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here's an archived version of the interview

I‘m not the one who asked for it but I enjoyed reading the interview nevertheless. Thank you for posting the link! Fascinating to read the thoughts of 28 year old Billie. „We‘re not a political band.“ Well, that has changed…

Wow, I didn't know it was their first time EVER in Greece. Pretty cool . Some cute pics in hereeeee. My fav is the 12th picture of the post ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/DL0mzS_yHxT/

So inspirational. I remember when I was first getting into Green Day, and I watched Bullet In A Bible for the first time. Watching them put so much emotion into something really inspired me, and it still does today. I remember listening to the instrumental of Boulevard of Broken Dreams when the credits rolled at the end of Bullet In A Bible, and I remember thinking how inspirational and amazing this band is. I love Warning (the album) so much ❤️

Thank you all so much!!! I appreciate it so much. This interview is so great, and even gave me more help on analyzing other songs on Warning.

May be a regional difference if you cant find Bullet in a Bible, im in Canada and its available.

im guessing the following things are gonna happen during the break Live album (dookie and AI live+ some other regulars, maybe 1 or 2 Deepcuts pulled out+LNOE from Fireaid) Warning, 21CB, Lookout (1000 Hours-Kerplunk) and maybe Insomniac/Shenanigans Boxsets New Years Rev including Soundtrack Longshot?

According to songmeanings.com it is from a NY Rock interview from 2000, it does include a link to the interview but the website appears to no longer be active.

This! In the beginning I was on the fence about the VIP tickets but as the tour has carried on it's becoming more unacceptable and good spots on the barrier are only accessible to people with money and some who can buy them for every single show of the tour to stand with their phones out all night And quite frankly Calling all Saviors doesn't guarantee safe and organised entry to the venue. At some shows they make people walk and at others it's just a shit show. Sometimes the VIP host doesn't even bother to show up

didnt realize they *never* played a show in greece before wow!

This is a long shot, but I'm currently in the process of writing a script for a video essay all about Warning. I found a supposed quote from Billie Joe Armstrong about the song Church on Sunday on multiple websites (Wikipedia, Green Day Wiki, and GeekStinkBreath. net), although I cannot find a direct source of this quote anywhere that is verifiable. I'll put the quote below, but I was curious if anyone had a direct source (interview, video) where BJA says this? Thanks! "Church on Sunday deals with compromises in the relationship I have with my wife. You have to compromise in every relationship. If you want it to work out you've always got to look ahead, have a future in front of your eyes and work on your relationships, no matter if they're with your partner or with friends. There will always be problems, but you've got to find solutions, or at least try to find solutions. I really hope there is a solution for every problem. "

My peanut-sized brain didn't know what BIAB standed for, lolol. Now I know ! Yeah, @Tomcat20, Bullet In A Bible is on Tubi as well, here in the link if you wanna watch https://tubitv.com/movies/571220/green-day-bullet-in-a-bible

I was there (pun intended) and I laughed my ass off 😂

Yeees, but I guess the band will want to have some crowd interaction nevertheless. Right, I think and hope there will be something after the Saviors tour is finished.

The sound might be good, but not the crowd consisting of casino players. If you have a look at the Wembley 2024 thread you will find a link posted today that shows that Wembley was recorded professionally. So this might get to be the live album…

the very last show of the saviors tour will be at the end of september in california, in a theater do you think its possible they choose this location to record a proper live album? because the acoustic/sound must be very good in a theater this big

You know I'm going to say it. It was amazing. It was surreal seeing them in front of me and not in front of a screen. I still have not realized this. They played every song I wanted to hear live after all these years not that whatever they played I wouldn't sing along and be jumping around. The summer here is very warm, we're talking about 40 degrees and we were there in the hot concrete since 3pm with the sun burning on our backs. But at the end of the day I was in the very front and could see our boys clearly so it was all worth it. I really had the time of my life.

what a show! what a heat! ive seen GD multiple times since 2009, it never gets old, but i have to admit that they have the "problem" of having too many (old) hits, their touring setlist barely changes my highlight was I Was There, i never expected to hear this song live, i love the oldschool songs, i knew they probably gonna play some "deep cut" song but getting I Was There was *insane* i looked up the statistics for this song at setlist fm, seems like since they released it back in the early 90s, they only played this song (now) 5 times in the last 30+ years! i am very thankful luxembourg got this gem, and it sounded perfect this will probably be one of my most memorable GD live show moments ever

Does anyone know of a clear shot of this Lookout Records shirt that Tre sometimes wore in 1994? Doesn't need to be a photo of Tre wearing it, just the logo. I want to remake the shirt for a friend.

The main issue with VIP packages, in my opinion, is that they are selling way too many. The easiest (and greedy) solution would be to say beforehand how many VIP tickets of each category are for sale. With that information (i) if you buy VIP tickets, you will know if you still have to queue or not to get a good spot on the barricade, (ii) if you don't have VIP tickets you will know if it's worth it for you to queue or not, because you will know if you have a shot or not at being in the barricade depending on the number of early entry VIPs. The best and more fair solution, again in my opinion, is to make it truly VIP. Sell way less VIP tickets, and put them behind a pre-sales link. I think something like they did for the pre-sale for the US would be enough, make the link accessible for people signed up for a news letter and that's it. Like that you limit their sale to more dedicated fans, and because they are fewer, many people who are capable of queueing for hours (and that do so even with VIP tickets) might choose to buy normal tickets if they know that having VIP is not the only way to get a good spot on the barricade. And by limiting their number, the VIP tickets might also sell out quite faster. Because the main problem in the two shows in France at least, I think, was that the regular tickets (both pit and seats) were completely sold out weeks before any of the VIP packages were. So people who were casual listeners that found out late or decided late to go to the show, only found VIP tickets available and went for that. I already posted a long rant about this issue in the European tour thread, but basically I had two very different experiences with the crowd in Lyon vs in Paris largely because of the VIPs. At Lyon there were people in the VIP queue who arrived before I did at 6:30AM for the regular queue. There were people queueing from 8AM with regular tickets in Lyon who had VIP tickets for Paris and so on. These are people who are obviously dedicated and if they want to spend extra to be more relaxed on the day of the show, that's great. But it should be a choice, not a necessity for guaranteeing that you have a good front row spot. But the VIPs around me during the concert in Paris did not at all fall within this category, they hardly knew any songs, they didn't engage with the concert at all (no jumping or waving their arms when prompted), one of them was just recording on her phone the majority of the time, another told me off for "leaning on him" when I was waving my arms from side to side at some point, etc. While the people behind me (many of whom I had met during the regular queue) were all super engaged and enjoying so much. So it is hugely unfair that these people who queued for more than 10 hours are stuck in 3rd row behind a bunch of people who showed up an hour before doors and are not as invested on the show. And ultimately, it also creates a very hostile environment, even between hardcore fans, among VIP vs non-VIP, because then VIPs who paid triple the price and also queued for hours feel very protective (almost paranoid) about other people trying to get their spot, and understandably so to some extent.