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Kind of lame to play a country that oppresses LGBT+ and women to that extent and is built on slave labour tbh. If nothing else it seems like a terrible PR move

Does nobody have an issue with the fact that they are playing a country where Homosexually is a criminal offence ? Being homosexual is officially prohibited in the UAE which Dubai is a part of. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates#:~:text=Both civil law and sharia,the partner or the guardian. I am a bit disappointed by this one. Unless Green Day use this as a platform to advocate for equality .

And fans like us who have been waiting for 10+ years for an opportunity!

This is admittedly a tricky matter, given how there are various degrees to this. They also played in Thailand and Venezuela in 2010, both authoritarian regimes at the time with a variety of human rights violations and press censorship to boast. In fact, if we go down that rabbit hole, the whole of South America is a bit tricky on that front. It's not just sun, cocktails and party beaches down there. Just look at abortion rights, political/gang violence, corruption etc. etc. I still think playing in South America is on the whole justified, but it's hard to decide where to draw the line. Granted, the state of the UAE is a particularly vile example of flagrant human rights violations, right up there with the likes of Saudi Arabia and Qatar (boo FIFA). It's unthinkable that we should still have countries in 2024 that allow for public executions, merely for one's sexuality, sometimes even by stoning, but here we are... I suppose the only worse optics the band could have achieved is by playing in Israel or Russia right now. But I agree, as a headline this makes me squirm, if nothing else. In general I'm honestly quite disgusted by how both oil-state airlines and Dubai are seemingly successfully marketing themselves to western holiday-goers. Under the glossy facade they're still horribly repressive and unequal regimes with few to no minority rights. Not to mention the absurdity of having a city with skyscrapers, huge swimming pools, artificial beaches and even an indoor skiing resort, erected in the middle of the Arabian desert, an area otherwise plagued by severe poverty, famine and drought. The old fishing village is actually quite interesting and has some history, but all the flashy bits built around it over the years, to attract business and tourists feel vapid and soulless, almost like a disneyland capitalist fever dream.

Yeah it's nothing against anyone going to the show/ordinary residents of the country. But they're not going to UAE out of all the many countries they're not playing on this tour to play an expo "for the fans", it's for money.

Updated Spotify numbers- The American Dream Is Killing Me: 14,290,688 (total); 24,823 (daily) Look Ma, No Brains!: 9,726,573 (total); 21,939 (daily) Bobby Sox: 7,116,134 (total); 24,847 (daily) One Eyed Bastard: 10,141,281 (total); 32,700 (daily) Dilemma: 13,687,168 (total); 55,455 (daily) 1981: 4,047,746 (total); 14,378 (daily) Goodnight Adeline: 3,734,879 (total); 14,395 (daily) Coma City: 2,824,042 (total); 8,391 (daily) Corvette Summer: 2,972,345 (total); 9,398 (daily) Suzie Chapstick: 3,305,299 (total); 11,837 (daily) Strange Days Are Here to Stay: 2,865,448 (total); 9,240 (daily) Living in the '20s: 2,941,606 (total); 10,492 (daily) Father to a Son: 2,269,985 (total); 6,834 (daily) Saviors: 2,348,030 (total); 7,928 (daily) Fancy Sauce: 2,279,605 (total); 7,766 (daily)

From Billie's Instagram story Matt Skiba posted this photo from a Kenosha show years ago and a mention of Green Day in this post from Brandon Steineckert I think one of the guys posted the backpack some days ago

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

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

Alternative Airplay- stays at 1 Mainstream Rock Airplay- 2, down from 1 Rock and Alternative Airplay- stays at 1 Canada Rock- stays at 1 Hot Rock and Alternative Songs- 35, up from 38

It's that time again - may the 4th be with you!

I really hope they don't pull a Matty Healy and use their show to advocate because it won't actually change anything – the local LGBTQ+ community will just suffer for it. If we're serious about forcing change through boycotting, the whole world needs to work closely with the local community to do it. Until that happens, one band refusing to play there won't help (again, it'll probably just do more harm than good), and I don't see why the decent local people should be deprived of enjoyment because the laws suck.

I might actually make it to this one! On one hand, I don't want to go to Dubai because of all the human rights issues and censorship but if this is the only way after the COVID debacle, then I might try. Jan 27 seems like a good time and who knows maybe an Asian tour is on the cards as well? I will wait for a bit before booking the tickets.

Suzie…..getting some good streaming numbers and it’s side b….hope it’s a single/video before the tour!!!!’

