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To me it sounds like a common topic recently which is how he feels with his on again off again up and down struggle with a harmful habit. Reach for a knife, let it go, live it up, give up, it’s a curse, the worst, mama raised a bomb.. it’s in his nature to be a hellion but he fights against it. A couple of images I love are “useless as a … crippled ballerina” and “waiting on the sun like a star that’s blowing up”. It’s like another way of describing himself as a dead man walking. Like disaster has already struck but he doesn’t know it yet. He might write a lot about a short list of themes but no one captures the human condition and describes feelings in a simple yet relatable and emotional way like he does. He somehow always avoids sounding too self indulgent or self pitying. Like with Smash It Like Belushi the message is when you’re feeling this way just keep your head down keep going and rip shit up. It’s empowering 💚

Breaking news: Professional musicians want to make money! There’s virtually no money in streaming, which is why physical media is pushed so hard by record labels today. There’s a deluxe edition of most albums these days along with tons of vinyl variants for a reason. It’s a standard industry practice at this point. Anyway, I’ve been around Green Day long enough to know a lot of their b-sides are just okay. And that’s fine. They’re just very good at curating what goes on their main albums. I’ll never be mad at getting more Green Day than I expected.

I've not seen any Coachella videos so I don't know how good the set was, but this part of the review surprised me: 'In lieu of added staging or guests (a little of friend and occasional co-performer Billie Eilish would have gone a long way), Armstrong relied on classic rock concert tricks for audience engagement.' I'm so glad Green Day don't usually bring random celebrities on stage. I know festivals are different and the Coachella crowd must be a difficult one, but Green Day are still considered one of the best live bands in the world - they don't need a celebrity appearance to engage the audience. And it's cool that they give fans the chance to have the best nights of their lives on stage, rather than giving some other musician publicity. I also don't really understand how that would improve a shit performance 😂

Oh no Green Day want to make money by releasing another variants and making new music 😥 they're so evil I guess they're the only band in the world doing music for cash 🫠

I loved reading this thread just for the community vibe. That’s why GDC will always be the best 🥰 These photos are so cute. There are many more on GDA 😘 https://www.greendayauthority.com/news/6240/

15 April On this day in 2009, Green Day played the Uptown in Oakland – the last time they played 21st Century Breakdown in full. On 15 April 2005, Green Day played the University of Miami Convocation Center in Coral Gables, FL on the American Idiot Tour. More photos: So that’s a wrap. I hope this project will be a great resource for many years to come. It was a lot of work but I'm glad I completed it. I’ll eventually add new events as they happen and go back through the thread to remove ‘_ years ago’ so it will always be relevant (I definitely don’t have the time or energy to change the numbers each year). I still need to add some things I missed in the beginning and quite a few Saviors Tour shows. I’ll post when I add them so if people want to see them, they know what to look for. If anyone would like to reminisce on the anniversaries of anything, whether it’s shows, albums or videos, please continue to do so! The best thing about this thread is people sharing their own experiences

The short sleeved shirt he wore during the Go-Gos set had me in a tizzy. I’m so annoyed he’s not wearing one tonight. You’re in the DESERT, LET US SEE THE TATS.

I like this one a lot more than "Smash It..."!

Some pics Check out the GDA homepage or Tumblr for more pics https://greendayauthority.tumblr.com/?source=share

Even though Ryan Reynolds is just meh for a lot of people, I actually think it’s really cool that someone as famous and in-demand as him wants to take the time to do this for Green Day. I don’t think celebrities get anything out of doing this other than supporting someone they care about, so that’s pretty awesome. Their star looks amazing. Feeling very proud!

Hey everyone! I know this is a bit random, but I just wanted to thank all of you for being so kind. I really feel at home here, and I look forward to discussing our favorite band together every day. Thank you all for making my life suck a little less ❤️

Sorry to miss the watch party but I didn’t know it was in this thread. I posted in the show thread wondering where everyone was. I feel silly 🫠 I agree with those who said this was an amazing show, I can’t believe how tight they sounded. Just spot on perfect performance. Bobby Sox was the best I’ve ever heard it. And it is truly mind blowing how they can play an entire set of hits like they do. That’s how you do Coachella

For as small as the rock genre has become over the years, I think it says a lot about these guys’ showmanship that they not only rock a crowd of that size that hard, but to headline it this many years into their career is crazy work. They may not be the very top of the bill, but god damn for as many forces that are pushing back at them, they are soaring over that shit. Well fucking done, can’t wait for next week too!!

I may complain about Green Day's setlist but damn they never disappoint. They are just phenomenal on stage. That was such a great show! Even with the minor sound issues they were amazing. Hoping they throw in some different songs next week but either way I know it'll be a great time.

