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I went to the Milwaukee show last night. It was fine, but the Wrigley show was better. There were at least 100, 150 maybe VIPs who got in before the GA crowd, so if you weren't VIP, it was almost impossible to make barricade. I always go for the catwalk, but since I never get decent pics of Kevin, decided to go for the main stage since I viewed this show as my "bonus" concert. Got second row behind a 18 ft tall guy, so not the best view. I was also several rows to the side of the catwalk, so not the best pics of Billie either. I was around mostly nice people, but a fight did break out behind me at one point and security also intervened with someone else who was causing problems. I did meet the blue haired girl who got onstage at Wrigley during KYE. She was behind me in line, so we became line buddies. A few pics that turned out okay- And once again, I prove myself queen of the Billie mid gum spit shot Catwalk only from this point on! I didn't even get any pics of Kevin that were all that great.

Did the Chicago show last night. I got there at 1pm and there were only about 15 people there. Even by 3pm, it was only up to maybe 30-40. I was really surprised by that, but hey, good news for getting up front. The staff at Wrigley massively screwed up the wristbands. They were supposed to give yellow wristbands to people in the pit, but instead gave us pink, so when we got out to the field, the field staff wouldn’t let us in. Had to run back and get yellow ones; by this time, they figured out they were giving out the wrong wristbands, but it basically meant the people who showed up at 3pm got better spots than the ones who showed up at 7am. Luckily I still got a spot on the barricade at the end of the crosswalk on Mike’s side, which is what I wanted anyway (past couple shows I’ve been on Jason’s side, so I wanted to switch it up). Pre GD- Guitarist from the Linda Lindas tried to toss a pic into the audience and it landed on Alice Baxley. The Pumpkins drum was massively mic’d up; you could feel it in the floor. It was great to hear Bullet with Butterfly Wings; I’d put it right behind Smells Like Teen Spirit for the seminal songs of the 90s. There was a guy massively headbanging during the Pumpkins while wearing a Taylor Swift vest. Tre was watching the first few Pumpkins songs from the side. The show was great. Felt like I got run over by a truck by the end of the night; surprised I’m not more sore today. Got hit by at least 6 crowd surfers in the head, neck, and shoulder (after the first one, I was like, didn’t I have a ponytail in? They somehow managed to remove my ponytail holder). People around me were great and kept asking me if I was okay. It was like I was in the designated crowd surfer lane. During Minority, Billie highlighted Coley, and I think forgot to mention Mike. They almost forgot to bring out Blue to him afterwards. It was great seeing the Saviors songs; I was kind of surprised they kept Bobby Sox in after his voice issues, but he sounded great all night. After they finished Dookie, it was like, wow, and we still have a whole album to go! I’ll be seeing them next week in Milwaukee. You can tell you’re getting older when your first thought at the end of the show is “I get to do this again next week!” and then your body says “I have to do this again next week?!”. Few pics I took- Few more

Extended version of the CBS Mornings interview:

Well, that was something. What's been posted in here basically explains it. It was very confusing — the way we all saw them grab Mike, we thought something happened with him specifically. I could see from my seat that everyone was being carted away in golf carts and knew it was some sort of threat. I assumed it was something in the pit that escalated until I saw that the people in the pit were as still and stunned as the rest of us. Honestly, I selfishly didn't panic — I just thought "Yep, of course. I've been relying on this show to single-handedly keep me sane and now I only get four songs." It wasn't until later that I considered that we could've been in danger, too. But they came back and didn't miss a beat, didn't miss a song. I'm grateful they worked it out and grateful they got back out there for us. It's weird, I was of the age where AI meant more to me than Dookie, but I enjoyed the Dookie set more than I thought I would. And even though I obviously knew AI was being played in full, I think I had gotten so used to hearing St. Jimmy segue into some other common setlist song that when Give Me Novacaine came on, I was somehow surprised and that made it all the more beautiful. I hope maybe I can remember more specific feelings later — I'm still wired from the pause and making sense of being there for such a weird moment.

Look who we found! He was hanging out with some friends (and fellow Ohioans) in our section for a little while.