And in the style of garbage pail kids? This will be huge for me! Hopefully they’ll bring back Barfin’ Billie 💚

Uhhh, Topps are making Green Day cards? YES.

On this day 6 years ago (5 May 2018), The Longshot played in Phoenix, AZ. Thanks to Rumpel for finding Billie's selfie from that show (the only decent photo) because I've hardly saved anything from 2017 onwards. I unfollowed Longshot a while ago and now I can't get back in to look for photos for this project. 7 years ago (5 May 2017), Green Day played in Melbourne, Australia on the Revolution Radio Tour. That girl in the centre makes the whole photo. More photos: 15 years ago, they played a short set on In Session With Zane Lowe at Maida Vale Studios. I actually remember listening to this on the radio. I got the date wrong and listened to the whole show that day just in case, so I was very excited when Green Day were actually on the following week. It was great. I've still got the cassette I recorded it on somewhere. "That one just fell out of our bums." – Tre on the Foxboro Hot Tubs "eBay!" – Billie Joe when Zane Lowe asked if he could keep his promo CD (he's actually a huge Green Day fan, so I doubt it ended up on eBay) More photos: 19 years ago, Green Day played in Columbus on the American Idiot Tour. I don't have any photos of the show, but this photoshoot was done that day. 31 years ago (5 May 1993), they played in Wigan, England. "We're Green Day, but it's time to change the pace a little bit. We're Green Grass." — Tré Cool "Tré has broken his toe, so he can't do ballet for you this evening." — Billie Joe (however, the audience member they called up to "do ballet" was unsatisfactory, so Tre did some anyway) More photos 32 years ago (5 May 1992), Green Day played the Beacon Hill Bandshell in Victoria, Canada. There are more of these fab photos taken by Sarah Kramer on Instagram And finally, 34 years ago (5 May 1990), Green Day played one of their many shows at 924 Gilman Street.

6 years ago today (3 May 2018), The Longshot played in Tijuana, Mexico. More photos: 7 years ago, Green Day played in Adelaide, Australia on the Revolution Radio Tour. I can't believe that tour was 7 years ago, either. More photos: 22 years ago, they played West Valley City, UT, on the Pop Disaster Tour. 31 years ago, they played in Tunbridge Wells, England. That is such a random place for an American band to play. And 32 years ago, they played OK Hotel in Seattle, which is now an apartment block. More photos: Thanks! I'm fine now. If you do ever want to put the pictures from this thread in the fangirls thread, feel free There are lots more on the GDA Tumblr too. https://greendayauthority.tumblr.com/

He should've levitated Billie

Dilemma is number 1 on 2 charts!!!! https://www.instagram.com/stories/billiejoearmstrong/3357976601512677205?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=Z2FqNHBzaXU5aXJ3

GDA review of the HMTC production https://www.greendayauthority.com/news/6158/ What a show!

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

Wish they would make some tea and chia for us non coffee people

Nobody should be happy about Green Day performing in Dubai. If you ignore all the punk elements Green Day still have in their system (or whatever is left of that today), this is just money talking, big corporate move that I thought this band would never do and it's sad to see how they're willing to chase the bag and sacrifice their beliefs at the same time. Also no one should be expecting them to perform any songs that might be too offensive. This is gonna be Greatest Hits 2.0 show to play it as safe as possible and this show isn't place for protests. I'd love to see them whip out Bobby Sox on this one, but that is absolutely not gonna happen. If you want to protest, you do it by NOT attending in show like this and showing middle finger to said event, not DURING the show by screaming how it's okay to be gay in 2025. That wouldn't achieve anything. Just extremely disappointed by this. Fucking hell man this sucks.

Yeah it’s a really weird choice to me from a brand-alignment perspective. I remember hearing about Beyoncé playing at some resort in Dubai a while ago and thinking it was a bizarre choice (I don’t know much about her but feel like she probably has progressive values that don’t align with what goes on there). This feels similarly off. I’m not like *mad* because they have fans everywhere, I’m just surprised from a PR perspective and a bit disappointed that they are not paying better attention to what matches their values as a band. And this isn’t even an event for local fans, really, it’s a trade show that will probably largely be for attendees. It’s just very far from what Green Day stands for in all ways.

