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@solongfromthestars and @Rumpelstiltskin2000 I didn't know you two had been to the show in Costa Rica! I loved so much reading both your recounts of the show, and the lengths you went to to get there... and you bought the ticket the morning of? I would have died from stress thinking "I flew all this way and spent all this money and I bet you the tickets will be sold out by the time I get there" 😅 That show was legendary, I still feel like we should all talk about it in a hushed, reverential tone, so I'm really happy you both got to experience it!

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1 hour ago, Cris. said:

@solongfromthestars and @Rumpelstiltskin2000 I didn't know you two had been to the show in Costa Rica! I loved so much reading both your recounts of the show, and the lengths you went to to get there... and you bought the ticket the morning of? I would have died from stress thinking "I flew all this way and spent all this money and I bet you the tickets will be sold out by the time I get there" 😅 That show was legendary, I still feel like we should all talk about it in a hushed, reverential tone, so I'm really happy you both got to experience it!

There was a Costa Rican girl on the forum back then and she was able to keep checking  the ticket status for everyone on GDC. Without that I wouldn't have dared to go without tickets! It wasn't even close to sold out. Had it said sold out I wouldn't have even tried to go

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On this day 5 years ago (30 October 2019), Green Day played La Riviera in Madrid. Fun fact: they also played La Riviera in 1998 and 2000.

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15 years ago (30 October 2009), Green Day played at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour.

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I still remember a few bits clearly from this show – "I split my pants," the crowd singing Boulevard of Broken Dreams, 2000 Light Years Away, Coming Clean and the general magical feeling.

Here's what younger me wrote:

"On the bus to our hotel, we met another mother-and-daughter pair on their way to the show. I stuck six A4 sheets together to make a ‘PLAY ¡VIVA LA GLORIA!’ banner before we left.

This time our seats were on Mike’s side. Watching Prima Donna and the drunk bunny, I was nervous. But once I heard those opening chords of 21st Century Breakdown, saw my heroes run onstage, I knew I would be alright. The songs I was hearing for a second, third time were as fresh as ever.

Security followed Billie as he ran up into the seats in Know Your Enemy and East Jesus Nowhere. In Boulevard of Broken Dreams, he announced he’d split his pants. ‘Did anyone see my balls?’

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After Boulevard of Broken Dreams, I held up my banner. Billie stopped and squinted. People around us were screaming ‘he’s seen it, he’s seen it, he’s seen it!’ and he pointed before yelling into the band mic. They began 2000 Light Years Away. The guys behind us were laughing, saying he misread it. I have no idea if it was really anything to do with my banner, but it was funny either way – and thrilling since they weren’t playing that regularly.

Hitchin’ a Ride was followed by Coming Clean. It was a furious performance of a poignant song. Everyone was dancing. This time, I noticed a stencil of Gloria was the backdrop for She. With that, the 15 year-old song joined the narrative of 21st Century Breakdown. In King for a Day, Billie sang snippets of Stand By Me, I Fought the Law and Champagne Supernova. 21 Guns remained as emotional as that first night. Maybe even more so. Because, though I hadn’t quite figured out what yet, I knew something was worth fighting for. That bridge was my favourite moment of every set.

It was all surreal. Watching the confetti spray out again; hearing a passionate Jesus of Suburbia and seeing the show close, lights dimmed and band bowing, with Last Night on Earth, Wake Me Up When September Ends and Good Riddance."

Disclaimer: The bannner was only out for a minute between songs but I wouldn't take anything like that to a show now. I was 14.

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20 years ago (30 October 2004), Green Day played the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on the American Idiot Tour.

25 years ago (30 October 1999), Green Day played the Bridge School Benefit at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.

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27 years ago (30 October 1997), Green Day played Deep Ellum Live in Dallas, TX on the Nimrod Tour.

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32 years ago (30 October 1992), Green Day played the Berkeley Square nightclub.

