Billie during a gig, which proved even she had felt attached to Mike and Tre. Her reaction amused me a bit (I also think Mike is more her type than Billie!) I found this angry face competition and the quality of the pic is not tremendous but look at the way Mike looks at Billie, it's so endearing And since it's Jason Freese's birthday, here are pics of him with Billie when he comes up front for KFAD

You know, you’re right!! When they played the small venues before the revrad tour I saw them at 9:30 Club in DC. Seeing them so close for the first time ever I definitely fangirled hard over Mike! I get so caught up with Billie, for so many reasons other than his physical appearance, I never really paid much attention to the other guys. But honestly Mike was way hotter on stage that night!

@Goofygoldfish Forgot- I'm destined for anything at all. Warning seems to have a lot of them.

So their new song is called Longshot. What are the odds of that?

In all seriousness, these are the first ones that pop into my head. Some aren't necessarily ones you'd see on a motivational poster, but would resonate with a stressed out teen (or anyone stressed out really)- I'm still breathing on my own Do you ever build up all the small things in your mind to make one problem that adds up to nothing When you lost all hope and excuses...you've got to hold on to yourself (not sure if you'd have room for the whole chorus) A conscientious objector to the war that's in my mind Marching out of time to my own beat now the only way I know

Nah, I sing that silently in my head for some classes though 😂😂

Now it's two years since this show in Florence One of my favourite RevRad shows! And the most flattering of all Credit: Onstage / Luca Passerotti More photos: Tutto Rock / Rockol / Giada Conti Hadn't seen these! Thanks for sharing

Looking at the second picture, I noticed Billie didn't paint his thumb's nail. Now I wonder if he is the one who taught Jakob how to put varnish on fingernails. In Jakob's tutorial/Instagram live from a long time ago, Jakob said he never paint the thumb's nail because, the thumb being the finger closer to the guitar while playing, the guitar's strings tear away the color easily from the nail. Anyway, to stay on the conversation about hands:

So cute.

I think from the way they talk about Billie in interviews it’s clear they’re pretty in awe of him still ❤️

I particularly love that one with Mike in the background looking at Billie. I know we talk loads about Billie and what an awesome front man he is, but I wonder if there are times when Mike and Tre are like "wow, when did that happen", do you think maybe sometimes they can't quite believe it themselves, especially given the conversation that is supposed to have happened between Mike and Billie about who would front the band?

There are different time periods where I think Mike or Tre are hot/cute, just not all the time like Billie. But they definitely have their moments. They are all cute during the Dookie period, especially the When I Come Around Video. Mike looks great there and Tre was so cute in the early nineties. Then also in the AI period all three of them were smokin hot.

@Goofygoldfish I love that you initially took those perfect Troubled Times lines I like "do you have the feeling that you've been bleeded, cause now you're bleeding me" from Broadway on Stop, Drop and Roll. Really explains well how one can hurt for having been hurt, it may speak to teenagers. I'm also thinking of "now I pay but I can't pay attention, teaching me the hardest lessons of my life" in Sex, Drugs and Violence, although paying is mostly an adult thing, I love the word play between "pay" and "pay attention" and the "lessons" in a figurative way. Also, in Walk Away, "did you win or maybe did you lose, now you're gonna lick your wounds anyway" or "it's not too late, and it's really not worth the fight, no one's right" like a way of taking distance from wanting a fight and from the fact of winning or losing.

I think the 6th one is the ending of a eh-ho .

What a cool idea! A few lines from ¡Viva la Gloria! might be nice for encouragement. Don't put away your burning light / Bring us the season that we always will remember / Send out your message of the light that shadows in the night

I love Billie’s hands. He has bendy thumbs like my husband and long nail beds like me. I know, pathetic but those are the only similarities and you can’t take them away from me 😂😂😂😍😍😍

a perfect visual representation of this thread

When you're watching Catchphrase and one of the Catchphrases is "Nice guys finish last."

Today I have been fangirling over this photo, we don't get to see his bare back very often. So smooth and hairless ❤️❤️❤️❤️ and I'm sure as soft as his hands, you girls are so lucky you've had chance to hold them 😍😍

Small piece here from Rock Sound saying a 15th Anniversary American Idiot tour is one we'd give anything to see:

Oh yeah, that one is cool.... Off to listen to warning! Thanks again 🌟

Wow, what a way to start a morning, throwbacks and memories. Emotions spinning round.... They were so much fun, Freese is fantastic, I love him! And then watching Billie's expressions, it's all too much 😍😭😍😭😍😭💚💚💚💚

I love Warning so much for that reason. That album is so so good! Underrated for sure.

^^The first one and the one where they're dressed as clowns are so cute.

Oooo, I like these too. Thank you 😊😊😊 never thought of these before!

I love these, thank you! Especially the conscientious objector... That would really get them thinking! It's not as obvious as the others, the older ones will appreciate that... The 11 year olds will have to look it up or wait until it makes sense to them!

Mike doesn’t get enough love in this thread and it makes me sad

So not Platypus?

So, not sure if anyone knew, but I'm a teacher. At the back of my classroom I have a load of quotes and you guessed it, many are green day lyrics. I want to expand this quote wall as some furniture has moved so I have more space. The ones I've already got are: Carpe diem - seize the day What good is love and peace in earth if it's exclusive I don't have much but what I have is more than enough What part of history we've learned when it's repeated What would you wish if you saw a shooting star Talk is cheap and lies are expensive Do you want to live out loud I am after more ideas along a similar, kinda.. motivational, gently question life, stand up for what you believe in, be a good human.. way There are other motivational quotes mixed in, the students love that I have Green Day lyrics up and have asked me to get more... Not because they are fans (I'm trying!) but because they love that I'm a fan! They are aged 11 to 19, and it needs to be suitable for a classroom. Anything you can come up with would be appreciated Thanks 😊😊😊😊

I really hope next album has more vocals from Mike. I really love his voice and would even love like almost a solo song from him where Billie is back up. He's got a raw, yet still smooth sound to his voice and I really like it!!!

SO SOFT! He grabbed my hand from the stage after the Longshot show in DC and I held on tight for as long as I could. When I close my eyes I can still remember what it felt like. Strong but soft. For someone who’s done construction work, worked on cars and plays guitar you would expect them to feel tougher and more calloused but not at all. Baby soft hands. ✋🥰❤️

So much Hand Porn in here rn. Seriously though, his hands really are incredibly beautiful. They're the perfect shape and size, and I kinda love the way you can sometimes see the veins under his skin, his fingers look so strong, and his hands just look so unbelievably soft. I remember one incredibly lucky fan got to hold his hands at that Hot Topic album signing back in 2016 and she said they were even softer than she expected. Oh, and his fingernails are so pretty! I love it when he paints them too... ... especially when he paints them in different colours.😍 And that time when he only painted one fingernail in blue.

beautiful hands on a beautiful man

I love everything in his new selfie: hair, eyes, smile, skin, hand. What a beauty! I even love the fact that he's proud to show us the mug with Joey's face on it. @The Bellie What about hand and beautiful eyes in the same picture? I love the Punx tattoo on his left hand.

You always have the best pics of Billie his hands look so soft and perfect for holding I have noticed the guitar strap thing and it's adorable!! I also really love the way he holds microphones, with his hand cupping all the way around it idk that's something else I always pay attention to with him

What a dork:

Thanks for separating the threads.