Just got home and wow. Was on the barrier at the center of the catwalk, couldn’t have been any closer, and it made a huge stadium feel intimate. Amazing show and also an exhausting day but loved every minute of it. Here’s my post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_Zr65ntBpQ/?igsh=MXdmM3A0aTJmbjd1ZA== I was right next to the kid that got pulled up for KYE. He and his family were on line with us earlier in the day. He freaked out when he got picked because Billie picked two people which I’ve never seen him do. He thought he lost his chance and then Billie said “I wanna do it again!” and he picked the kid. It was very cool. Also I got one of Tre’s drumsticks!

Well, these need to be here. ❤️

Between Linda Lindas and Rancid I was coming back from the bathroom I met Kevin! He was so nice and gave me and my sister picks!!

If they wanted to release it they would. There's a reason they haven't.

I love Billie standing up for their entire disocraphy when it's mentioned that people thought Green Day were "past their prime" back in the day. "They were wrong" - and then he and Tre talk about the measure of success. You sell 10 million and then 5 million looks bad. Let it be known, Green Day don't have any albums that were massive failures and here's some positive facts about their most hated albums: Uno deputed at #2 on billboard. Dos came in at #9 on billboard and got the highest average reviews of the Trilogy. Tre got generally positive review from critics, deputed at #13 at X-Kid reached #36 in the charts. and FOAM - its debuted at #4, it's their 11th top 10 album and again, and as today it's streaming numbers are over 140 Millionish. Even Green Day's lows are making millions.

Pinhead Gunpowder new 14 song album "Unt" is out October 18th. 1. Unt 2. Difficult But Not Impossible 3. Scum Of The Earth 4. Oh My 5. Nothing Ever Happens 6. Draw It In 7. Shine 8. ¡Hola Canada! 9. Here Goes The Neighborhood 10. Mumbles 11. Green 12. Chowchilla 13. Trash TV 14. Song For Myself New single "Unt" is out now

I recently listened to Saviors from top to bottom and I still love it six months later. Some songs I've cooled on like Father to a Son, but overall the album is still fantastic and is their strongest work in a while. Glad that the album still resonates months after its release.

Hey....so guess who's going to see the boys tomorrow? I really needed some good news. Things are hard, my bf was laid off from his job and I'm stuck at mine for a bit, so I figured I could easily sacrifice other shows I was thinking about going to this year and see Green Day instead. And hey, not a bad section either. I was really hoping I would win tickets or get invited, but the stars didn't align. So at least for a night I'll be able to forget about my troubles.

I can’t think of another time when I’ve felt my heart sink into my stomach so fast. That was so eerie to experience, especially since I was up in the stands with a bunch of casual fans who didn’t seem to realize right away that something was wrong. The music cut off but the crowd kept singing for a few seconds longer. Maybe working in news for so long has made me always assume the worst, but I was terrified I was about to be a part of a mass panic/evacuation situation. I thought security saw somebody with a gun or other weapon and felt the guys were in danger — especially Mike since he was rushed off first. My initial thought was maybe Mike had a medical emergency but once @Mar saw them all getting rushed away from the venue in golf carts because she could see behind the stage from her seat, I knew that didn’t make any sense. After people realized them leaving the stage wasn’t supposed to happen, we all just sat there confused and quiet and on edge. It was really unnerving, but surprisingly nobody seemed to outwardly panic near me. Well, except me. Even though they tried to resume like nothing had happened — even picking up mid-song — it really took a while for me to get back “into it” after that. I felt really bad for fans experiencing the show for the first time. First, the fact that they were probably panicking thinking that it might get canceled. And then the fact that the whole point is to hear the album as a cohesive experience. Not with a 10-minute anxiety attack break, ugh. And then my brain did the whole “omg someday the band won’t be here any more and I don’t know how I’ll cope” thing after thinking one of them might be seriously hurt or threatened. … all this during a song about masturbation. This fucking band, what have they done to me. Also, Billie’s amp went out during the end of Good Riddance and he had to play his guitar into the microphone while singing into it as well. His face at the end, when he said it was “a night we’ll all remember,” his expression just screamed “what a fucking shit show,” ha.

