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This is the content I’m craving. I want two hours of this kind of footage

i know i said this in the random thoughts thread a while back but like, Green Day should pull a metallica and make every single concert in their archive available for streaming, downloading, hell id kill for live SBD All the Time on CD or vinyl

The interview will finally be released in a few hours!

Such a perfect ending to an era. This video changes the song for me. I've always felt like it was an incredibly sad song, but now its feel nostalgic, peaceful and almost happy.

This is such a deep discount even before the release date I wonder who decided to do this and why. Is it because the preorders did well or not well enough? Feels like a gift to fans in light of the current economy with layoffs and exploding healthcare costs. Much appreciated whatever the reason. I was a buyer at $49 (or whatever the original price was) and this almost seems unfair, like clearance prices, but not complaining when the cost of everything else in life is so high. I’ll take the win 💚

It's so funny when it changes from random clips to him singing the song to the camera with the hairspray Happy Halloween fangirls! Remember when Billie had the hottest Halloween costume

I think out of all the anniversary box sets (not counting Insomniac), this one might be my least favorite, but I still enjoyed it. The demos are cool and have a rougher sound to them, but I'm kinda sad we didn't get more from this era, songs like "Waiting" and the title track not having demos are also kinda weird (maybe they never got demos recorded, who knows). The Otis mixes are cool, I hope they do something like this for future anniversary box sets too (like the "Uno Dos Tre" trilogy), the Otis mix of "Waiting" might be my new favorite version of the song. The 2025 remasters are also pretty neat, the songs sound a little cleaner, it's cool to hear this album get more polish and love. The live concert is cool to have, their Japan 2001 shows are awesome, but I noticed Billie's voice sounds a bit rough in this recording. Considering the concert the next day was the Shibuya-AX show, where Billie's voice was completely shot, I wonder if he was partially sick at this show too. Pretty interesting they chose this concert to include on the box set. I'm sad "Church on Sunday" and "When I Come Around" from this show got omitted for whatever reason, I guess their recordings of the songs got messed up or something. Hopefully the bootleg show of this show turns up so we can have the full thing available again. I hope the next box set will be 21st Century Breakdown or the Trilogy!

OMG that was so sweet and Billie with the hairspray killed me . Perfect choice of song for it

I'm actually so fucking excited for this, Warning is my (current) favorite Green Day album.

Today I caught my husband singing Warning to himself (the song, not the whole album 🤣). He admitted that it’s a good song! Now I am proud! It’s a long way but we’ll get there…

Would you believe my painter showed me snippets that look very like this. He’s Polish and a pal of his shot some of this I believe, he was actually there for some of the shows!

The 99 Revolutions Tour shirt is the best one. The back: Also the commemorative 21st Century Breakdown Tour shirts for each show. And it's not a Green Day shirt, but a special mention for the Longshot tour shirt that I made

Photoshot of each page so far, obviously the print is to small to read. Trying to find way to enlarge, not having much success. otherwise may need to type article for posting on here, sorry. Great photos of band though. Takes me back, 1995, what a time sharing my life with Green Day. Billie Joe quotes: "We're not coming out with some tit-and-ass beerfest. We say obnoxious things and stuff, but I'd rather have my kid go to see Offspring than Poison." "We've worked our asses off to get to where we are now, to the point where I'm probably a little bit mentally disturbed." "We can't go, 'Duh, this sucks, the people paying to see me are the kind who used to beat me up in high school. I want my mummy.'"

i found hairspray billie in the mv really cute and for a whole i thought of drawing him. here's hairspray billie

I love these bts videos, could watch this sort of stuff for hours.