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"This show was hella weird, but not the first time that Green Day played with terrible funk rock bands that were inexplicably popular in the Bay Area back then. Bands like Psychefunkapus, Limbomaniacs, Fungo Mungo, Bluchunks (who were not terrible), Compost, etc. I still went because it was only $6 and it was Green Day!"Anthony Lew

33 years ago (30 October 1991), Green Day played BZ Huset in Aarhus, Denmark.

 

14 hours ago, Cris. said:

@solongfromthestars and @Rumpelstiltskin2000 I didn't know you two had been to the show in Costa Rica! I loved so much reading both your recounts of the show, and the lengths you went to to get there... and you bought the ticket the morning of? I would have died from stress thinking "I flew all this way and spent all this money and I bet you the tickets will be sold out by the time I get there" 😅 That show was legendary, I still feel like we should all talk about it in a hushed, reverential tone, so I'm really happy you both got to experience it!

In hindsight I can't believe we did that!!! I do remember that all the Costa Ricans on GDC were absolutely certain there'd still be tickets left, but I'd be shitting myself all the way to San Jose if I did that today.

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Halloween 2009 was my fourth and last show on this leg of the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. We were buying our t-shirts for the night when @solongfromthestars said "Kevin's singing the Foxboro Hot Tubs" and I turned and said  "that's not Kevin, that's Billie!" and we literally ran to our seats (me knocking someone's beer out their hand on my way) and we were treated to three songs from the FBHT. It was incredible. I never ever for one second thought I would ever get to see them. I'd been following people's stories about their shows on GDC but could only long to be there!

The whole show just had this incredible atmosphere. Tre had dyed part of his hair red for Halloween.

This time when we saw the buses leaving on that rainy Manchester night it was really sad because we had no clue when we'd see them again.

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1 hour ago, solongfromthestars said:

On this day 15 years ago (31 October 2009), the Foxboro Hot Tubs played a surprise set at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, before Green Day came on. They played Stop, Drop & Roll, Mother Mary and Sally.

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This was such an incredible treat for the fans who thought they were "just" getting a Green Day show. I was 14, it was my fourth show and I was not expecting anything like this. I thought I'd just never see the Foxboro Hot Tubs. Here's what I wrote back then:

"It was Halloween. I hung back while my mum looked at merch after Prima Donna. Music was playing inside. It sounded awfully familiar. Was I hallucinating? Because I was sure I could hear Stop, Drop & Roll! I squeezed past people to alert my mum.

‘Prima Donna are playing the Foxboro Hot Tubs!’
My mum stopped. Listened. Then her eyes widened.
‘That’s not Kevin, it’s BILLIE!’

We ran from the merch stand to our seats. In our mad charge down the steps, we knocked over someone’s beer. They just laughed. The steps buckled and we almost fell. Everyone around us looked baffled as we stumbled clapping and singing into our seats. The Reverend Strychnine Twitch, AKA Billie, sprayed Carling beer – a British replacement for his signature Pabst Blue Ribbon – over the front row. His blond head darted all over the stage. Tré wore a leopard print shirt and Jason a fluffy white coat. In Mother Mary, Billie threw down his tambourine to leap into the crowd. Security helped him back up.

My name is the Reverend Strychnine Twitch and yes, we are the proverbial Foxboro Hot Tubs.’"

Another fan who submitted his story for the We Are Revolution Radio book also wrote about this, so I'd like to share that too. The mention of the show is towards the end but I'm including the whole thing because it's a lovely story and it shows how special this was for everyone who realised what was going on (crazily many didn't).

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And then Green Day played their show afterwards.

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My recap:

"The intro to 21st Century Breakdown still unleashed butterflies in my stomach. In Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Billie told us, ‘last night in the last song I split my pants. I did that splits thing and my whole  butt was hanging out after that.’ It was also the last outing of the leopard print thong.