If I didn't make it to this show I don't think I ever would've forgiven myself. The three days before it were agonizing, but it all worked out in the end. I didn't realize this was my 10th show until just now! I was so sick that I had to get IV fluids on Friday because I felt like I was going to pass out. I don't even remember much of Friday or Saturday, I slept so much and was so out of it. Sunday morning I finally started to feel better, threw some shit in a bag and headed out the door to Pittsburgh and we made it about an hour before doors opened. It's just funny, every other show I try to obsessively plan everything to make it the best time but this time I half-assed everything and I had one of the best times in a long time. Maybe ever. Not because "omg I got to hear rare songs" or "I was front row and Billie looked at me the whole time" or all the dumb shit you hear from fans. I was just happy to be there. I think sometimes we get so busy micromanaging the experience that we forget to have an experience. I didn't take a single picture during the show, I didn't look at the setlist or any photos or videos of other shows, and this was also the first time I had floor seats instead of a pit spot near or on the barrier. But it's forever going to be one of the most memorable experiences. I have no idea how they'll ever go back to the standard "greatest hits" setlist. Everything was so fucking perfect. I kept waiting for that moment where hearing a song I've never heard live before blew my mind, but it never really happened. I never felt out of body for any one moment, I was really just able to soak it all in and experience it as one giant moment. ... then it all hit me at the end, and I was the basic bitch ugly sobbing during Good Riddance. Embarrassing. "Just like that ... 20 years" hit me so hard. I still vividly remember sitting on my bedroom floor listening to this album in my little portable CD player as a nerdy, sheltered 13-year-old trying to figure herself out. I just don't know how the hell that's been 20 years. I haven't been shy about posting how much I've been struggling this year. It's been one of the best of my life and worst of my life, and honestly, Sunday night was the first time I have felt like myself in longer than I can remember. I've been having a lot of doubts about myself, but I think 13-year-old me would be proud just based on this photo alone, right? I was fangirling so hard.

I managed to get tickets to this very last minute (and then spent all day yesterday driving there) and I’m so beyond grateful! This was one of my favorite shows I’ve seen from them. They’re just bursting with joy every second on stage, Billie looked SO happy and like he was having so much fun just being present and interacting with people (at one point he just waved at the pit and everyone waved back lol). This was my second time seeing them on this tour and I felt like I was able to take it in and enjoy it so much more this time (I don’t do many concerts these days so the first show was a lot overstimulating, I think!). I kept thinking about how incredible it is that I’ve been watching them perform these songs for 20 years and I’ve loved it just as much every single time. I can remember the period I listened to American Idiot in the car with my parents on repeat as a kid and just can’t (but also can) believe this is where we are 20 years later. I feel very lucky I picked them to be my favorite band back then. Young me had excellent taste!

Last night was just the best. Got to meet @pacejunkie punk and Kevin Preston who was super nice and gave me a pick. Had the best time with @AlissaGoesRAWRand @Laura!. I can't hear out of my left ear and my right hamstring is so damn tight from jumping around, but I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. "Just like that...20 years." 🥹

Brutal Love is one of those songs that makes me melt and gives me goosebumps whenever I hear it. I'm so lucky I got to experience it live at my very first Green Day show!

Just got home, it was an incredible show! They had a fan come up and play guitar for Good Riddance. I know how special that is since it wasn’t part of the show and she did an amazing job. The audience loved it. I’ll have more to write later after some sleep but in case any of you had a shadow of a doubt: the boys still bring the magic.

It's so weird seeing Billie with non-skinny pants legs. Strange days are here again, and they are here to stay. Every since Billie's pants it hasn't been the same.