First off, I want to say sorry to @solongfromthestars as I know how hard she works for us all here and that I really appreciate it, so I feel bad for taking so long to get round to posting this and know that I have missed the date for her article. I have loved the Saviors tour/album cycle right from the record release party (couldn't believe there was a store about 100 miles from us taking part) which was fun. (I walked past another store on the same day who were already selling the album and went in and told them to stop it 😂). Anyway, I loved the album from first hearing, Fancy Sauce stuck in my head as being really different and I still love it and play it regularly. Along came tour dates and I went for the show nearest me (Bellahouston) and also went for Manchester. Manchester was first and one of my GD friends came down that day to meet us go with hubby and me (she was on her own) and there we met up with @Goofygoldfish who I don't think still visits here (sorry and Hi if I'm wrong) and some more of her buddies and had a great time. The rest of the gang were all heading in nearer the front but as I am one of the older folks here and it takes me a couple of days to recover from a show at the best of times, I don't need beaten up in the pit! 😂 It was a great show, there a light shower just before the band came on but it was quite a nice night and they were in great form. The crowd was well into it, the band looked and sounded great and we got that amazing set list. Sadly no Dookie dogs, we assumed due to dodgy weather forecast. One of the my favourite songs in the whole word is Whatsername and to hear it live brought me to tears, all in all a great show. Public transport out to the ground was completely mobbed but really good natured with folk singing on the way back into the city. Second show was Bellahouston (Glasgow) which I wish they wouldn't use, transport out to it is rubbish but nevermind! It's not as big a crowd as Manchester but we met up with a few friend and although we got pretty much the same show, it was great all over again, just slightly colder 😂 I had always talked of going to see GD abroad and while I have always thought I would see them in the states, I don't plan to visit the US anymore (sorry, you are lovely people....) we decided a few days in Vienna would be nice. We had a great trip, the venue was quite easy to get to, my friend again came to meet us and off we went. The setlist was different but a great one for me, we got OEB, Forever Now, Hitchin a Ride, Stuart and The Avenue, Dilemma, Minority, She, WICA, Bobbysox and a little bit of Redundant, some of my favourite songs again so I was really happy. Seemed to me an odd venue as the bar was right in the hall so there was quite a lot of drink being consumed. I was beside a really tall, Viennese guy and he offered to put me on his shoulders 😂. I declined, would probably have killed him. It was a great show and a huge crowd walked back into the city and a bar that was just closing stayed open for us to quench or thirst for a short while. We felt a lot of places had missed a trick, yes it was Wednesday night but the band had played two nights in a row and there were lots of people about. Anyway, I'm rambling now, but I have loved this era, the band seem well and happy, have obviously enjoyed the shows themselves and I haven't even tried to keep up with all the videos folk have shared, I will watch them during the drought we are sure to undergo now as they take a well deserved rest. It will be ice when they pop up again in January, albeit I think it will be brief. I should say, we had tried to meet up with more fans after the show in Vienna but unfortunately the venue picked was totally in the wrong direction for us and I think it was for most as it didn't seem to come to anything.

Thought this might be appreciated in here too - a new photo from Alice Baxley (not on her Instagram - might be from her website - first saw it on some of the other fansites)

I don't know if it's a sarcastic remark or I'm just not getting it, but in the liner notes of the vinyl box it says "...it hurts so good that Warning's 'Blood, Sex & Booze' explored S&M - a hard-hitting theme first addressed head on by Green Day on Tré Cool's 'Tortured Love Slave'...". Written by David Wild. Did nobody went over his text? Just proves that people who threw this together didn't care enough to fact check.

I've just listened to the demos. Deadbeat Holiday, Castaway are the standouts. Misery has different lyrics and more raw sounding as is Jackass. Blood, Sex and Booze, Church on Sunday and Fashion Victim are similar to the final versions with few different details. Macy's Day Parade Otis Mix which is without drums and bass sounds better than the album version. I wish this was the album version. Waiting Otis Mix is cool and makes me think why Minority didn't get an Otis Mix. It would be lovely.

You joke but this is a quote from 2000 (I have a scan of the interview but can't access it at the moment because I can't get on imgur):

a bit ago i got my first green day cds: saviors, american idiot, 1039/sosh, nimrod, and dookie around june this year i thought of listening to all of them in full for once! i know streaming exists, but i like to listen to new albums on physical if i can. maybe tease with a few on streaming of course, just not the full thing since i have time, i'll finally be able to listen to them all especially without extra distractions around me with all the probably 100 apps on my computer compared to just a booklet, cover art, and back cover. and that also means i'll finally be able to listen to welcome to paradise without my friend bugging me all the time. unfortunately saviors will have to wait i only have so much time and stamina to just stare at billie's handwriting...