That night, as 21 Guns faded to drum rolls, I expected Minority. Instead, in an explosion of pyros and energy Billie roared ‘MASS HYSTERIA!’ and I was swept up in exactly that; mass hysteria as I screamed along to one of my all-time favourite songs, American Eulogy, that I missed on the second night in Birmingham. In my own blurry video, I’m deafeningly loud as I bellow ‘vigilantes warning ya, CALLING CHRISTIAN AND GLORIA!’ over Billie’s ‘RIGHT HERE IN MANCHESTER!’ It was unreal. Thousands of people were in a shared ecstasy conducted by a tight performance. We watched through moments of quiet while Billie stamped his foot to solos, basking in the band’s talent and energy, religiously echoing ‘heeeeeey-ooooohhhhhh’ as Mike sang his last verse…

…and we screamed in unison – ‘I DON’T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE MODERN AGE!’

…and the song exploded into its final chorus.

‘I don’t wanna live in the modern world! I don’t wanna live in the modern world! I don’t wanna live in the modern world – MASS HYSTERIA! In the modern world – MASS HYSTERIA! In the modern world – MASS HYSTERIA! In the modern world – MASS HYSTERIA! In the modern world…’

Then the music stopped and 21,000 voices, alone with Billie’s and Mike’s, echoed that we didn’t want to live in the modern world, mass hysteria… until Billie sang like an anthem, ‘nobody likes you, everyone left you, they’re all out without you, having fun!’ over Mike and, as Tré conducted with his drumsticks, we joined him.

The world could have ended then and I would have felt the bricks crashing down were healing gold dust. I could hear the sound of my own beating heart. The heartbeat of a kid who was stifled but now impassioned, inspired and ready to smash the silence with a brick of self control."

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18 years ago (31 October 2008), The Saints Are Coming was released as a single.

20 years ago (31 October 2004), Green Day played the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA on the American idiot Tour.

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25 years ago (31 October 1999), Green Day played a second night for the Bridge School Benefit at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.

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26 years ago (31 October 1998), Green Day played the Parque Sarmiento in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the Nimrod Tour. It was their first show in Argentina.

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27 years ago (31 October 1997), Green Day played Liberty Lunch in Austin, TX on the Nimrod Tour.

29 years ago (31 October 1995), Green Day played the Metro Centre in Halifax, Canada on the Insomniac Tour.

30 years ago (31 October 1994), Green Day played the Sports Arena in San Diego, CA on the Dookie Tour.

33 years ago (31 October 1991), Green Day played Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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"The list of now-superstars who have played in Ungdomshuset is very long. They came there before anybody else in Copenhagen knew who Bjork and Nick Cave were and in 1991 an American teenage punk band called Green Day played in the Ungdomshuset before shooting off to world fame." — Nikolaj Heltoft

"After the first week, when they discovered that it's a Danish tradition for punks to throw beer at bands they like, their instruments were toast. Luckily - for him - Armstrong had brought Lawrence Livermore's amp instead of his own. Replacing the instruments was out of the question, as they were barely earning enough money to keep everyone fed and traveling from show to show. The band ended up borrowing new equipment every night. 'Seriously,' says Tre Cool, 'I was using guys' kits where the drummer would say, 'If you screw up my kit, I'm gonna stab you.''"

35 years ago (31 October 1989), Green Day played the Los Robles Lodge in Santa Rosa, CA.

"We played this show with them, Halloween 1989 in Santa Rosa. Victim's Family and Green Day. It was a benefit. And people wouldn't give Green Day ten bucks for gas to get home in their fucking VW van. This alleged benefit, and people left them stranded with their van." — Ralph Spight

Your most iconic quote. Even better than, "I don't know anything about Turkey, Green Day don't play there (despite having been to Turkey)."

Thanks, to you and to other contributers, once again, this is a very special thread your developing.

You said at the very beginning you are scheduling stories on GDA Instagram.

Can I be nosey and ask when finished, will it be generally accessible for fans, like a chronological database or something? Thanks.

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16 minutes ago, jengd said:

@solongfromthestars we love your posts but completely understand what a huge undertaking this is, please don’t feel bad if you have to give it up.  

Agreed. And thanks @solongfromthestars for the link to the GDA site, it looks amazing. Hope they sort the technical issues for you soon. You are a star  

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57 minutes ago, jengd said:

@solongfromthestars we love your posts but completely understand what a huge undertaking this is, please don’t feel bad if you have to give it up.  