I also went to the Chicago show last night! It was a last minute decision, but I scored a good ticket for a good price. I've never seen Green Day in a stadium before and it's a wild experience. I haven't seen Green Day in four years; the last time I saw them was in St. Louis for the NHL All Star Game. Seeing them in such a huge space is truly a spectacle. It's like their arena shows but cranked up x1000. It was so thrilling to have them up on stage with the pyro, fireworks, and balloons! I really enjoyed the stage setup. They had some really cool graphics for the big screens with plenty of references to Saviors, Dookie, and AI. The inflatables were cool, especially the plane that flew around the crowd. Though I couldn't help but think they must have hired the same effects company as blink-182 It's crazy how good Green Day sounds. There were so many times where I was singing so hard I almost thought I was listening to the album. Then I would look on stage like "oh shit they're right there!" I'm so glad Billie made a speedy recovery. He sounded fantastic. I was also sitting in a great section in the bleachers. Not only did I have a great view, the people around me were fun! There was a family with a little kid seeing what had to be his first GD show. The dad was singing his heart out too. In the row before me were a cute couple who kept making up their own silly dances for each song. There were also several older fans who were jumping up and down! You love to see it. Other random things I remember: - Billie saying "This is fucking me up right now" during Give Me Novocaine - Billie messing up the lyrics to I think Extraordinary Girl and ...I think Emenius Sleepus - Billie putting a cubs hat and a random cowboy hat - Butt wiggling - Kevin. Just Kevin - Billie shouting out Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin throughout the night....He could've stopped at Chicago since we're in the city proper but I'll allow it - Billie laughing when Mike and Tre started dancing around him during "Good Riddance" Overall, I had a great time. Not sure if I would pay for a show at Wrigley again. It's a clusterfuck. I didn't expect it be so difficult to navigate inside of Wrigley. It was packed! Getting home was a mess; luckily my bf was parked in the area and took me home. And as much as I liked the show, I prefer to see the band in a smaller venue even if that is an arena like United Center. Still, it was a great night. Definitely gave me a good dose of happiness I've been missing lately.

What a show 🤩 Green Day in a stadium truly is a spectacle. They have a fantastic stage set up with great videos screens. I really liked the retrospective video that introduced the concert. The big inflatables were cool too. It's sensory overload. I didn't know where to look most of the time. If be drooling over Billie on the screen and then I'd realize oh shit he's right there on stage! And Billie....oh my poor heart. He looked sooooo good in the RED SHIRT 🥵 The floof! The eyes! The smile and Kevin 😏 there were some great shots of Kevin and Jason. Billie was so dorky and funny! Shaking his hips, pouting at the camera, giggling, and rocking different hats. He's so stinking cute! And he sounded great. Fully recovered. It was wild hearing both of these albums live in full. It really took me back to when I got into Green Day. I still remember picking up American Idiot at Circuit City and falling in love with them. I picked up Dookie at Walmart with my allowance. I've been listening to this band for 20 years! And while I was screaming my lungs out in just thought I love this band so fucking much. I don't know if I would see them or another show at Wrigley again (unless it was free) but I'm glad I experienced them in this setting. I definitely had the time of my life. (Though they should have closed with fancy sauce)

This is a wild piece of Green Day history for sale, it’s the actual door they painted with the 21 Guns lyrics and photographed for the 21CB lyric book. Taken from Jingle Town records before it was demolished https://www.ebay.com/itm/256619764247

I prefer Bang Bang to Know Your Enemy (although I actually love both), but I hope they don't get rid of Know Your Enemy because if they're going to bring a fan onstage, that takes up the least time and as Cristhyne said, it's the most democratic option since anyone can sing a few lines. Also, so many people hate Know Your Enemy that at least fans aren't ruining a song that everyone cares about? It was lovely when Billie let that bloke play Dilemma in Glasgow because it was so unexpected, but I'd much rather hear the band than fans most of the time. I'm not fussed either way about King for a Day or Hitchin' a Ride. I've never hated them but I didn't miss them either. As far as I'm concerned, they could switch literally anything in the setlist with Fell For You, Angel Blue, Rusty James, Stop When the Red Lights Flash, Wild One, Stray Heart, Wow! That's Loud, Brutal Love, Missing You, 8TH AVENUE SERENADE or X-Kid. I'd take anything from the trilogy. Or Suzie Chapstick or Meet Me on the Roof. Or Still Breathing or Forever Now again. And, I mean, if Green Day ever feel like covering The Longshot, I'd gladly take that too. But at the end of the day I keep going to hear the exact same setlists and never complain, because why would I complain when they put on such a good show that four hours of King for a Day would probably entertain me? So whatever. 8th Avenue Serenade though.