This is the most singles Green Day have ever put out for an album, right? it gets tricky with the "promo singles" and "other charting songs" but gosh darn, no matter what you count or don't count - it's a lot. Dream, Brains, Dilemma, Bastard, Sox. Corvette Summer was a promo single. Smash it Like Belushi and Ballyhoo were the singles from the deluxe version. Suzie Chapstick feels like a single. 1981 and Goodnight Adeline charted. Breakdown had about 8 songs that charted some kind of way, but yeah. Saviors was the gift that kept on giving.

This really is to be appreciated!👏 Here the non-fan husband ("Saviors is a really good album but I don't need the rest...") actively looked for Holiday on Spotify and listened to it! No deep cuts though...

Maybe the best music video I've seen from them in a long time

I can’t help myself, this video belongs here. The boys are just too cute in it. I need to watch this on repeat!❤️🥰❤️

You don't need to apologise for anything! Deadlines can never be right for everyone. Thank you for sharing regardless 🩷 I'm so glad we all got to hear Whatsername! That Lyon show will always hold a special place in my heart not only because the show was amazing, but because the vibe was amazing. Thanks for being my gig buddy at such a special show and thanks for sharing your story! As wonderful as these stories are, I feel that it wouldn't be fair to add them because I've already told several people outside of GDC that they're too late. It will also get me into the territory of constantly editing the article because then it would be understandable for someone else to ask for theirs to be added. Sorry! I think they'll actually get more attention here anyway, since people have already read the article and won't be expecting an update. A big thank you to everyone who has shared stories and photos. This thread will always be open for anyone who wants to share something about the tour 🩷

The article has landed https://www.greendayauthority.com/news/6267/

I love these box sets, in particular for live tracks from previous live shows, I just can't help it, I'm so crazy about GD live there's nothing like it. I'm all for streaming music but live stuff is generally only available on record. Just listened to Blood, Sex and Booze (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, from March 2001). Released today. Holy shit that was awesome. Amazing quality. Like to close my eyes and pretend I'm there with all the fans. Can't wait for the box set to be released to hear rest of show. Thanks GD ❤️

My partner is learning to play the saxophone, and my first reaction was to run to him and tell him, "here, you need to learn to play this now"

It's a very nice looking box set and the book has a lot of cool information. Hold On was written because a friend of a friend of Billie's was dying, wow. There was a misunderstanding about the orchestral parts on the album because they thought Billie wanted Within You Without You by the Beatles when he asked for With or Without You" by U2. Haha here's the guy who wrote the notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wild

This is my first anniversary box set. I generally don't re-purchase music I already own even if it's a deluxe, remaster, etc. I just listen to the extras on streaming once or twice and then forget they exist. But for the deal on Amazon it was worth it. I've been listening to it non-stop. I put Warning on my Christmas CD list in 2000 (my parents could not be bothered to learn my taste in music, the list was necessary along with instructions on what CDs should not be bought at Wal-Mart). Of course my friends and I had already listened to it via the Napster leaks which is probably the reason I didn't go out and buy it myself when it released. I remember my boyfriend at the time telling me I was lame for liking it. I don't think I told any of my friends that I got it because when you're 16 you care way too much about what your friends think. At the time I didn't think anything could top Nimrod or Pearl Jam's Vs. as my favorite albums and Warning blew them both out of the water. It's remained my favorite album ever since.

That was printed in the original booklet; I'm fairly certain it refers to the whoa-oh-oh gang vocal section.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRCr-4-kbQe this may also explain why demos are missing (I.E: Warning, Waiting, Hold On and Minority)

Billie's vocals on the Blood Sex and Booze demo are slightly creepy and I like it. The unintelligible words/shouting at the end is different lol, is he actually saying anything or just random sounds? Glow in the dark Warning man shirt for my brother's Christmas present just arrived 😊

Damn I love this band

My $17 Amazon box set arrived today! I noticed that all the B-sides are mixed much quieter than the Shenanigans version. All the demos are like this too. Top is Outsider from the box set and bottom is from Shenanigans CD.

CD Box Set price error? Amazon has it for $17. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTMXCCTM

Absolutely loved this song from the first listen. The guitars are awesome!