Billie is so sick of the way this guy is playing Also him trying to join the bows and he got removed lol

Holy shit ANOTHER Palestine lyric!! That’s my GOAT 🐐 “Running away from pain, like the kids in Palestine”

The band is getting a lot of positive reviews on the main Coachella thread on the Reddit page. A lot of people are hearing the band for the first time in years on there. So ya love to see it!

I know a standard festival setlist isn’t especially exciting for those of us who follow them closely, but keeping in mind this crowd likely largely hasn’t seen them perform before, this is a super impressive set of hits. And they’re playing EXTREMELY tight tonight too

Gah Billie looks sooooooo good at Coachella! I told my BF it doesn't make sense that Billie looks that good. He just looked at me like 😑

Howard Stern asks Adam Levine about Early Influences If you have Sirius XM then the interview is on the app and the Green Day bit starts around 1:28:00. I roughly transcribed for those that don't. HS: Tell me about Green Day AL: They’re one of my favorite bands ever ever ever. It was the way they looked, how they played, amazing frantic amazing energy one of the tightest bands ever, like ever, ever. The songs were these melodic, super melodic songs, Billie Joe writes these amazing kind of sneakily sophisticated melodies. They sneak up on you. Everyone uses the same chords but there’s only so many use you can use...the melodies are everything. First of all his voice is one in a billion, he’s just got that voice…in the pocket the way he sings. I think there's so much more to them too. I think with them they are underrated because their songs his songwriting are some of the best ever, Really. HS asks if he's met Billie...if he knows the guys, have they hungout? Nicest guys...I know them all. The nicest coolest dudes…we’ve hung out...actually we're all on a Wordle thread... with the Green Day guys. Every morning we send our Wordle scores... how rock and roll is that? Everyone in the Green Day family...extended family. It's like a thousand people and then me....I don't know how I got on that thread. They're the coolest nicest sweetest dudes.

These songs were very recently recorded for the deluxe and are not leftovers tracks from the Saviors sessions.

Billie Joe on today’s ceremony via Instagram ”Where do I start? 1987? 1982? Today was like a fever dream. To see a lot of our friends and family all together to celebrate the walk of fame was unreal and beautiful. I remember playing Rajis in 1992. Never in my wildest fever dreams did I ever imagine this. Walking down the blvd. Gazing at the stars of Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin and so many more. Never once did I think this would be possible for me Mike and Tre. Mike brought tears to my eyes when he mentioned my mom Ollie. Jamming at my house in Rodeo California while she was making spaghetti. Last but not least our extended family and idiot nation. I’m always reluctant to use the word “fans” because you’ve all been on this journey with us for generations. In the immortal words of Shirley and Lee- “Let the good times roll”!” Sobbing he’s so happy about this moment

Ryan’s speech was lovely, he said so many things about their music that really rang true and were really kind. Billie nearly forgetting to thank Adrienne, Mike forgetting Britt, Tre not thanking his wife and children, and no one remembering Ryan Reynolds is just incredible. I love these idiots.

So Serena isn’t speaking? That’s a bummer. I like that Rob is speaking though, they should have someone representing them who has worked with them.

Got my 3 day pass yesterday. Letting you guys know first. Breaking news. I will be staying at the Green Day stage the entire day to be as close to the stage as possible. Beer shall be a noble sacrifice. Water too, but who needs that…actually I’ll bring a water backpack. Let’s go September!!! P.S. I was going to write this in the “random Green Day thoughts” thread, but I saw this was already made ✊. Sometimes I forget I can make a thread too lol

@Undómiel I feel like so few regular marriages endure and even fewer marriages that involve someone in the spotlight last. The musician lifestyle cannot be easy and we can surmise things haven’t always been smooth sailing for them, so it’s so sweet to see them still being such a cute and happy couple. I love how much he clearly adores Adrienne. And I’ve always loved how much Billie seems to value loyalty in all his relationships in life — it says a lot about someone’s character to have such long-lasting, strong bonds with so many people.

That might’ve been the COOLEST live rendition of Knowledge they’ve done yet! Wowowow!! 😭

Again, I'm not allowing any AI slop to fill this website. Make another thread and you will be suspended for spamming.

Sara just replied to a comment of mine of insta. I'm famous. 😅

Early April is what I consider my “Green Day-versary” and this year is a big one! My dad got American Idiot when it first came out and I was resistant to liking it at first — I liked heavier, darker rock at the time and felt like Green Day was too upbeat for me. But over the next few months and hours upon hours of listening to them in my dad’s car, they grew on me (or “wore me down” is probably the more correct phrasing ). I admired them so much for the political statements they were making and just thought they seemed like really awesome people. My parents eventually got me Shenanigans and International Superhits on CD and I’d comb through every word in the liner notes. I’d never really taken an interest in band members before and Billie really changed that for me, because I had so much respect for him and found him so talented. This is not the fangirl thread, but yes, I also found him impossibly attractive in all the ways. In early April 2005, I realized that perhaps Green Day meant a bit more to me than most bands. I’m now the age they were when they released American Idiot and it’s hard for me to wrap my head around all they’d already accomplished at this point in their lives, and how they created a timeless masterpiece in their early 30s. The AI-era version of them seems so young to me now. Part of me feels like I’ve loved them for 20 years, part of me feels like it’s been no time at all, and part of me feels like I was never even me before I found them. It is crazy to think they’ve been part of my life for two decades, but I’m so glad they have been, so glad I’ve gotten over breaks I’ve taken from them in the past, and so glad I’m here and they’re here and I get to witness them still doing awesome stuff like playing Coachella for the first time. I’m having more fun as a fan now than I ever have. What a ride.