So my perspective is very different from many of you but if I tell you my first gig was Siouxie and the Banshees in a nasty little club in 1976 it will explain a lot. I knew Basket Case and loved it and was always kind of aware of Green Day but I was a married, working mum with elderly parents needing assistance so actually just had no time to be involved in music like I had been as a teenager and was pretty pissed off with the current music scene that I was hearing on mainstream radio. Just as AI was released, my niece came to stay and watched MTV all the time so suddenly I was hearing this album which seemed so different and was so huge and the band looked so different I could hardly believe it was the same guys. I loved the music but was not suffering any of problems so many Green Day fans have endured but I can completely see how they feel and the music still speaks very powerfully to me. I regarded myself a fairly casual fan, l had gone back and acquired their whole back catalogue, until we went to see them on the 21CBD tour which I say I am till getting over 😂😂. I completely agree with @Gwen Stacy re Green Day conquering the world TWICE and hope one day BJ gets the recognition he deserves for his songwriting. Forgot to say I am in the UK!

Went to the Chicago show while having food poisoning! Luckily I was ok since I didn’t eat or drink anything there. I just felt weak though, lots of standing! I recently saw blink 182 and Tom performed with food poisoning so I figured if he can perform with it, I could watch a show with it.

I briefly met Billie before a Longshot show and he was super nice and funny 🥰. Asked him for a picture and my hands were shaking a lot but he was very patient and kept smiling until I could take it.

I’m taking the credit for that 😂😂😂. I don’t usually stream but I had AI on repeat most of yesterday on Spotify.

I just randomly entered their YT Music channel and noticed Unt, I already came to terms that they're not coming back, so you can imagine what a surprise it was for me to see this. In fact, I lost my password to this account long time ago and after I saw this, I HAD to recover my password to comment here.

I went to the Hershey show last night and it was great! I almost missed out on this one when it was supposed to happen a few weeks ago, but since they rescheduled I bought tickets off of a friend who couldn't make it to the new date. I was kinda bummed that the merch line was out of patches by the time I got there, and they didn't have the shirt I wanted in my size, so I saved myself $50 lol. It was a weird start, the tickets I got from my friend were cheap and they were some of the worst seats in the place, I was in the section furthest from the stage and in row W 😬 the Linda Lindas and Rancid were great but since I was so far away it almost didn't feel like I was there, it was like I was just watching a video of a live show, but that definitely changed once green day came on, Billie has a way of bringing everyone into the performance no matter how bad your seats are! When he was giving a speech during Letterbomb he said that people need to leave trans kids alone, which made me happy to hear, but then it felt even better when the whole stadium cheered after he said it 🖤

I've been waiting over a year for this. They got together and recorded new music sometime in May 2023 (remember when Jason did that acoustic set in Oakland and played one new song?) Anyway, very excited to finally hear it!

Found the cup at the 7-11 on Montrose in Chicago. They had a few cups but no coffee. And wouldn’t fill it for free with other coffee. Cup was $2.75. I’m still happy with my find.

Finally finished the GDA recap of the European shows I went to. https://www.greendayauthority.com/news/6187/ Such a good tour

A lot of people do seem to hate RevRad but I think it's seriously underrated. There isn't a bad song on it. I mean, Bang Bang? Say Goodbye? Still Breathing? Too Dumb to Die? Forever Now? That's one of their best live songs ever, up there with American Eulogy and Homecoming. Some of the lyrics in Bang Bang and Forever Now are almost on par with 21st Century Breakdown, and that's coming from someone who thinks that's the best album ever written. Anyway, I'll shut up since this isn't a RevRad thread

Thank you! It was amazing! Yep and I sure was there! Spiritual experience for sure. I was going crazy during pretty much every song. Hearing Homecoming and Whatsername live honestly made my whole life worth living. I went with my Dad and was worried because I wasn’t sure if we’d be able to get tickets. We had to settle for “obstructed view” tickets, but the only obstruction was the net there for Twins games. We had an amazing view and overall a 10/10 night for sure.