Well I was 15 when I first got into Green Day and since I made it my occupation to get all of their albums and my family could not keep up with which ones I already had and which I didn't, they all took to getting me "similar bands" albums for every birthday, Christmas or special occasion. I could just imagine them walking into a record store and asking the staff for their recommendation of bands a 15 year old girl into Green Day might enjoy. This resulted in my getting a lot of Blink 182, Simple Plan, My Chemical Romance, Good Charlotte, and other bands I cannot remember, and me hating them all because I just felt so patronized I have since revisited a few of them and still don't like them (although I have really grown to appreciate MCR's Black Parade since my friend made me listen to it to get me to go with him to their show next year, but I am still firmly not into the rest of their stuff). At that time instead I turned to discovery older punk and older rock on my own, and I did become a huge fan of those. But I do wonder if the situation had been reversed, and my auntie had given me a The Who album for Christmas when I was 15 instead of Good Charlotte, if I'd be a huge fan of Good Charlotte right now Anyways, very verbose answer, sorry. I really like Radiohead, but I would not think they are at all similar to Green Day

Lately when I get to my bus stop in the morning, I think back to missing my bus for the sake of the Green Day scramble and trying to win entry to this event. Stressful but kind of fun!

I love it! And I like that not only did the chorus become a song a couple years later but the melody of the verses was used 21 years later (Kill Your Friends from The Longshot)

I love this song, and I am really really enjoying this live version. I keep coming back to it a few times day.

This Japanese promo called "Singles", new and sealed!!

I know I'm late for the article, but want to share my experience anyways I would say that for me the Saviors tour started on November 4th, 2023, at their show in Bataclan (Paris). As most of you know, I was a die hard fan in the 2004 - 2014 decade, but then I kind of drifted away from the band. When they announced the show in Bataclan I decided to try to go, mostly because I felt I owed it to the 15-year-old me who, stuck in Venezuela, dreamed of some day being able to attend one of these small surprise shows they pulled off in the US and Europe. But as soon as the band played the first chords of American Idiot, it was a like switch went off in my brain and I was immediately hooked again. Those first chords are the only very vivid memory I have from that night, it was so emotionally intense that the rest of it has became some kind hazy memory. When they announced the Savior tour, I immediately bought a ticket for the Paris show. I didn't ask my partner or my friend or anyone else to come with me, "in case I decided I wanted to queue for first row" But rather conservatively, I decided to only buy for Paris. After all, Saviors was not out yet, and maybe I wouldn't like it too much, and drift out of the Green Day world again. But then, right before the album was released, they announced that they'd play Dookie and American Idiot in full, and I immediately knew I needed to add more dates to my list, so I got tickets for Lyon and Hamburg. And then when Saviors was finally released, I absolutely loved it, so that sealed the deal even more. Lyon was the first show, and I'm so glad I connected here with @solongfromthestars and that we queued together. At the queue I also met the Italian fans and the girl who'd queue with me in Paris afterwards. In the months leading up to the show and even the day of during the queue, it just always felt so surreal to think I'd get to listen to the band play American Idiot live, in full, in order... that album meant so much to me, and even while I was away from Green Day land, it has always held the most special place in my heart, and it was such a dream for me to listen to it in full live... and I dream I had given up hope on a very long time ago. And it was amazing to spend the day surrounded by people who were sharing that same sense of awe at what we were about to experience. And then during the concert, hearing Dookie in full was amazing, hearing some of the Saviors songs that I love played live was also great, getting some old songs like Minority and Brain Stew live again felt so special, but listening to AI in full is something I just have no words for, any adjective I could use falls way too short. And the Lyon show was such an emotional experience for me, I released so many things and emotions I had pushed so far down, I didn't even know they needed releasing. I was prepared to get really emotional with songs like Novacaine, Homecoming, or Whatsername, but I even became super emotional with songs like She and JoS, which I had already heard live so many times. It was really such as special and emotionall show. Hamburg was also great, although more relaxing as I went with my partner and we didn't queue for this one. And then Paris was such a good show too, however, I also felt so sad thinking that this would be the last time I'd listen to AI in full live, that I literally started tearing up when American Idiot started, and pretty much didn't stop crying until the end of the show. The week after the show I was texting with a friend and telling him that I felt so happy, so lucky, and so fulfilled having been to all these concerts and having had this dream come true, but that at the same time I was so sad knowing it was almost certain I'd never hear this album live again because they'd never do a tour like this again, and he was like "and they are not playing any more dates?" and when I told him they still had the US leg of the tour, he was like "why don't you go to one of those then?" and then I was like, "yeah, why don't I?" A lot of planets had to aligned (and some I had to force to align), but in the end I got to see them one last time, at their Arlington show in Texas. I think that the fact that I had already mourned for never hearing AI live again, and kind of accepted the Paris show as the last time I'd do this, I was able to just fully enjoy and feel the joy of doing this one more time. If there was a show that felt like a celebration for me, it was this one. And with those 4 shows in 2024, I thought the Saviors tours was a wrap. I didn't expect them to do a 2nd leg of the European tour, so when they announced it I was so happy. Once again I underestimated how much I'd want to see them live, and initially only planned to go to the Vienna and Amsterdam shows. And then when they started playing different deep cuts at each night in the Asian tour I knew I needed to add the other non-festival date (Luxembourg) to the list. I am not a fan of going to festivals for a band I really like, but in retrospect I regret not doing the Scandinavian festivals. I'm still in awe of some of the deep cuts we got (86, Waiting, the Redundant snippet, Forever Now, I Was There, Saviors....). And being Venezuelan, with family living in the US, the rant and chant during Holiday at the Amsterdam show felt just so cathartic. It was the almost-perfect closure of the Saviors tour for me (Fancy Sauce would have made it perfect ) Seeing @solongfromthestars and the Italian fans again, as well as meeting other wonderful fans, including @greendepent, @She-Loves-Him and @Mollyluna (and spending a lot of time hanging out at a randomly chosen cafe with her ) were also highlights of the tour for me. And seeing people I'd met in the queues get on stage for Know Your Enemy at different shows throughout the tour) was also so exciting, because I knew just how much it meant to them. As I discussed with one of the Italian gals (Veronica) after the tour was over, one of the things I miss the most about the tour, is spending so much time with other people who are as obsessed as you are, to whom you don't need to explain how much you getting this or that song would mean to you, or why on earth you're traveling all over or queuing for hours to see a band play a concert you have, for the most part, already seen them play before, because they just get it, and we're just rooting for each other to get on stage, or to get the spot they want in the barricade, or the band to play the deep cut they want. It really feels like such a little safe community. I went to the Amsterdam show with my best friend, who is also a Green Day fan, but a "normal" one, and I have since decided that I'm not going to Green Day concerts with "normies" again

