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On this day 7 years ago (30 April 2017), Green Day played in Perth, Australia on the RevRad Tour. More photos: 19 years ago (30 April 2005), the American Idiot Tour came to Amherst, MA. Photo from SmalltownLibraries on Reddit. Credit if reposting. And finally for this month, 26 years ago (30 April 1998) Green Day played Houston, TX on the Nimrod Tour. I combined all of this month's "on this day" Instagram stories into a GDA article. There are some things that haven't been posted yet because I started halfway through April, so it's worth having a look if you're enjoying the Instagram stories. https://www.greendayauthority.com/news/6157/ Also made a reel of them. It goes into a void when I try to post it on Instagram, but it's on the GDA Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/reel/812985026831751

I can see this happening, not just with all of the pride stuff, it is also a great summer song. In general.

Correct. And downloading/buying. I could see Bobby Sox coming back for the summer. I could see it being a Pride thing. It did briefly chart when the album came out, but wasn't pushed then.

Random Billie pics

Radio vs streaming

If it’s #1 across the board how is it only #38 on the hot rock/alternative charts??

While I enjoy both songs, I think the only remaining song that could be a single is 1981. However, I don’t think we can expect any songs from Saviors getting the single treatment at this point

I never get seat tickets in my whole life and I am not rich, I don't think its a fair assumption to think every persong who go buy pit/premium tickets are rich, you know crazy fans do what they need to do to see the bands they love. Prices got really crazy in the last few years

Uhhh, Topps are making Green Day cards? YES.

Premium tickets and front row have always been a thing only the wealthier could afford, even when tickets were cheaper. I remember as a kid we would buy seats in the rafters or back of an arena to get them cheaply, we couldn’t ever afford seats down front. I agree that Ticketmaster “fees” and bots are bullshit but most small to medium bands are either losing money or breaking even with the cost of touring today, it affects everyone. For a while it was the revenue stream that replaced album sales but now it doesn’t even do that. It’s an industry wide problem. Everyone down the line has raised their costs from the fuel to the venue to the hotels and food. Only the biggest acts can still make money but the costs of stadium tours is astronomical. Luckily Green Day has the money to even do it.

New peak of 38 on the Hot Rock and Alternative chart.

Yeah, i know there are a lot of costs involved, a lot o people that must be payed from the revenue, but it's getting harded to pay concert tickets sometimes. From a brazilian perspective, we got shows here that costs literally over a minimum wage to get acess to premium tickets and to get a 'front row'. I can't accept this as a normal thing

DM me if you have any questions, I can help you with structuring a simple story or edit what you have. Go to a bookstore and see some examples in your chosen age range Or you can reach out to this person and ask if they’d make a custom Green Day book hecreative.com (link isn’t copying)

With the costs of touring today, they may not be able to lower it by much. And Green Day brings along three other bands to give the audience more value for their money and they all have to be paid. I would love to see the actual expense sheet of a single stadium show to see where all the revenue goes but I know literally hundreds of people and companies get paid out of that ticket money.

Reddit took off... I'm so glad that people can come together over a simple idea.. Green Day would kick ASS as a childrens book. Your idea was perfect also, to do a book on each era and show the friendship. This is gonna be a lot of research and I feel so lost. But as a HUGE Green Day fan since 9 years old with nothing but time and YouTube videos of the boys I think I got this, hopefully...

Looks like you’re getting a lot of good feedback on reddit and a few artist volunteers. Show us when it’s done

cool action, but I just don't think resellers are the only problem. The band should also care for the high priced tickets their concerts have from the start

Billie reposted one of GDA's throwbacks

I think this sounds perfect! Thanks for the advice!! Sounds good!! Thank you so much!

Your raising that kid right! I used to write stories and enter them in contests for some extra cash, but I've failed everytime, so I don't know if I can help you there, lol. I might be able to help with the name. Let me think for a while....

This sounds so fun. So many ways you can go there’s no right answer. Just to throw some thoughts out there you’d first want to consider the target age group so that it’s written with the child’s comprehension and interest in mind. As for art, unless you have art skills, there are so many great artists that are fans out there. See one who does work you like in the right style? Ask them to illustrate your book as a fun project. Now if it was me, (I’m a writer myself) I think it would be cute to do a series, a book for each era, but with cartoon images of Green Day as little kids, but in their iconic looks for each one (Dookie, Nimrod/Warning, AI, etc), each book telling a simple story around being in a band and making music, focusing on friendship and doing what you love. What do you think?

Hello, my name is Jon. I am a 28 year old Male and I have a 2 ALMOST 3 year old. He is my entire world. He too is a HUGE Green Day fan, everytime I ask him "What do you want to listen to?" He says, "Green Day!" He loves One Eyed Bastard because he gets to say "son of a bitch!" (Don't judge me, I can raise my kid how I want to. He is very polite and has manners.) It's funny that he thinks a swear word he has to ask permission and whisper but when he's signing to a song, which is Green Day and Kid's music; he BELTS it! I am not TOO artsy but I've been messing around with procreate and I'm having some fun with it. I was just smoking outside and I had a high thought... What if I were to make a Green Day kids book? If anyone has ANY tips on how to get better at childrens art (chibi, not too crazy detailed) I would really appreciate the help! My messages are open... BUT!!! Here's the fun part!! What would I call it? Where would I start? What eras would I cover? I'm thinking an era per page, but what lore should I put in it? There's lots to think of. Thanks in advanced, Jon.

One of the big Chicago alternative radio stations plays Dilemma like 3-4 times a day, sometimes more. They usually do this with any Green Day single. It is funny that I hear these new singles in heavy rotation, and the second they hit #1 on the charts, radio play immediately goes down

Same with me, the only Green Day song that I have ever heard in a shop was at my local Vintage Clothing store; their store radio played Welcome to Paradise. The rest of their music was the Ramones, the Kinks, etc. I'm not complaining, I love the Ramones, haha. Your opinion totally counts to me.

I don't really listen to radio so my experience probably doesn't matter at all. But sometimes I hear some of Green Day's big singles playing in the background in my local shop. I don't think I've ever heard a Saviors song played though. Generally just singles from American Idiot or Dookie