Totally! This is a great project @solongfromthestars and I love reading your posts, and the fact that it also opens the floor for other people to tell their stories from a show they experienced. But indeed we know it's a huge amount of work and time you put into this, so don't feel pressured into finishing it.

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I never knew Green Day had been to South America before the 21stCBD tour until this thread. Now I feel slightly offended they didn't go to Venezuela in that '98 tour. It was a perfectly normal and thriving country back then :lol: and I'm sure they'd have enough of an audience back then for the type of venues they were playing in that tour. 

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On this day last year (4 November 2023), Green Day played the Bataclan in Paris, France.

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20 years ago (4 November 2004), Green Day were on Musique Plus in Montreal, Canada.

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Later that day, Green Day played the Centre Bell in Montreal, Canada.

27 years ago (4 November 1997), Green Day played the Theatre Club in Fort Lauderdale, FL on the Nimrod Tour.

"The place was packed! Billie Joe even said, 'This place is way overcrowded, but I won't say anything.' Green Day started off with Nice Guys Finish Last, but only played about 4 songs from Nimrod. I was a little surprised to hear Green Day go back so far and play Knowledge and Paper Lanterns, but I was thrilled because I love those songs. Throughout the show, Billie Joe and Mike sprayed water from at the crowd in the front. In the middle of the show, one kid was on someone's shoulders, shining a flashlight in Billie's eyes, so Billie got a flashlight and said, 'How the fuck do you like it? No one wants to look at you, get the fuck down. My flashlight is bigger than yours.' Billie posed like Marilyn Manson and chanted, 'The beautiful people, the beautiful people,' when starting Longview. Billie was very funny. Tre was quite calm until the end when he trashed his drum set. He jumped on it, causing it to collapse and the picked pieces of it up, then smashed it back down. Mike didn't say much, except a few things that I couldn't understand. Finally, after their encore, Mike and Billie broke out the champagne and squirted it on fans in the front. Green Day sounded awesome, and put on a GREAT show. They were truly spectacular and no one was disappointed!"

29 years ago (4 November 1995), Green Day played the Community War Memorial in Rochester, NY on the Insomniac Tour.

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30 years ago (4 November 1994), Green Day played the Olympic Velodrome in Carson, CA on the Dookie Tour.

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"This was a challenging shoot. The place was huge, the bleachers were a mile away so I had to get somewhat close to make it worthwhile. There were areas on the grass that had little humps of hills and I staked one out so I could shoot over the crowd, here is the results. WHAT'S UP YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKERS!" — fromthenosebleeds

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33 years ago (4 November 1991), Green Day played Roter Sand in Bremerhaven, Germany.

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35 years ago (4 November 1989), Green Day played in El Sobrante, CA.

 

22 hours ago, Cris. said:

I never knew Green Day had been to South America before the 21stCBD tour until this thread. Now I feel slightly offended they didn't go to Venezuela in that '98 tour. It was a perfectly normal and thriving country back then :lol: and I'm sure they'd have enough of an audience back then for the type of venues they were playing in that tour. 

I had no idea they'd gone to South America so early in their career, or if I did know I'd forgotten. :lol: They totally could have played Venezuela.

6 hours ago, Hermione said:

To echo what others have said, I love these posts but don't feel bad if you want to stop!

Thanks for tagging me for Foxies :lol:. I've talked about it a million times but it was just the best thing ever. After following the US tour on GDC the previous year it was like a dream for it to actually happen here and only a week after seeing GD the first time. So glad my sister and I went for it and got on a train to London having no idea if we'd get tickets, we almost didn't even go but in the end everyone who turned up got in and the place wasn't even full (thanks to not being called Green Day and no social media from the band in those days). When we got our wristbands and then a bunch of people we knew from here and FB who we'd met the previous week arrived on a minibus and got theirs too it was the best feeling.

