Green Day headlining Outside Lands Music Festival

[Yosuke Hanamura]

2 hours ago, That Dude said:

But it's kind of sad that no matter how rich and famous you are, you're never really free to do whatever you want.   I know that Green Day were to say, perform DOS in it's entirety everynight, followed by 10 Coldplay covers - the crowds would thin and their ability to tour would vanish. It just sucks.

It’s pretty safe to say that hardcore fans would be even more disappointed by that than the current Hella Mega setlist.

As much as we love the deep cuts more than anybody, It’d be wrong to say that at least one of the hits don’t land in our top songs (Which would get you the side eye in this community.)

[pacejunkie punk]

57 minutes ago, Yosuke Hanamura said:

It’s pretty safe to say that hardcore fans would be even more disappointed by that than the current Hella Mega setlist.

As much as we love the deep cuts more than anybody, It’d be wrong to say that at least one of the hits don’t land in our top songs (Which would get you the side eye in this community.)

That’s true. I’d be fine if I never heard Holiday and BOBD again, but Basket Case and Minority never get old for me. I’m sure everyone has their list

[yxngjames]

1 hour ago, Yosuke Hanamura said:

It’s pretty safe to say that hardcore fans would be even more disappointed by that than the current Hella Mega setlist.

As much as we love the deep cuts more than anybody, It’d be wrong to say that at least one of the hits don’t land in our top songs (Which would get you the side eye in this community.)

 

 

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

Tbh I think doing a little more research before dishing out $200 might come a long way if you care about what’s being played.

[HoneyEmerald]

1 minute ago, Beerjeezus said:

Tbh I think doing a little more research before dishing out $200 might come a long way if you care about what’s being played.

What research would they be doing and where?  

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

Just now, HoneyEmerald said:

What research would they be doing and where?  

What songs are being played on setlist.fm

[GuitarPunk94]

i am sure there are many people (like me) who dont do "research" before a show so you get surprised by the setlist

[pacejunkie punk]

11 minutes ago, GuitarPunk94 said:

i am sure there are many people (like me) who dont do "research" before a show so you get surprised by the setlist

Well then I hope they were surprised 😜 But if you care that much about what they play at a festival then I agree check out other recent festival setlists

[The_real_st_jimmy]

On 8/5/2022 at 12:11 PM, Cali89 said:

Welcome to California! I hope you have a great time! 

Thank you!!!😊

On 8/5/2022 at 12:55 PM, Rumpelstiltskin2000 said:

Have a great time 🎶 

Thanks! It was so much fun😁

On 8/5/2022 at 5:39 PM, jengd said:

Enjoy, I hope it’s awesome!

I wanna go back to a show so badly now haha. Had way too much fun!

On 8/6/2022 at 10:59 AM, chrism17 said:

Yeah that would be cool, how early do you think we need to get in there? Haven’t done Green Day at a festival before so not sure…

Ahh man. I'm sorry I'm just now seeing this 😧 I got there at 12, and got into the pit around 1:30 and managed to get 2nd row in the barricade. How about you guys?

[jengd]

2 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

If it helps, the show they put on still helps them to gain new fans and impress the doubters even now. Here’s a subreddit for Outside Lands where casual fans who were not sure they liked Green Day walked away impressed and in love after a greatest hits show. These shows are for those people 

 

Exactly, we have to accept we are the minority, I’ve been at big shows where ands play deep cuts and the mood can just plummet.  Very hard to recover it too.  I love seeing all the tweets etc from people saying how great GD were.

5 hours ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

I'm not even gonna watch the show. Boring setlist.

Not boring show though.

[The_real_st_jimmy]

Do you think they might do an "after" Outside Lands suprise show anywhere?

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

Just now, The_real_st_jimmy said:

Do you think they might do an "after" Outside Lands suprise show anywhere?

I hadn't really thought about it but I suppose anything is possible with this band

[The_real_st_jimmy]

2 minutes ago, Rumpelstiltskin2000 said:

I hadn't really thought about it but I suppose anything is possible with this band

Haha, here's to hoping that they will! I leave Cali Wednesday so I'm hoping maybe soon!🤞🤞😝

[desertrose]

Great show as always, love the energy. Yeah same setlist when I saw them last year. Still glad I saw them again live.  I had a great time watching some of the other bands playing at Outside Lands.

Still hoping for a arena tour where we can get those fantastic setlists like we got in 2010.  I am not a fan of these festival shows. They can't play the fan favorites because they are playing to a broader audience and some who have never seen them before.

Oh well I enjoyed seeing them live. Now wait for the next show in the Bay Area.

 

[pacejunkie punk]

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/green-days-outside-lands-set-heard-across-the-city?fbclid=IwAR2Oj7MZX7nyREBJY1wMkHzlE4nOfXuOTpKufpzrLCm3SCQZ-WI_Nzr_NEA

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

Photos from Green Day on Facebook 

 

[Yosuke Hanamura]

4 hours ago, pinkyy said:

 

I’m not saying that they should continue to have an all hits setlist, or that I prefer it this way. Rather that It’d be wrong to get rid of the hits entirely.