This. Green Day is known for supporting women and LGBT+ rights and now they're going to earn a lot of money playing in the country where human rights are violated. It's just doesn't feel right, sorry. Of course it's their choice. Of course regular fans live there and deserve this show. But there are many countries where fans are still waiting for Green Day show and where basic human rights aren't violated.

i get your points, and to some extent i think the same about such announcements, but its not as easy as people who blame such moves think honestly, who cares in the end? its the world we live in nobody cared when the worlds biggest sports event (soccer world cup) took place in qatar you could also say "dont play in the US because its where a mass genocide on native americans took place with millions of dead people" please dont get me wrong, i would love to have a free and peaceful world, and famous persons of public interest should sometimes consider if its worth the money and do more background-checking, but speaking of greenday i am sure they are aware of how some places in the world are stuck in the middle age, but i cant blame them to still go there for the first time ever(?) and bring one of the best nights in a fans lifetime

I wasn't super into this song at first. But it totally grew on me. Now I can't get enough of it! Interesting how that can happen

Few more birthday wishes (and a factoid from Mike) from Green Day world Few more messages from X

"Happy birthday Brother Mike!" "Happy birthday! Do whatcha like Mike!"

Happy birthday to the legendary Mike Dirnt!

Such a tragedy the OK Hotel is now apartments. I believe it's also where Nirvana debuted Smells Like Teen Spirit before they officially released it as a single.

@solongfromthestarsisn't feeling too good today and has asked me to keep this thread updated. So, on 2 May 31 years ago

I love coffee, but I would also like to see some tea offerings from Punk Bunny, specifically chai

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

Went to see this tonight. It was so good. Sadly they were just doing three nights and no shows elsewhere There are more pics on their Instagram https://www.instagram.com/heanormusicaltheatrecompany?igsh=NGk3aHhmZ2FrZmcx

Billboard update- Alternative Airplay- 1, up from 2 Mainstream Rock Airplay- stays at 1 Rock and Alternative Airplay- stays at 1 Canada Rock- stays at 1

On this day 6 years ago (7 May 2018), The Longshot played the Hi-Hat in LA. 15 years ago (7 May 2009), Green Day played a small show in Berlin to promote 21st Century Breakdown. I had a bootleg DVD of this show. Used to watch it after school all the time. More photos: 19 years ago (7 May 2005), they played in Grand Rapdis, MI, on the American Idiot Tour. 22 years ago (7 May 2002), they played Bonner Springs, KS on the Pop Disaster Tour. 26 years ago (7 May 1998), Billie performed Good Riddance on Letterman. "When we have them on the show, the drummer runs around and hurts himself. Will you do that tonight?" – David Letterman

I think what I’m struggling with is this: During the Saviors promo, it was brought up in multiple interviews how well they took care of Pansy Division in the 90s and refused to play venues that wouldn’t let Pansy Division play, too. They talked a lot about the values they learned at Gilman, primarily about equality. That means something to me and is a huge point of pride for me in being a fan, as are all their progressive views and actions. That might not factor into why others are a fan and that’s totally fine, but it does for me. It is hard for me to reconcile them refusing to play a venue that won’t let a queer band open for them with now playing in a destination where queer people cannot legally exist. No, citizens are not their government, but you could argue that back in the 90s, not all people they refused to play for were homophobic — the band refused in principle, I’m sure fully knowing that some good people were missing out on a show because of it. As @MillenniumFan pointed out in their very thoughtful post, this isn’t the first time they’ve played in a problematic place, and where to draw the line here is difficult. But right now, playing in Dubai just feels like a particularly poor and hypocritical choice.

@pacejunkie punk Actually, I amend my statement on it being an event — after looking into it more, “Expo City” is like a pedestrian center within Dubai that sometimes hosts events, but is open year-round to the public as like a walkable downtown. Confusingly named. I do hope the band pours this money into good causes. I don’t think they’ll be able to do much in the way of protesting or spreading their messaging *in* Dubai without getting punished, but turning around and using that money for good would help my view of the situation.

Cool that Green Day are playing some destinations they haven't visited so far for this tour!

Just saw this on Twitter - WTF

On this day 6 years ago, The Longshot played the Beauty Bar in Vegas. More photos here 15 years ago, Green Day played a short set at Abbey Road Studios. More photos: 19 years ago, they played in London, Canada on the American Idiot Tour.

Hope you feel better @solongfromthestars! Those pictures are adorable. Don't worry, I won't ask you to put them in the Fangirls thread, lol!

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

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

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?

I think it's not a FOAM left over, but I think they started recording demos for Saviors in late 2020 with Butch Walker and later decided to record the album with Rob Cavallo. Maybe also for legal reasons they listed Butch Walker on every track for additional engineering.