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On this day 7 years ago (10 May 2017), Green Day played in Sydney, Australia on the RevRad Tour. More photos: I'm just going to keep saying that I can't believe that tour was seven years ago, because what the fuck? When did that happen? Don't talk to me about how long it's been since the 99 Revolutions Tour. 19 years ago (2005), they played in Peoria, IL on the American Idiot Tour. 22 years ago (2002), they played in Selma, TX on the Pop Disaster Tour. 26 years ago (1998), they played in Schenectady, NY on the Nimrod Tour. And 32 years ago (1992), they played in Edmonton, Canada on the Kerplunk Tour. I admit I forgot yesterday. Thanks Rumpel.

This is cute

Thank you!

Here you go! And according to a Google Lens result, it was after the 1st Coney Island show, so May 22, 2018.

I'm looking for a photo of Billie backstage after a show on the Longshot tour. He's shirtless and sticking his tongue out. Yes, I am unashamedly using thirst traps to get people to look at my On This Day thing. That does mean I also need to know what show it was from though, so if you know, please share your knowledge and the photo!

I think if they legally weren't allowed to say something about that on stage if they wanted in Texas or Florida that would apply. That's the difference to me, if it directly affects the artist's performance. Nobody's doing any of the things you're accusing them of. Nobody has even brought up let alone called out Christianity, the only thing that's been called out is UAE's Islamic based laws. Boycotting a country because a lot of people in the country follow a particular religion would be stupid and bigoted. I don't think anyone's even calling for a boycott anyway, just questioning the decision to play (and contibute to the economy of) a country with some major human rights issues that conflict with the band's message/songs, and where their show will be subject to censorship laws.

Missing my point completely. You can't act all righteous & make out that they should boycott the show, when you yourself won't speak out against the religion which rules the area. You'll stand there and call out Christianity & how bad you think it is, but you won't do the same about the most oppressive, far right religion, currently out there. These countries are the way they are, because they put their religion at the forefront of everything. What it says in their holy book, is what they are governed by. 'Attacking people' ? what exactly do you think you're doing when you call out other religions? You don't think that you're attacking somebody when you call out Christianity? Laughable really. Green Day can play wherever the hell they want, but i'm still against islamic laws & the religion itself because it opposes everything that I stand for. But i'm happy to call the religion for what it is. And I ain't gonna stand here & call for half assed boycotts like some on here. If you're gonna do it, do it properly....

I still think by that logic they shouldn’t play Texas or Florida because of the laws violating the human rights of pregnant people.

Hahaha totally. I can understand a band doesn't play in certain countries because of their policies, that's fine, just as some have done several years ago with Israel. But I also understand that many civilians are not to blame for that... And why nobody talk about The Offspring is play there too? More than 30 years and finaly they are playing shows together... but in Africa and the UAE 😆

Ah Godwin's law there. many religions have elements that are now not socially acceptable to western philosophy. There is also many different strands of the same religion. Lumping them all together ignores that. The Christian fundamentalists are completely different to many other Christian groups. Not everything the fundamentalists do such as the harassing people getting abortains means that other Christian’s agree with that. In the same way that there are many Muslims who are fine with queer people.

This is about Green Day playing the country, not about attacking an entire religion. People personally practicing a religion has nothing to do with the topic, the only relevant part is the laws that relate to this Green Day show. I think religion sucks as a concept lol, but that doesn't mean everyone who practices religion sucks and should be attacked for it. If the issue was people in the country being religious/conservative then there'd be calls for them not to play half the US too - the difference between a religiously conservative US state and this religiously conservative country is laws, not what religion it is. The specific issue here is religion (and censorship of government critical views) being legally enforced by a government which creates human rights issues. But there's nothing Green Day can do about that, so the even more specific issue that relates to this show being discussed is just whether it's right for them to play a show in this country. It isn't a discussion about the entirety of Islam/organised religion lmao.

‘The issue isn’t with Nazism itself but the way it is legally enforced’ Some people have mush for brains.

On this day, 9 May Was anyone on GDC at any of these shows?

The people saying it are calling out Islam based censorship/"morality" laws. Literally nobody is claiming it has nothing to do with Islam. But there's a big difference between people in a country being Muslim and a country enforcing oppressive laws based on Islam/religion or based on anything for that matter. The issue here isn't the religion itself but the way it is legally enforced in this particular country.

A lot of virtue signalling on here. Green Day can play wherever they want. The same people on here who are calling for a boycott and saying it's a bad PR move are the same people who won't call out islam but will tear into christianity because it's easy to do so. The reason that countries in the middle east outlaw homosexuality, is because their religion comes first & their religion / ideology in these countries is islam, which is as far right & as oppressive as it comes when it comes to religion. Now if you're talking of boycotts, then you can't exclude islam from the conversation.. So either do it properly, call it out for what it is, in the same way you do about other religions or take your virtue signalling elsewhere.

Let’s face it: They’re doing this for the money. It’s not about spreading the message of love and equality in an authoritarian state. They’re getting paid and that’s why they’re doing it. Obviously, you can’t boycott every country or state whose government potentially undermines your own values. But by playing in Dubai, they actively support the country’s agenda by giving the government what they want: attention. These states are using such events to improve their image. That’s what the World Cup and all these F1 races are for. It’s publicity for the states themselves. And it works. That’s why it’s disappointing to see a band like Green Day doing this. I’m not blaming the people who are going to the show and I’m not going to boycott the band but it’s still somewhat hypocritical.

There is no debate. Dubai sucks as a city. No tranpost, no city planning and no future, all they do is just show off how rich they are. I prefer more urbanistic approach because I am living in Europe and I wouldn't visit Dubai. I could careless if they hate LGBT or not. It is their culture anyways. I am responsible for myself and I wouldn't care if Green day went to Dubai because I am there for their music and not political views. Having said that Green day is 100 percent doing it for money and only money lol. Funny to see you guys getting offended and even funnier to see you guys trying to come up with reasons to justify them.

Hope they do! Since they're playing countries they've never even played before seems like a decent chance. I guess the last time they did a proper Asia tour was 21st CB? They're due for one.

I mean, logistically speaking, they‘ll be coming from South Africa and could play in other places after Dubai.

The ticket prices are: VIP Hospitality Lounge AED 3,000 Front Pit AED 1,195 Golden Circle AED 595 Regular Standing AED 445 I think I will wait for a couple of months to see if they come up with an Asia tour or something rather than going to a vanilla Green Day show as my first one.

Got a Fan Pit Standing Ticket for myself.

What I mean is even if they don't actually censor something they are not free to perform exactly as they might elsewhere. Could they wear a gay pride flag like they do at many shows for example? Doubtful. Just the fact they would even have to consider which parts of their shows could cause a problem means it isn't a place they should play imo. Especially given their former stance with Pansy Division - going from refusing to play venues that wouldn't book a queer support act to playing a venue where that act would risk being arrested or worse for performing isn't a good look.

We're reading too much into this. Many major rock bands have played in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, or Doha in the past. In the end, it's all about the big money. Or why did Green Day play at the Formula 1 few years ago?