Just a super fun, crazy show, absolutely surreal being so up close and intimate with the band, I noticed watching a video the other day that the first time Billie crowdsurfed was less than a minute into the show lmao. We were one back from the barrier first half and on the barrier the second half (perk of not going to the GD show beforehand), in front of Kevin who was awesome. The crowd interaction was constant and so was the beer Billie was drinking, handing out to pass around, and pouring over himself and the crowd, I was drenched from head to toe in beer. My sister got a kiss from Billie, he poured a beer in my mouth/over me, he leaned into crowd to sing so I was standing between his thighs :shy:, he crowdsurfed over us multiple times and I got to ruffle his hair lol, he never stopped interacting with the crowd and his Rev persona was a lot of fun, and the way the whole band all joked around. Blown away by the music and the fact they played so long. All the previous shows had been pretty short and especially since they were playing after a full GD show we were expecting it to maybe be under an hour. But then they played Stop Drop and Roll over and over which was greatest and most hilarious thing ever to me, and started doing covers, and it just went on and on, couldn't believe it. When they went off stage the way the crowd brought them back for the encore was by chanting "hey-oh" lol. During A Quick One I decided I would make sure to remember as much of this show as I could and because I think of it and watch videos of it and talk about it with my sister often I've achieved that, I don't think I've stopped feeling excited about it in the last 15 years. Feel very grateful that they kept their "I've got you on my mind, England" promise from the Rev's myspace message after the US tour and that I got to see it along with so many cool people! I think Tony (greendaytone) ended up getting the Rev's rosary beads

This is the best picture I've seen from the show :lol:, I'm out of shot but my sister's hair is bottom right

And that's my sister's hand with the ring and mine next to it lol

Only bad thing is they filmed the entire thing with three cameras but never put out a second of footage of it :dry:

Thanks for sharing your story! I'm so glad you got to have this experience :wub:  It sounds absolutely wild!

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The Milan shirt was my favorite shirt that Billie wore on the Saviors tour.

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On this day 15 years ago (8 November 2009), Green Day played the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour.

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19 years ago (8 November 2005), Green Day played American Idiot on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in London, England.

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20 years ago (8 November 2004), Green Day played the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, IL on the American Idiot Tour.

23 years ago (8 November 2001), Green Day played four songs on The Chris Isaak Show in Vancouver, Canada. It aired on 13 November.

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26 years ago (8 November 1998), Green Day played a second night at Via Funchal in São Paulo, Brazil on the Nimrod Tour.

27 years ago (8 November 1997), Green Day played the Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, NC on the Nimrod Tour.

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“Great show! I remember it being the most packed I have ever seen Tremont Music Hall. You could hardly move, but the show was amazing!” — Jarrod Landahl

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29 years ago (8 November 1995), Green Day played 86 on the Late Show With David Letterman.

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33 years ago (8 November 1991), Green Day played UJZ Korn in Hannover, Germany.

 

18 hours ago, Montclare said:

The Milan shirt was my favorite shirt that Billie wore on the Saviors tour.

It really suited him. Stripes are good.

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On this day 15 years ago (11 November 2009), Last Night On Earth: Live In Tokyo was released.

Green Day also played in Bologna, Italy 15 years ago today.

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19 years ago (11 November 2005), Green Day played Wake Me Up When September Ends on Late Night With Conan O'Brien.

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27 years ago (11 November 1997), Green Day played in an alley behind an HMV shop in NYC.

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Later that day, Billie Joe played Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) on Late Night With Conan O'Brien.

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29 years ago (11 November 1995), Green Day played the Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, PA on the Insomniac Tour.

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"Regarding Geoff Gehman's review of the Green Day concert at Stabler Arena, he obviously wasn't at the same show I was. Green Day was very original, inventive and quite entertaining. Every song the band played sounded clear, quite different from the band's other material, and was eagerly welcomed by the sold-out crowd. I worked this show as part of the stage crew, and lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong took the time to talk to us 'roadies' and even signed autographs, while 99 percent of other performers are whisked away to their limos or tour buses and don't even acknowledge the people who make the shows happen." — John Anders

The bad review mentioned is on the GDA page. He REALLY didn't like that show. :lol:

33 years ago (11 November 1991), Green Day played Klub Modus in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

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They were also interviewed backstage.