I’m so proud of our guys! They looked and sounded excellent 👏 sucks there were sound issues on the live stream but those things happen. Can’t wait for next weekend!

Hey but Billie gave us a little tease when he took off the tie and unbuttoned his shirt a little 🥵

These big festivals you have to do it strategically, not to sound technical or business like, but it’s got to be a good mix of hits and casual fan songs. They’re not likely to do the usual Coachella shtick of having a guest up there so they have to kill it and I think it went really well. You start adding deep cuts and you can plummet quickly at these things

Shoutout to that guy for doing the studio intro for Good Riddance lol

“We are the kids of war and peace, from Palestine in the Middle East” THATS WHAT THE FUCK IM TALKING ABOUT BABY!!!

I find it EXTREMELY cool that they’re a headliner this year. Amazing to be asked this far into their career, and what great exposure to a new audience!

Billie is on stage now! Starting off performing “Head Over Heels”. They all sound and look great!

I think it’s a great sign we’re getting a deluxe. For YEARS this boys have been far behind on music promo, and this new era seems to have new management behind the scenes getting these videos, tracks, and social posts out there. It’ll also tie in nicely with their upcoming Coachella set, which you’d want new music prepared for. Whether you’re a fan of deluxe editions or not, it’s very commonplace these days in music and from a marketing perspective it does a lot to extend the otherwise short lifespan of an album in the current music landscape. That said, I’m happy the boys have a competent team behind them now, and it shows because we are getting FED! 🥳

Every song on Saviors has a similar style visualizer video. I don't even think it's a "single", it's just a Deluxe pre-release track and they're not gonna make much money off of it at all. They didn't give an announcement for the song's release prior to releasing it, they just released it alongside the announcement of the Deluxe album. Idk what point you're trying to make. The band hasn't said anything about the song, they announced it on social media and YouTube and even there they didn't make any statement about the quality of the new tracks but also even if they did, they're not gonna say "Yeah these tracks are pretty mid. Listen if you want". They're trying to promote a deluxe version of their latest album.

Why are we so obsessed with what Fantano thinks? Is he influential in a way that I’ve just completely missed?

This has to be the advert ever 😂😂😂 https://www.instagram.com/stories/billiejoearmstrong/3626044545953622070?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MWhnbjdwN3RodXRzag==

I prefer these deluxe editions to a throw away EP, and I have a feeling that's what Green Day are thinking as well. Why put out an EP that nobody's going to pay any attention to when you could do a few more songs and do a full on album cycle. These bonus tracks are a lot like 1972 in that way. Remember all the hype - "Green Day have 6 songs, aaaaagh!" But this time, it's adding to the album, giving us fan a more satisfying conclusion to the Saviors era, may it continue so far that it overlaps into - and yeah, I don't leave without doing it- ALBUM 15 ERA, oh yeah!!!!!

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On a side note, I’m pleasantly surprised to see all the praise for Green Day‘s performance online. I wasn’t sure if their music would resonate with the Coachella crowd, but it seems like most people really enjoyed their set, and I even saw some articles naming them as the highlight of the whole festival. There was one post about Travis Scott‘s performance where people commented that it fell flat because of the high standards set by Green Day before. I’ve got no idea if this is true or not, but it seems like in recent months, the band is finally getting the recognition they deserve. There was a time where they were the punching bag for a lot of frustrated rock fans, but these days, it seems like most people seem to acknowledge their contribution to rock music history and the fact that they are still one of the best live bands out there.

Just finished Coachella night 2 and guys, how did we score the hottest singer of all the singers in the world? How? How tf does he look that good? There were like 50 individual moments in those 2 hours where I was like “that is the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen???” We did something good in a past life. And so did he apparently because damn.

They did an awesome job! So grateful whenever this stuff is livestreamed, it’s fun to be part of it.

“Gimme the guitar back pleeeEEEeeaseee” LMFAOOO

Shit like this is why my "Green Day phase" isn't just a phase.

Just heard this on Sirius XM Alt Nation! They mentioned the Saviors deluxe after

I know it's simple but man this song slaps! It's so catchy, I've been listening to it a lot. We've come a long way from Here Comes the Shock.