My story probably needs trimming for the GDA article, but I wanted to share the full one here. It’s cathartic to look back on your long relationship with this album, innit? Maria, 29 Nottingham, England I still remember the day I discovered Green Day: April 7th, 2007. I was 12 years old, alone at home, looking at ‘blends’ on Piczo and I scrolled past a Fall Out Boy one, but the lyrics on the next one intrigued me: ‘I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known…’ My house was usually silent except for video game music at the time. No-one wanted to be reminded of my abusive dad who was a DJ. I almost felt like I was doing something wrong when I typed in ‘greenday I walk alone’ on radio.blog.club. But this song was unlike anything my dad played. I liked the soundtracks to my video games, but I couldn’t really relate to an incompetent detective agency employed by Dr. Eggman. I could relate to this. I was a lonely emo preteen being called everything from ‘terrorist’ to ‘sand [n-word]’ and being ‘stoned’ because ‘P*kis deserve it’ at school, so of course my heart leapt when I heard a beautiful voice singing ‘sometimes I wish someone out there would find me.’ And as I played it again and again, I felt like someone had found me. I felt understood. I felt like I mattered. The next song I listened to was Wake Me Up When September Ends. I could relate to that, too, wishing I could just sleep through my troubles and wake up when they were over. I didn’t really get the title track, but I enjoyed playing it loud when my mum was out and so quietly I could barely hear it when she was at home. I watched the music video over and over just because it was cool. I cried to Whatsername like having a crush on Shadow the Hedgehog was actually soul-destroying, because the song painted such a visceral picture that I could feel something I’d never known. Holiday and Letterbomb were rousing anthems that made quiet little me want to stand up for myself and leave my town for a place where I’d feel human. I was listening to Green Day all the time now, so I nervously asked my mum if I could have some headphones. She was surprised, but asked my grandpa if he could pick some up on his way to ours and he arrived with a pair of Canada 3000 headphones from the charity shop. Soon my mum was worrying about how loud I was playing Green Day through those shitty headphones – I’d discovered a few Warning and Shenanigans songs at this point – but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Blasting those songs was like therapy. I wasn’t really sure why I was learning to play the drums, but now I had a purpose. I wanted to be like Tré. I wanted to play Green Day. Then I watched a video of them performing American Idiot at Milton Keynes and rushed into the living room, waving my drumsticks and yelling that Green Day were so good live, even better than they were on the albums, and Tré was the best drummer in the world. I had to see them live one day. My Green Day obsession was so infectious that all my friends, both online and offline, were listening to them, too. This phase wasn’t showing any signs of ending, so my mum took me to Selectadisc in Nottingham to buy my first Green Day album. I wanted American Idiot, but ended up choosing Bullet in a Bible when the bloke working there started fanboying with me over how incredible Green Day were live. I watched the DVD almost every day after school, but still listened to tracks that weren’t on it on radio.blog.club so often that my mum took me back into Nottingham – to Virgin Music, this time – to buy American Idiot. That day was the first of many times I listened to American Idiot in order. My mum was intrigued at this point. I was an easily distracted kid with unmedicated ADHD and many of my phases didn’t last, but not only had I been blasting Green Day for months – I was actually listening to 9 minute songs over and over. So she asked me to play her something other than Boulevard of Broken Dreams. She quite liked Homecoming. I don’t remember when she heard Give Me Novacaine, but that was the moment when she too fell in head-over-heels in love with her daughter’s favourite band. We started watching Bullet in a Bible and listening to American Idiot in full together. She hardly had the energy to talk about drumming or astronomy (another long-term obsession of mine) after long days working hard to support us both, but we could just sit there and listen to Green Day together. It was an escape for both of us. Seeing American Idiot transformed into a Broadway musical will forever be one of my most cherished memories. I’ll never forget listening to Are We the Waiting from Row F in the St. James Theatre and feeling that whole album like I’d never felt it before. The city lights of New York were coming down over me, skyscrapers, stargazers in my head, and Nottingham was the dirty town burning down in my dreams. I had found the place where I felt more than human; the place that taught me that I’d still matter even when I went home. And I’ll never forget looking up at Billie Joe as St. Jimmy with tears in my eyes as he sang ‘you taught me how to live.’ I can still recall exactly how my heart glowed as I thought, ‘wow, mate, you really, really did,’ because honestly, American Idiot did teach me how to live. I’d be a completely different person if I’d never heard it. I don’t know if I’d even be alive. There are many things – even other musical artists – in my life other than Green Day now, but I might not have discovered any other music if I’d never heard American Idiot, because I’d still be sitting in silence. Now I’m 29 and I no longer want to burn down my town, but I’ll scream ‘I’m leaving you tonight’ at the top of my lungs. I can still feel how I felt at 16, watching the scene when Johnny and friends board the bus to the big city in Holiday, and I can still feel how I felt when recalled that at 19, holding the National Express ticket that was my own great escape. However, it’s Homecoming I can really relate to now. I’m lucky to live in a privileged country and for better or worse, it’s home. Shadow the Hedgehog has been replaced by a real Whatsername. Maria’s Version goes ‘I ran away and then you took a different path,’ but damn, it ‘seems like forever ago’ and there’ll always be a time when I wake up in the ‘darkest night’ and remember it all (too well). So many Green Day songs represent completely different things to me now, but when I heard the first chords of American Idiot in Lyon this year, I was my 12 year-old self again – and I couldn’t believe my ears and eyes. My dream had come true. I was still alive and I wasn’t just hearing the title track. I was hearing the whole album live in full, standing on the front row when there was no way I could’ve stood in the pit at my early shows. And I wasn’t just hearing the album, I was reliving all it had ever meant to me in the best way possible. I’d overplayed Boulevard of Broken Dreams to the point I didn’t remember the last time I willingly listened to it until I got home from Lyon. I couldn’t have imagined that song ever moving me again, but hearing the intro played as it’s played on the album – on Bullet in a Bible – did something to my soul. I’m actually playing it a lot now, reliving everything just through that one song. And finally, I don’t think there could have been a more full circle moment than Billie taking my England flag in Holiday at the Isle of Wight Festival. That flag started going to shows with me in Paris in 2010, and Holiday was my anthem in the years I felt like I didn’t belong in England. It’s tough shit for the people who made me feel that way, because I am English, by half of my blood and by birth, and I handed our flag to my favourite band on national television. I usually say that 21st Century Breakdown is the album that changed my life, and in many ways it is, but it all started with American Idiot. 'You taught me how to live,' indeed.