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

Some more photos from Green Day’s Instagram story 

[fyc]

Unlike the Redditor, I think most of us are at varying levels of acceptance as @jengd suggests that arena and especially hometown arena shows are just going to be standard set lists.  Yes, the silver lining is casuals go home happy.

To @That Dude's question if they enjoy just playing the hits, I have to think so, especially when Billie says he so happy in mid-set.  If Billie and Mike's facial expressions of joy aren't real, it's one hell of an impressive acting job.  Some bands have said they have to switch it up just to keep things interesting, but apparently that doesn't apply to our trio.

@pacejunkie punk brings up an interesting question of what hits can we hear again.  This'll be different for everyone, but for me from last night's:

• Can hear again and again: WTP, St. Jimmy, Minority, Basket Case, WMUWSE, GR
• Could be relegated: AI, Holiday, KYE, BOBD, Longview, HAR, BS, WICA, 21 Guns, Knowledge, KFAD, JOS

The livestream's audio and video is superior, but here's my one song video.  Listen/watch only if you care to hear a slightly different mix, namely what you might hear from the audience:

 

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg-haYLML0O/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

Jason White from @batmansmom on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg9nob5ryfH/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[jengd]

9 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/green-days-outside-lands-set-heard-across-the-city?fbclid=IwAR2Oj7MZX7nyREBJY1wMkHzlE4nOfXuOTpKufpzrLCm3SCQZ-WI_Nzr_NEA

Not available in UK 😭

[Flashback]

I think that they still play the greatest hits playlist is quite smart. That way they can now get attention of people who don‘t listen to Green Day or didn‘t listen to them for some time. And when they announce the new album, they can reach more people.

[Liam]

25 minutes ago, jengd said:

Not available in UK 😭

Green Day’s Outside Lands set heard across S.F.

Green Day once released a song called “Wow! That’s Loud,” and on the second day of this year’s Outside Lands festival many San Francisco residents vehemently agreed with that sentiment.

As soon as the East Bay pop-punk band took to the Lands End stage to the strains of “American Idiot” at around 8:20 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, social media feeds lit up with people across the city noting how clearly they could hear every riff, cymbal crash and f-bomb the group cranked out from the end of the Polo Field in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

“Who needs Outside Lands tix when I can hear Green Day blasting all the way over to where I live as I nurse my baby to sleep,” Sarah Buhr Davis posted on Twitter.

And the tweets kept coming as the band — singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bass player Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool — moved through its two-hour headlining set, highlighted by hits such as “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “Holiday” and “Longview” (see Green Day’s full Outside Lands setlist below).

“From my house, I can distinctly hear Green Day playing ‘Welcome to Paradise’ in Golden Gate Park (about 2 miles away),” Sarah Mei tweeted. She added, “I was a 924 Gilman kid in college and back then I was ALL. IN.”

Part of the problem may have been that the San Francisco weather was unusually calm, without the blanket of fog to dampen the noise, providing the perfect conditions for the music to carry.

“So funny that I can hear Green Day playing from my house,” Shannon Wolfe tweeted. “The crowd noise is exuberant, you can feel the post-Covid air. Outside Lands is lit.”

Even fans on the festival grounds noted how the volume seemed to increase once Green Day went on — and that was before the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act unleashed a barrage of fireworks after its second-to-last song, the mini-suite “Jesus of Suburbia.”

The band’s set, which also included a raucous cover of the Kiss classic “Rock and Roll All Nite,” cut it close to Golden Gate Park’s strict 10 p.m. curfew, ending at about 9:55 p.m. with Armstrong belting out a low-key solo version of “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).”

Another Planet Entertainment, the promoters of the annual summer festival, have worked diligently to curb noise issues in recent years and even have a community hotline to respond to any complaints park neighbors may have during the three-day concert. They also have mobile sound monitoring equipment set up around the park that concert technicians can reference in order to adjust the volume as needed. The hotline number is 415-965-8001 and is available from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. during each festival day.

But it’s unlikely many people used it during Green Day’s nostalgia-heavy set which was devoid of Armstrong’s usual politically-charged banter. 

“What’s better than listening to Green Day in your backyard? Answer: nothing. Nothing is better,” tweeted Mark Dietrich. 

City officials have previously stated that despite the persistent noise complaints about Outside Lands over the years, Another Planet has never violated any laws because there is no ordinance that applies to the festival site across the Polo Field, Hellman Hollow, Speedway Meadow and Marx Meadow. 

In 2019, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a 10-year extension for Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. The festival has contributed $31 million to the parks’ budget since it started, enabling the hire of a full-time gardener for the festival grounds and scholarships for its youth recreation programs, according to city records.

The 14th annual festival is expected to draw 220,000 people during its three-day run at park through Sunday, Aug. 7, when it closes with a headlining set by rapper Post Malone.