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34 years ago (11 November 1990), Green Day played in Eggplant's back yard in Pinole, CA.

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Well, I can actually say that missing yesterday wasn't my fault. :lol:

Anyway, 7 years ago yesterday (12 November 2017), Green Day played in Santiago, Chile on the Revolution Radio Tour.

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15 years ago (12 November 2009), Green Day played in Turin, Italy on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour.

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19 years ago (12 November 2005), Green Day played 16 songs at the Fuse TV Studio in NYC.

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That photo was everywhere back then. I've got a "blend" from Piczo somewhere on my external hard drive.

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20 years ago (12 November 2004), Green Day played the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO on the American Idiot Tour.

27 years ago (12 November 1997), Green Day played the Roseland Ballroom in NYC on the Nimrod Tour.

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29 years ago (12 November 1995), Green Day played the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, NY on the Insomniac Tour.

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33 years ago (12 November 1991), Green Day played Klub ACK in Białystok, Poland.

"I was on tour with the Mr. T Experience in Poland, not long after the communist government had fallen, and as we pulled into Bialystok, the last town before the Russian border, I thought, 'This has got to be the first time an American punk rock band has played in this part of the world.' Then I saw the huge 'Green Day' spray-painted across the town's water tower. They'd been there, done that, months before us." — Larry Livermore

35 years ago (12 November 1989), Green Day played at Eggplant's house in Pinole, CA.

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"Green Day played my 16th birthday party. About four songs into it, Billie's mom called. He didn’t do his chores. So he had to get a ride back to his house so he could feed the dogs. 'Cause his mom would whup his ass. She was a redheaded firecracker. Billie's dad passed away when he was ten, so mom, as a waitress - she had to deal with all these kids. Billie's the last of six, so she had her ass-whuppin' tactics down. He had to get a ride home, feed the dogs, come back, and then they finished their set." — James Washburn

 

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On this day 12 years ago (13 November 2012), ¡Dos! was released. AKA one of Green Day's best albums! :ga: 

20 years ago (13 November 2004), Green Day played the E Center in West Valley City, UT on the American Idiot Tour.

23 years ago (13 November 2001), International Superhits and International Supervideos were released.

27 years ago (13 November 1997), Green Day played the Memorial Auditorium in Worcester, MA on the Nimrod Tour.

"After a poor set by Superdrag, Green Day took the stage by running and doing a few cartwheels. Billie Joe sported The Queers bumper sticker on the back of his black T-shirt. The band wasted no time in launching into their opener, Going To Pasalacqua. The sound was, to say the least, awesome. The 3,800-seat hall was only about half full, but the band seemed to pounce on its intimacy. Billie Joe spoke freely with the crowd, recalling the melee that took place when they played the Hatch Shell in Boston in 1994. Prior to The Grouch, Billie dedicated the song to all his 18 year old fans who grew up on Dookie - accepting the blame for their presumably fucked-up lives. The set went on to include such hits as: Chump/Longview, Welcome To Paradise, Hitchin' A Ride, She, F.O.D., Basket Case, Geek Stink Breath, and Brain Stew/Jaded. They didn't play J.A.R. or Walking Contradiction, but their playing of so many radio hits clearly showed their love for the music, regardless of its commercial status. The show was as if the band and the crowd were having a big party. Billie Joe donned a necktie thrown on stage prior to Welcome to Paradise, and during Ivy's Knowledge, Armstrong allowed a kid from the audience play his guitar. The mostly hardcore Green Day audience appreciated spirted renditions of 2,000 Light Years Away, and One of My Lies. Newer tracks such as Nice Guys Finish Last, Scattered, and Uptight seamlessly fit into the bands professional set. Billie Joe announced the traditional set closer Paper Lanterns before ripping into a frenzy. As usual, he slowed the tempo down to include an extended interlude with maximum foolishness. He put his guitar down to climb the amps and spray water on the crowd; he got the crowd to clap in unison with an Elmo doll, and he sang the Mickey Mouse theme song. Throughout the night, Tre would toss his drum sticks up in the air behind his back at every chance he got. At one point, he picked up a large handful, hit his snare once, and threw them everywhere. The band returned to loud applause as they launched into their encore, Prosthetic Head. This new track sounded dynamite, with its soft-loud-soft-loud dynamics and ascending vocal harmonies memorizing the crowd. Next came When I Come Around, complete with vocal support from the audience. As the song ended, Billie Joe thrashed on his G5 chord while Mike and Tre demolished the stage. Everything, save for BJ's mic stand, had to go. The carnage was so serious that Tre Cool ended up limping off stage. Billie Joe finally rested his guitar against the amp, and exited the stage to resonating feedback and tremendous cheers. He returned a minute later to perform Good Riddance - the touching solo number which brought out all the lighters. He placed his mike stand on top of his front monitor amp, and, standing as close to the crowd as possible (about four feet away), opened up his heart. When it was over, he said nothing, but his face had this sincere look of, 'Well, wasn't that perfect?' In the end, the whole night was perfect. Green Day might have lost its Top 40 status, but neither the band nor its fans seem to care. In fact, if Green Day continues to put on such complete shows as last Thursday's, their best days may very well still be ahead of them." — (a fan called) Mike