My favorite moment like that is during the 99 Revolutions tour in Rosemont, IL. Billie kept shouting "CHICAGO! CHICAGO!" then paused as if Mike whispered "Billie we're in the suburbs" and then Billie says "ILLINOIS!" Smooth, Billie. Real smooth.

Figured this belonged here. Sweaty neck, eyes closed...

He’s geography challenged. I remember seeing them one time in Camden (South Jersey, right near Philadelphia) and he was like “we’re basically in New York!” And I was like honey…no. @Montclare Were you like, on the stage??? Incredible pics!

Can I just say, Chicago seems like a pretty special place for Green Day? Think about it.... There's Jaded in Chicago. We kicked off the 99 Revolutions tour after Billie's stint in rehab. We got intimate shows at Aragon and the Metro. Billie had to call out sick, but what was his first show after he got better? Chicago Not to mention Billie said Wrigley is one of his fave stadiums AND we are responsible for the memorable shart story. So clearly....Green Day needs to post up in Chicago. We're a magical city for them. They love us. Just saying....

Just walked around the park. Lines for merch are crazy long. In seats but a great view and we’re in the shade. My happy place.

Holy fuck. Best show I’ve ever been to. I caught myself a BJA pick!

Wow! What an energetic and also emotional show. It felt so special and almost surreal hearing all those songs live in album order, and I'll remember it for the rest of my life. I'm so grateful for this band.

My Chicago shirt came. Now to order the Milwaukee one.

And from having eyes

Billie's bangs right now are killing me! I am so fucking happy! He's finally wearing them down for the first time in forever and it looks sooooo good, even with the blonde. 🔥😍I really hope he keeps this style for a while. I think I would lose it if he dyed it black again and put on just even a tiny bit more eyeliner. He looks like he stepped right out of 21CB right now! Now, excuse me while I go scream.

I finally hit up a local jewel and found some Punk Bunny in the wild! I'm happy it's near my favorite coffee, Death Wish. Of course, I picked up a bag of Last Ride In....I'm loving it!

"Picked up this 59 junior in St Louis!"