I want to play too!🙃 For me the worst song ist Drama Queen: those lyrics are so cringe I can't stand to listen to the song (even if musically it's okay). And Drama Queen is closely followed by Amy which I dislike as a whole. But all the rest of the songs are fine for me I think... Edit: I was thinking about Haushinka, the starting point of this discussion. I didn’t care much for the song until I saw the videos of Chile some weeks back. And I began to appreciate it. Sometimes a live version can make a difference!

Today I'm 15 years away since the very first time I saw Green Day. Time flies

New photo of Billie from Alice Baxley popping up on the fansites. Can't see it on her Instagram. Might be from her website?

Another album another tour. So many since the first in '91, and all so special with unforgettable memories. And Saviors is no different. So many special moments. This was the first, when it all begins, the journey goes on. Québec July '23, first song from album performed live, 1981. This view of the band like so many times, not near the stage, but sharing the elation surrounded by adoring fans. There's no better place to be. Even when things go wrong. That's live music for you. Prior to album release I was so lucky to catch the band in London pub, up close and intimate, took me back to those live shows in tiny venues in '91. After high of local pub, the low of the planned live show in London with band being sick. So concerned and worried, not knowing if they were ok until next day. Still got to see them later though on Saviors tour. The set lists was something else. And as always, those special moments meeting fans and making new friends, and meeting up with old friends from previous tours. And then, as always, expect the unexpected. Up pops a new Pinhead Gunpowder album. Just like the '90s when new GD album arrived PG not far behind. Not to forget the 2 aniv' box sets. Another high, got to see Coverups for first time. One thing I do want to mention which I think is important. I want to say a big thank you so much to everyone on here. I feel as though I've been on tour with the band. Thanks to everyone sharing their photos, experiences at shows, and set lists. From Quebec at the start to San Bernardo at the end. Can't wait till the next time. Thanks GD you did it again. Lov yer. ❤️

Not so much a motivational rant but this livestream always makes me laugh: 😂