29 years ago (13 November 1995), Green Day played the Civic Center in Springfield, MA.

"Inside the Springfield Civic Center Monday night, oblivious to the season's first snow outside, Green Day hit the stage running, tearing through its speedy songs at an even speedier-than-usual pace. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, when he wasn't riffing relentlessly on his powder blue guitar and shouting into the microphone, shaking his head like a film off its sprockets, was leaping into the air. Bassist Mike Dirnt, keeping the same breakneck pace, kicked backward at the same time, occasionally doubling over or exploding into flying kicks. Drummer Tre Cool was a bit more anchored to his drum set, yet his arms flailed the underpinning beat. The difference between this fall's Green Day appearance and last fall's is that they have another hit album and twice as many familiar tunes for the young crowd, which twitched and rippled in delight en masse when they came up. Armitage Shanks and Brat opened the set, just as they open the new album, Insomniac. Four songs in was the current single, Geek Stink Breath, whose lurid tooth-extraction video is currently grossing out viewers ('At least we hope so,' said Dirnt). And sprinkled throughout were the hits from their 8-million selling breakthrough, Dookie. Welcome to Paradise was the first of them, by way of introduction. Later came Longview in the same segue from Chump that occurs on the album; Basket Case followed by She; and in an encore that began with drummer Cool on guitar doing a messed-up country song, the finale, When I Come Around, whose loping beat is just about the slowest thing the band does. It was a set that lasted less than an hour, but it was a model of concentration. They still played nearly 20 songs. Things got craziest during one of their oldest songs, 2,000 Light Years Away, during which Armstrong donned a mask and quoted The Crazy World of Arthur Brown before imploring the crowd to 'lead a nice, clean, straight life and start listening to Hootie & The Blowfish.' Not a chance. Local malls have nothing on Green Day; Armstrong's crimson-dyed hair and Cool's bright green seemed to anticipate the Christmas season. The band's intensity and focus seems sharpened by nightly performances and a new inspiration - families back home. And it comes in sharp relief on the comparatively simple stage set - so small it was tough to see all three members from around the huge banks of speakers flanking it. Unless you were right up front, of course. And those up there, in the first all- general admission arena show in the region in years, were too busy moshing (or protecting themselves from moshing) to take much note. Green Day's punk ethos includes not only spartan staging, but bringing along favorite bands from their old record label, Lookout, to open. This year, it's the Riverdales, a trio who have taken up the Ramones' traditions, down to the countdowns, before that classic punk band even retires." — Courant

30 years ago (13 November 1994), Green Day played in Madison, WI on the Dookie Tour.

33 years ago (13 November 1991), Green Day played in Prague, Czechia which was still Czechoslovakia at the time.

There are no photos I can find from any of these shows, by the way – I haven't just forgotten to include them :lol:

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